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Why the medieval trial by ordeal actually worked as an effective test of guilt
Peter T Leeson
· Oct 20, 2017 · 11:30 pm
How a growing Christian movement is seeking to change America
Brad Christerson, The Conversation Richard Flory, The Conversation
· Oct 13, 2017 · 11:30 pm
Proposal to remove M from AMU, H from BHU shows that India doesn’t really understand secularism
Shiv Visvanathan
· Oct 11, 2017 · 06:30 am
Constitution bench to decide whether a woman marrying outside faith can be deemed to have converted
Scroll Staff
· Oct 09, 2017 · 01:29 pm
How Karbala has influenced writers and poets in South Asia for centuries
Suleman Akhtar
· Oct 01, 2017 · 07:30 pm
Saudi decree allowing women to drive cars is about politics, not religion
Haifaa Jawad, The Conversation
· Sep 29, 2017 · 10:30 pm
An old ritual of circulating Mary statuettes among homes is helping recession-hit Brazil heal
Bernardo Figueiredo, The Conversation Daiane Scaraboto, The Conversation
· Sep 18, 2017 · 08:30 pm
India lodges diplomatic protest with Australia over advertisement that shows Ganesha eating meat
Scroll Staff
· Sep 11, 2017 · 05:58 pm
Does religion have a place in a progressive public sphere?
Ruth Jackson Hanna Weibye
· Sep 10, 2017 · 09:30 pm
How an American countess became a Buddhist nun and helped spread feminism in Sri Lanka
Vinod Moonesinghe
· Sep 10, 2017 · 11:30 am
Does being religious or spiritual make you more ethical at work?
Christopher Chan, The Conversation Subramaniam Ananthram, The Conversation
· Sep 06, 2017 · 07:30 pm
Why Tamil Nadu’s temples are falling into decay, despite no shortage of donations
Vinita Govindarajan
· Sep 06, 2017 · 11:30 am
‘Holy men’, theirs and ours: If India has Ram Rahim, Pakistan has its pirs and mullahs
Pervez Hoodbhoy
· Sep 05, 2017 · 08:30 pm
How a Hindu munshi’s Persian work came to influence English scholarship on Indian religions
Ursula Sims-Williams
· Sep 04, 2017 · 07:30 pm
Why banning the burqa in Europe is a waste of time
Nilufar Ahmed, The Conversation
· Sep 02, 2017 · 09:30 pm
Of vice and godmen: What explains the popularity of cults in India and the world?
Mohan Guruswamy
· Aug 30, 2017 · 06:30 pm
How the triple talaq judgement was in many ways a wasted opportunity
Suchitra Vijayan
· Aug 28, 2017 · 12:30 pm
Not just mob frenzy: What is common between followers of Ram Rahim and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar?
Sanjay Srivastava
· Aug 28, 2017 · 08:00 am
Watch: A stand-up comedian (cautiously) breaks down the story of Ganesha
Scroll Staff
· Aug 25, 2017 · 05:00 pm
Breaking barriers: Kerala’s Muslim women turn to mosque administration
TA Ameerudheen
· Aug 20, 2017 · 10:30 am
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