Christianity

Celebrating St. Patrick

On March 17, everyone’s green-even the Chicago River. Yet St. Patrick remains colored in myth

March 1, 2007

Ask Smithsonian

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

June 2006

Preacher on the Go

Tiny Smith Island has three churches but only one pastor, who gets around by boat and Golf Cart

April 30, 2001