Valentine’s Day
St. Valentine’s hometown strikes a balance between Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day
By Claire Giangravé — February 14, 2024
TERNI, Italy (RNS) — The hometown of the saint of love found a compromise between Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday.
Love songs in Hindu devotion – the Tamil poets who took on the female voice to express their intense longing for the divine
By Archana Venkatesan — February 9, 2024
(The Conversation) — In Hindu devotional poetry, love directed toward Vishnu can take many forms, including service, maternal adoration and the intense intimacy of lovers.
The divine matchmaker in Chinese mythology − Old Man Under the Moon − who helps couples find love
By Megan Bryson — February 8, 2024
(The Conversation) — Young people in China are no longer settling into marriages arranged by their parents. But they are still looking for blessings from Chinese gods to find everlasting love.
Why is a love poem full of sex in the Bible? Readers have been struggling with the Song of Songs for 2,000 years
By Jonathan Kaplan — February 14, 2023
(The Conversation) — The famous biblical book alludes to God only once. Historically, though, most interpreters have argued the poem’s about love between the divine and his people.
This god shoots love darts – but no, it’s not Cupid
By Jeffery D. Long — February 14, 2022
(The Conversation) — Kamadeva, also known as Madana, is the Hindu god of love, desire and infatuation.
This Valentine’s Day, some pass up chocolates and flowers for love spells
By Antonio Pagliarulo — February 12, 2021
(RNS) — Though magic is a cornerstone of modern-day witchcraft, many who practice spells are not witches but seekers looking to make positive change in their lives.
A divine ‘dance’: Clergy couples on ministry, marriage and their Valentine’s Day plans
By Adelle M. Banks — February 11, 2021
(RNS) — Clergy couples — spiritual leaders who are married to each other and sometimes work together too — face a unique balancing act between marriage and work.
RNS Valentine’s Day gift guide 2021: Sweet and silly ideas for February’s semireligious gift-giving occasions
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 26, 2021
(RNS) — Here are some silly, sweet and sincere gift ideas to show your affection for the people of faith — or no faith — in your life.
This Muslim artist is giving Valentine’s Day a subversive twist
By Aysha Khan — February 14, 2018
(RNS) — In their sixth year, Taz Ahmed's satirical Valentine's Day cards point the arrow at the White House.
When Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day, what’s a clergyperson to do?
By Adelle M. Banks — February 14, 2018
(RNS) — A pastor of an Episcopal church plans to say 'Remember that you are beloved, and to love you shall return,' during the imposition of ashes (instead of the traditional 'Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return').
Love is in the air. That’s the problem.
By Manis Friedman — February 13, 2018
(RNS) — Mystical tradition has a take on the story of Adam and Eve that teaches us something essential about our own pursuit of intimacy.
Love, marriage and food for the heart
By Gary Edmonds — February 13, 2018
(RNS) — When a faith-based charity saw that the cost of marrying was preventing some couples in the Philippines from legalizing their unions, it found a way to make the impossible possible.
The ‘real’ St. Valentine was no patron of love
By Lisa Bitel — February 13, 2018
(The Conversation) — Valentine’s Day originated as a liturgical feast to celebrate the decapitation of a third-century Christian martyr, or perhaps two. So, how did we get from beheading to betrothing on Valentine’s Day?
Kenyan pastors offer young people a token of love
By Fredrick Nzwili — February 14, 2017
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) The gesture was meant as a way to reach out to youth, many of whom feel rejected by the churches.
The three little words that Jews never say
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 14, 2017
When did we stop talking about a loving God?
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