Joel Christensen
Joel Christensen is an author at Religion News Service.
All Stories by Joel Christensen
What Greek myth tells us about modern witchcraft
By Joel Christensen — December 9, 2022
(The Conversation) — From ancient Greece to modern-day TikTok witchcraft, the world of witches has been a changing one.
Tallying the dead is one thing, giving them names would take an ‘inexhaustible voice,’ as the ancient Greeks knew
By Joel Christensen — June 7, 2022
(The Conversation) — A scholar of Greek classics revisits the texts to bring lessons on how to honor the lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Not everyone cheered the ancient Olympic games, but the sacred games brought together rival societies
By Joel Christensen — July 28, 2021
(The Conversation) — A scholar of ancient Greek literature explains what the Olympics of modern day have in common with the 776 B.C. games at Olympia.
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