In his book “The Secular City,” Harvey Cox says the early church’s view of power was not to withdraw from civic life.

On April 30, 311 AD, the Roman Emperor Galerius issued what became known as the Edict of Serdica, which made the first formal ...

Peter Edwell receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Something tells me US president Donald Trump would love to be a Roman emperor. The mythology of unrestrained power with ...

Established in 1790, this legendary halwai wasn’t just famous for its sweets but for the illustrious people it served from Mughal emperors to Indian Prime Ministers like Nehru and Rajiv Gandhi. Over ...

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The US Department of Homeland Security is illegally conducting immigration raids in places of worship, schools, and medical clinics, according to several churches, and a Latinx labor union in a new ...

Variety spoke to Emperor Palpatine actor Ian McDiarmid for the Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith re-release. The topic turned to Palpatine’s TV show, where McDiarmid was asked if he was given any ...

Ian McDiarmid has been playing Emperor Palpatine for more than four decades. First, it was as the mysterious big bad of the original Star Wars trilogy, and then as a Senator who rises to the ultimate ...

The architectural genius of this place of worship — which was built as a church in 537CE ... The first was said to have been commissioned by Constantine, the Roman emperor who converted to ...

“No, that was never on my agenda,” Gilroy said in regard to Darth Vader. “Writing for Darth Vader is really limiting. I’ve done it. He doesn’t have a lot to say.” Gilroy then explained ...

Why should the emperor trouble himself to put on clothes? And yet there is, in Trump’s brain, an ideal Trump, a dream Trump, handsome, rich, and powerful. This Trump is the essence of luxury ...

General Grievous and Emperor Palpatine are the standout characters here. The former, while not a Jedi or Sith, was one of the key players in the prequel trilogy. Known chiefly for his four arms ...