Tag: Religion and society
Kyiv’s Jews, persecuted under Polish-Lithuanian, Russian, Nazi and Soviet regimes, now...
Victoria Khiterer, Millersville University
While hundreds of Jews are leaving Kyiv amid Russian attacks, many more, led by the...
Who are the Jesuits?
Dorian Llywelyn, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
For centuries, the Jesuits have worn many hats: missionaries,...
Skateboarding’s spiritual side – skaters find meaning in falls and breaking...
Terry Shoemaker, Arizona State University
Over the last decade the numbers of those identifying as “Spiritual But Not Religious,”...
Holy wars: How a cathedral of guns and glory symbolizes Putin’s...
Lena Surzhko Harned, Penn State
A curious new church was dedicated on the outskirts of Moscow in June 2020:...
Can religion and faith combat eco-despair?
Rita D. Sherma, Graduate Theological Union
Scientists regularly study the ongoing degradation of Earth’s environment and track the changes...
Happy Twosday! Why numbers like 2/22/22 have been too fascinating for...
Barry Markovsky, University of South Carolina
This Feb. 22, the world hits an unprecedented milestone. It’s the date itself:...
This god shoots love darts – but no, it’s not Cupid
Jeffery D. Long, Elizabethtown College
With the coming of Valentine’s Day, images of a chubby Cupid aiming his arrows...
What the mythical Cupid can teach us about the meaning of...
Joel Christensen, Brandeis University
Each Valentine’s Day, when I see images of the chubby winged god Cupid taking aim...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
