When we don’t learn from history, it tends to repeat itself. Over 60 years have passed since then candidate John F. Kennedy was smeared by the press and political opponents for his Catholic beliefs, ...
(RNS) — How many times have you heard a sermon from a religious or spiritual leader about the internet that doesn’t simply talk about unplugging, or more recently, how to call into the next Zoom ...
This post is Part 1 of a two-part series. Author, Zen teacher, and Jungian psychotherapist Koshin Paley Ellison is a leader in the contemplative medicine movement. With his husband, Robert Chodo ...
Professor of Sociology and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University When Americans picture a chaplain, many of them likely think of someone like Father Mulcahy, the Irish American ...
The seasons of Lent, commencing with Ash Wednesday in the Christian calendar, and Ramadan, recognised as the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, are both characterised by periods of fasting and ...
Fewer than half of Americans (44%) say they pray each day. This is a substantial decline from the first Religious Landscape Study (RLS) conducted in 2007, when 58% said they prayed at least once a day ...