A small minority dares to go beyond these external practices and asks deeper questions. This small group of people realizes ...

Professor Bettany Hughes investigates the story of Bacchus, god of wine, revelry, theatre and excess, travelling to Georgia, Jordan, Greece and Britain to discover his origins and his presence in the ...

Edwards’s interest in religious psychology arose from his own almost mystical encounters with God. Edwards first encountered God in an intensely experiential way while reading 1 Timothy 1:17: “Now ...

THE popular interest in scientific truth has always had its hidden spring in a desire for the marvelous. The search for the philosopher’s stone has done as much for chemistry as the legend of the ...

Is there more to Bacchus, the celebrated god of wine, debauchery and excess, than merely being a party animal? Bettany Hughes gets under the skin of the ecstasy god in this revealing BBC history ...