Tag: Religion and society
Threat from climate change to some of India’s sacred pilgrimage sites...
David L. Haberman, Indiana University
The famous pilgrimage site of Kedarnath, located in the central Himalayas of India, is...
Native Hawaiian sacred sites have been damaged in the Lahaina wildfires...
Rosalyn R. LaPier, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Native Hawaiians are devastated by the recent wildfires that swept through...
‘Knowledge of self’: How a key phrase from Islam became a...
Su'ad Abdul Khabeer, University of Michigan
I was 9 years old when Eric B. and Rakim’s “Paid in Full”...
Dismantling the myth that ancient slavery ‘wasn’t that bad’
Chance Bonar, Tufts University
As someone who researches slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world, especially in the Bible, I...
Just about anybody in America can officiate a wedding, thanks to...
Dusty Hoesly, University of California, Santa Barbara
Wedding season is here again, and my calendar is filling up –...
Sinead O’Connor was once seen as a sacrilegious rebel, but her...
Brenna Moore, Fordham University
When news broke July 26, 2023, that the gifted Irish singer Sinead O’Connor had died,...
How after-school clubs became a new battleground in the Satanic Temple’s...
Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton
As the start of the school year rapidly approaches, controversy can’t be far...
Mormon leaders – whose church is often associated with the GOP...
David Campbell, University of Notre Dame
Top leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dropped a...
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...
