Tag: Religion and society
American individualism lives on after death, as consumers choose new ways...
Diana Blaine, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Death may be inevitable and universal, but the ways...
Louisiana’s ‘In God We Trust’ law tests limits of religion in...
Frank S. Ravitch, Michigan State University
When Louisiana passed a law in August 2023 requiring public schools to...
Public schools and faith-based chaplains: Texas’ new combination is testing the...
Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton
In 1996, a school board in eastern Texas created a program called Clergy...
Amish culture prizes peace − but you wouldn’t necessarily know it...
Susan L Trollinger, University of Dayton
Ohio’s Amish Country, located in the northeastern part of the state, draws over...
Israel is getting a surge in donations from the US in...
Hanna Shaul Bar Nissim, Indiana University
The U.S. government has stepped up its focus on Israel following the Oct....
French schools’ ban on abayas and headscarves is supposedly about secularism...
Carol Ferrara, Emerson College
France’s decision to ban public school students from wearing the abaya – a long dress...
On Sukkot, the Jewish ‘Festival of Booths,’ each sukkah is as...
Samira Mehta, University of Colorado Boulder
Sukkot is a Jewish festival that follows right on the heels of Rosh...
With fewer than 1,500 Catholics in Mongolia, Pope Francis’ upcoming visit...
Huaiyu Chen, Arizona State University
Pope Francis is set to make the first-ever visit to Mongolia, a country with...
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...
