Doctrines once fiercely defended as divine truths—such as geocentrism, the divine right of kings, or the prohibition of translating the Bible into vernacular languages—are now recognized as ...

Egyptian religion was filled with magical symbols, amulets, and totems. The Eye of Horus, often called the Wadjet or Wedjat ...

Physically unassuming men—composed, deliberate, emotionally controlled—have become a kind of cultural fantasy. They offer ...

They yearned to be free of authoritarian kings who ruled by divine right, to pursue their own ... religious institutions. Christian symbols and practices are encouraged and promoted in Washington ...

The divine right of kings to rule in perpetuity, with throne, crown and sceptre passing down the royal bloodline, where the king’s word was law, which none could question without getting his head ...

Giving is a symbol of inequality ... Its power seems inescapable – but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings.

No person has authority to say otherwise. There is no divine right of kings, nor of presidents. This divine origin of our rights has two implications for our present politics, implications to ...

Here are some of the key words and phrases that will be used throughout the interregnum, especially the conclave to elect the ...

Unlike an absolute monarchy basing its legitimacy on the divine right of kings, for instance, the modern secular liberal state “live[s] from prerequisites which it cannot itself guarantee”.

For the first time, the immense reclining Vishnu statue from the Western Mebon, a national treasure of Cambodia, will be ...