There were many, many good options to choose from, but here are our choices for THR’s stand-out stories from the past year.

With the stunning change of leadership in Syria and the end of a 50-year reign of the Assad regime, the significance of religious history in Syria shouldn't be overlooked. Most Syrians are now Muslim, ...

The project includes sermons on a different book of the Bible each Sunday — with breaks for holidays and other special ...

New editions of books by John Dickson Carr, Tom Mead and Edna Sherry remind me why I loved them the first time. The first two books of “On the Calculation of Volume,” by Solvej Balle ...

More than 18 years after accusing three former Duke University lacrosse players of raping her, a falsified account she shared ...

The Bible account of the approaching birth of Jesus Christ tells us all we need to know, but not as much as we would like to ...

Santa Claus, the modern icon of Christmas, is derived from traditions associated with Saint Nicholas, a fourth-century bishop ...

Chalamet has been building his Bob Dylan for so long that he's been seen playing Dylan songs while in costume as Willy Wonka ...

In my years since VT, I’ve often wished there were some coufers for the tests we face in life. Someone has observed that ...

The Southern Baptist Church is where I learned reverence and awe. It is where I gained respect for the Bible, and where I ...

Joseph Corcoran is set to be executed on Dec. 18. It would be the first lethal injection of a state prisoner since Indiana ...

"The Great Big Book of Everything" is a magical book owned by Stanley Griff in the 2001 series Stanley. It is a book on all kinds of animals, and it can be used to travel into the habitats of those ...