(The Conversation) — Ritual bathing at the confluence of large rivers has long held special significance in Hindu rituals.

In many Christian traditions, faith communities outline theological statements that define their beliefs. People choose ...

While ambiguities and difficulties in the relationship between Jews and Catholics persist, the Second Vatican Council’s ...

The Jewish Bible, the Tanach, repeatedly tells us to pursue justice, take care of the poor, the hungry, have compassion for the stranger in our midst and to always treat others as we would want to be ...

Sabbath Queen' follows gay scion of rabbinic dynasty Amichai Lau-Lavie for two decades as he challenges traditional Judaism's ...

At U.S. presidential inaugurations, prayers often reflect national identity as much as faith. From New York Cardinal Timothy ...

The solution they came up with is famously stated in the Declaration of Independence: “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.” This revolutionary truth, combining human reason and divine revelation, ...

The New York Times columnist and best-selling author hopes to convince spiritual seekers that faith in God might actually be ...

Being religious is a bit like learning to play soccer, says New York Times columnist and bestselling author Ross Douthat. You ...

The word "valid" primarily refers to a property of argumentation. Of course, "path" usually refers to ways of getting from ...

Then you’ll get another person for whom it’s the reverse, for whom the primary case for religion is experiential, while attempts to discover God in, say, the cosmological constant leave them cold.

The truth is that caring for Earth’s environment as God’s creation is a serious tenet in every theistic religion I know of, ...