Tag: Religion and society
800 years after his death, the legends and legacy of Francis...
Vanessa Corcoran, Georgetown University
On the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the...
What loving-kindness meditation is and how to practice it in the...
Jeremy David Engels, Penn State
A popular New Year’s resolution is to take up meditation – specifically mindfulness meditation....
The celibate, dancing Shakers were once seen as a threat to...
Christian Goodwillie, Hamilton College
Director Mona Fastvold’s new film, “The Testament of Ann Lee,” features actor Amanda Seyfried in...
Merry Jewish Christmas: How Chinese food and the movies became a...
Samira Mehta, University of Colorado Boulder
There is a meme that circulates every holiday season, an image of a...
3 states are challenging precedent against posting the Ten Commandments in...
3 states are challenging precedent against posting the Ten Commandments in public schools – cases that could land back at the...
Meditating on the connectedness of life could help reunite a divided...
Jeremy David Engels, Penn State
The late Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh often emphasized the interconnectedness of everything...
From ‘mail-order brides’ to ‘passport bros,’ the international dating industry often...
Julia Meszaros, Texas A&M University-Commerce
Fifteen years ago, when I started studying the international dating industry, few people took...
‘Only death can protect us’: How the folk saint La Santa...
Myriam Lamrani, Harvard University
When a life-size skeleton dressed like the Grim Reaper first appeared on a street altar...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
