Permission is being sought to exhume Thomas More’s head from a Kent vault, 500 years after it was put on a pike on London Bridge.

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Henry VIII’s close adviser was resolute in upholding secular and spiritual authorities over individual judgment. When it came ...

The framers declared independence from Great Britain, but at the same time, they declared dependence upon Almighty God. So ...

Attempts to abolish England’s bishops, driven by Scottish Presbyterians, appeared to open the door to social revolution. So ...

Everybody is familiar with utopias. The word suggests a place of perfection, especially as regards government, laws, quality ...

Oprah Winfrey picked "Culpability" by Bruce Holsinger as her latest book club selection. Winfrey said the novel explores ...

The population is set to plummet and we don't know how to stop it, warn Dean Spears and Michael Geruso in their new book, ...

During the Cold War, the CIA may have had as much success with books and magazines as with gun-running and spies.

True crime books, podcasts and documentaries capture audiences everywhere.