Almost all the scriptures were written by men. As humans have a desire to live forever, religion provides attractive offers of life after death. Humans invented God, the superhuman, to answer all ...

Many gods were believed to have taken part in the founding of Rome. All were consulted and honored to make sure that the actions of the state met with divine approval. Roman religion was split in ...

Religious dancing has all but died out in the Christian West ... Whether the dances tell stories of the gods, as do the Kathakali, seek to divine answers, like Burma’s spirit dancers, or ...