Across religious traditions, the pattern is clear,” write three researchers in an op-ed. “In nearly every case — and across two distinct datasets — greater religious attendance is associated with ...

Recently, members of the Rashtriya Hindu Shakti Sangathan (led by Raghvendra Bhatnagar) objected to young women performing a ramp walk in Western attire in Rishikesh, calling it ‘against the culture ...

Take, for example, a scene familiar to many in the Orthodox community: a room filled with young, unmarried women listening as ...

(RNS) — In a May 2023 advisory, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called attention to the “public health crisis of loneliness, isolation and lack of connection in the U.S. today.” In his plan to ...

MADRID (AP) — The sobriety of the Catholic tradition, by which on All Saints' Day graves are cleaned and flowers are brought to cemeteries to spend time with deceased loved ones, has given way in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Epiphany is celebrated on 6 January: a religious festivity that, as often happens, has also developed its own profane declination ...

Holy Week and Easter are perhaps the most important days in the Christian calendar. Many associate those celebrations with church services, processions, candles, incense, fasting and penances. However ...

In the Religious Landscape Study (RLS), we group Protestant respondents into one of three “traditions” – the evangelical tradition, mainline tradition or the historically Black Protestant tradition – ...

NMAI copy purchased with funds from the Lloyd and Charlotte Wineland Library Endowment for Native American and Western Exploration Literature 1. Revitalization, renewal, and reprise : on the modern ...

Dozens of religious organizations gathered on Bryan Center Plaza to showcase their groups Sept. 8 as part of Duke’s Identity, Culture and Religion week, the third in Duke’s six Welcome Weeks. Their ...

People dressed in white stand along Copacabana beach as fireworks mark New Year’s Eve celebrations in Rio de Janeiro. (Alex Ferro/Riotur via Courthouse News) RIO DE JANEIRO (CN) — Regardless of the ...