How interfaith and agnostic families choose which religious holiday traditions to keep up. (Getty Images) As I settle comfortably into middle age and watch my two boys grow, I find myself longing for ...

(Left to right) Nimisha Ladva with daughter Himani Steingard, husband David Steingard and daughter Medha Steingard. (Justin Kramon/NPR) As many parents know, the line between passing along cultural ...

BOSTON — Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) President, the Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt, is joining nine heads of diverse religious traditions in issuing a landmark statement proclaiming that ...

Opinion Columnist. This essay is adapted from the forthcoming book “Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious.” My parents ate health food in my youth, in the days before Whole Foods was everywhere, ...

In the new Religious Landscape Study (RLS), nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults who are currently married (74%) say they have the same religion as their spouse, a similar share as in the 2014 RLS (75 ...

Among books for spiritual and religious readers alike are those that suggest expanding or making changes to traditional religions and religious practices. These breaks with tradition can be large or ...

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(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 ...

Drawn from tantric traditions, Kundalini points to spiritual practices that go beyond traditionally understood concepts of ...

Local residents burn paper offerings as a ritual for deceased ancestors during the Zhongyuan Festival in Rongan, China. (STR/AFP via Getty Images) How we did this This report aims to explain the ...