Author: Benoit Vermander, SJ

The polyvalence of the term “culture” reflects the wealth of meanings of the Latin verb colere: ...

Even today the notion of the “Axial Age” (Achsenzeit) is the subject of heated debate. Should ...

Pope Francis’ encyclical Fratelli tutti (FT) resonates as a passionate tribute to a fraternity without borders. ...

For Confucius, “a noble man of spirit does not use colors such as amaranth or purple ...

China, the first country hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, is also the first nation to try ...

The Peace of Maxentius in 307 and the consequent official cessation of persecution led to a ...

Three thousand students gathered in Beijing on May 4, 1919, to protest against the preliminary provisions ...

The deeply rooted Latin concept of the “sacred” was integrated into the Chinese lexicon with the ...

Over the last decades interreligious dialogue in Asia has faced some tough challenges. Even though many ...

For around the last three years, the Chinese leadership has been repeatedly calling religions present on ...