(RNS) — Pioneering the use of psychedelic drugs as spiritual practice, he also explored Buddhism and Hinduism, which took him to India and resulted in his 1971 best-selling book ‘Be Here Now.’

(RNS) — Though Roth was an avowed atheist, Judaism was a perennial theme in much of his work.

(RNS) — This weekend marks the Christian holy day of Pentecost and the Jewish holy day Shavuot. Both involve ‘gifts,’ but not the kind that come with bows. Let us ’Splain …

(RNS) — What do you do when anti-Semites, stirred up by a guy you see at the local coffee shop and the gym, send you doctored pictures of your child’s face beneath the gates of Auschwitz?

(RNS) — David Silverman, who took the 55-year-old organization to new prominence, is accused of sexual assault by two women.

(RNS) — The organization gave no specific reason for the move.

PAICINES, Calif. (RNS) — When 40 faith-based farmers gathered for a first-of-its-kind weekend at a working ranch near San Jose, they sought nothing less than a complete disruption of how food is grown, distributed and even served.

(RNS) — Montgomery. Albany. Birmingham. Selma. Washington, D.C. In each of these places King demonstrated an evolving theology.

(RNS) — Ten books to add depth and understanding to the April 4 anniversary of King’s assassination in 1968.

(RNS) — What’s the back story on this British import being revisited and reimagined on television Sunday night? Let us ‘Splain …

(RNS) — The much-maligned Passover appetizer has come to epitomize the gastronomic experience of the shtetl, or ancestral towns of many Jews of Eastern European origin.

(RNS) — The investigative site Snopes deems as false a claim that Hawking was converted by Pope Francis.

(RNS) — The beloved ‘Lord Grantham’ takes his background in theology to Jerusalem in a new documentary.

(RNS) — His nonbelief was more of a slow simmer than Richard Dawkins’ explosive ire.

(RNS) — The calls for action came after a March 10 airing of an NBC interview in which Putin suggested Russians were being wrongly targeted for election tampering.