The recent comments by popular historian William Dalrymple at the Indian Express’s Idea Exchange have caused ripples among ...

In the medieval period, Arthur’s story — or, more accurately, his myth — went viral after a writer called Geoffrey of Monmouth described King Arthur in his book, “Historia Regum Britanniae,” or “A ...

Mr Rosenberg’s novel does not have the high literary merit of Amis’s, but it is a clever reimagining of a tumultuous period ...

Indian academia is sometimes unfairly maligned because it was not designed for the decentralised, instantaneous information transmission of the 21st century.

The practice of reading is not what it once was. In this age of information, adults in the United States read fewer books with each passing year, and for many, reading has become synonymous with the ...

In “Opus,” Gareth Gore tells the story of a Catholic organization tangled up in right-wing politics and accusations of human trafficking.

National Book Award finalist Bothayna Al-Essa’s 2021 novel, The Book Censor's Library, newly translated from the original ...

A campaign to return a 13th-century copy of the Bible to its ancestral home in Salisbury Cathedral has been hailed by the ...

A rare 13th-century Bible could return to its ancestral home in Salisbury Cathedral more than 700 years after it was written.

Walter Strickland's sweeping narrative of African American Christianity portrays a big God who is strong to deliver.

For example, the 686 election of Pope Conon is described in “The Book of Pontiffs,” a medieval collection of short papal ...

Papal elections aren't always as dramatic as "Conclave," a new film starring Ralph Fiennes, but the history behind the process is.