Disruption, empathy and transcendence: Why so many religions fast
An individual places a bowl of dates next to prayer beads. (Photo by Rauf Alvi/Unsplash/Creative Commons)
(RNS and NPR) — ‘Fasting gives us both an opportunity, I think, to sort of channel our spiritual practices, but also to remind us of our mortality in a way that we simply don’t have in the 21st century,’ said author Jay W. Richards.
