Those the church rejected were composed much later, which, as Pagels knows, automatically raises questions about their ...

Guru Purnima, falling on July 10 this year, is the festival for students and disciples to show their reverence for gurus, the ...

Unrestricted birthright citizenship — the characteristically New World notion that being born on a country’s soil is enough ...

In fact, this is an old problem. Countries have enlisted God or gods on their side in conflicts since ancient times. One egregious example was the First World War, when politicians and clergy on both ...

In hoping to refresh America — and it would appear we desperately need it — it would be helpful if we got back to our civic ...

Worse, people are unschooled in the virtues that are practical tools for leading a good life: honesty, fidelity, compassion, ...

China is planning for the death of the globally admired spiritual leader. The United States should prepare as well.

According to he Netziv, If Jews live distinctive and apart from others they will dwell safely, but if they seek to emulate ‘the nations’ they ‘will not be reckoned’ as anything special at all.

Yoga, an ancient practice rooted in the spiritual and philosophical traditions of India, has long transcended its geographical and cultural origins. Though born in the Indian subcontinent thousands of ...

The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass ...

From the pyramids of Egypt to the jungle-choked ruins of Angkor Wat, from the magical desert capital of the Nabateans in ...