Religion
Clan-Do Spirit
A genealogical surprise led the author to ask: What does it take to be one of the family?
September 2008 |
By Jake Halpern
The Brink of War
One hundred fifty years ago, the U.S. Army marched into Utah prepared to battle Brigham Young and his Mormon militia
June 2008 |
By David Roberts
Heaven Scent
A 600-year-old pharmacy started by Florentine monks is now a trendy global marketer of perfumes and medieval elixirs
February 2008 |
By Mishal Husain
Christmas in Lalibela
50,000 pilgrims descend on Ethiopia's "new" Jerusalem
December 2007 |
By Paul Raffaele
Keepers of the Lost Ark?
Christians in Ethiopia have long claimed to have the ark of the covenant. Our reporter investigated
December 2007 |
By Paul Raffaele
Rebellious Son
Amenhotep III was succeeded by one of the first known monotheists
November 2007 |
By Andrew Lawler
![Reza Aslan seeks “to defeat an ideology of Islamic militancy with an ideology of Islamic pluralism, peace [and] tolerance.”](http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/200*107/yi_aslan388.jpg)
Faith Healer
Religious historian Reza Aslan calls for a return to Islam's tradition of tolerance
October 2007 |
By Amy Crawford
Scripture Alfresco
In northeastern Romania, 450-year-old paintings on the exterior of monasteries and churches-now open again for worship-tell vivid tales of saints and prophets, heaven and hell
June 2007 |
By Andrew Curry
The Zuni Way
Though they embrace computers and TV, the secret of the tribe's unity lies in fealty to their past
April 2007 |
By Virginia Morell
India's Holiest City
At Varanasi, Hindu pilgrims come to pray—and to die—along the sacred Ganges River
February 01, 2007 |
By Whitney Dangerfield
Who Was Mary Magdalene?
From the writing of the New Testament to the filming of The Da Vinci Code, her image has been repeatedly conscripted, contorted and contradicted. But through it all, one question has gone largely unanswered
June 2006 |
By James Carroll
Shifting Ground in the Holy Land
Archaeology is casting new light on the Old Testament
May 2006 |
By Jennifer Wallace
Medical Sleuth
To prosecutors, it was child abuse - an Amish baby covered in bruises, but Dr. D. Holmes Morton had other ideas
February 2006 |
By Tom Shachtman
Living a Tradition
At a handful of sites scattered across New England, Shaker communities transport the past into the present
April 2001 |
By Richard & Joyce Wolkomir
I Was a Teenage Shaker
In Sprigg's 25-year career as a scholar of American Shaker culture, she has written ten books, organized a major exhibition on Shaker design and served as curator of collections at the Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
April 2001 |
By Smithsonian magazine
