Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...

This is the "big question" — the one that has been with us in one way or another since the beginning of history. Every culture that we have a record of has asked the very same question: How did the ...

Throughout history, people have come up with myths and legends to explain the world around them. Most stay exactly that: fascinating stories that are untrue, exaggerated, or only loosely based on ...

Did the Founding Fathers establish the United States as a Christian nation? The answer has profound consequences today. For if the founders intended this nation to be Christian, then any public policy ...

Greek mythology may be comprised of gods, goddesses, and monsters, but a lot of retellings are seriously relatable, and make ...

In Tom Edison’s Shaggy Dog, a short story by Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Edison discovers that dogs are intellectually superior beings. They’re so smart, in fact, that the canines found the easiest possible ...

Northwestern’s Daisy Hernández explores how citizenship was constructed and has changed throughout American history as a tool ...

Mark Driscoll’s calling to ministry was a fixture in the storytelling that shaped Mars Hill Church. But what’s the origin of the origin story? There’s a profound power to storytelling. In all kinds of ...