The Rev. Mary Bredlau officiates 350 to 500 funerals a year. For Bredlau, an Episcopal priest and former Roman Catholic nun, there’s nothing more important than this painful ministry. Bredlau ...
Author and minister Rebekah Simon-Peter presents a bold vision for houses of worship seeking to embody the spirit of Jesus. Her ambitious model for deepening the spiritual engagement of entire ...
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the arrival in America of Paramahansa Yogananda – widely considered to be the father of yoga in the West. Yogananda devoted his life ...
On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp in Southwest Poland. Over 1 million Jews and tens of thousands of others were killed at this sprawling ...
Often, amid the Western media political stories of Hindu nationalism and anti-Muslim discrimination in India, a background picture of Hinduphobia and anti-Hindu bias lurks. Many Hindu-Americans are caught between narratives, ...
On Beliefs this week, our guest discusses the ways that religion has both served, and failed, people throughout history. Since retiring from a career in international financial consulting based ...
The practice of circumcision is mandatory for Jews, almost universally practiced by Muslims, and adopted as common practice in many other communities, both religious and secular. In the Jewish tradition, ...
Nativity Church in Bethlehem in the West Bank is the oldest Christian church in the world and believed to be the birthplace of Jesus. For a glimpse into the Holy ...
On Beliefs, we like to share the work of those who work with Religion News Service and other organizations to educate and report on religion, ethics and belief. One such ...
We are entering the holiday season, and while that means many different things to many different people, there is one universal commonality: food. Ritual, food and worship are deeply intertwined ...
This November marks the 550th birthday of the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak. The belief system he developed is based on oneness, open-hearted love and justice. To reflect on the ...
After journalist Tom Junod was assigned to write a profile for Esquire magazine on beloved children's television icon Fred Rogers, the two became close friends. That friendship is the subject ...
The Beliefs guest this week is Austen Ivereigh, who joins discuss his second book on Pope Francis. The book is entitled, "Wounded Shepherd: Pope Francis and His Struggle to Convert ...
Much has been made of the increasing number of people who don’t identify with an organized religion, and with millennial flight from religion. But what’s behind these numbers? To ...
The Beliefs guests this week are Naz Georgas, Executive Director of Cordoba House, and Rabbi Josh Stanton of East End Temple in New York. These two faith leaders have forged ...
