A ritual dance would reunite his people with their dead. The Ghost Dance swept across other North American tribes, until fear and violence brought it to a tragic end.

Somang Prison, the only private and Christian-run penitentiary in Asia, seeks to treat inmates with dignity—and it sees results.

Born in war-torn Liberia but raised in the United States, singer-songwriter Mon Rovîa is making waves with his his “Afro-Appalachian” music.

It was the life she dreamed of before the weight of the Christian fundamentalist system and the demands on women threatened to crush her. Then she rebuilt her life.

Ron Kenoly died on February 3, 2026, at the age of 81. He is survived by his second wife, Diana, and three sons.

Most people don’t leave their childhood religion because of rebellion or anger, but because belief quietly stops fitting their lived experience. As people grow older, they encounter new ideas, ...

For a long time, personal religious belief was declining, according to polls. But recent surveys show that has leveled off, and that the number of people who say they are religious is holding steady.

I certainly understand why many wonderful people hate religion. I know intelligent and compassionate people who use the word “religion” as a synonym for superstition, hierarchy and every form of ...

A religious fervor surrounds our relationship with technology. Credit...Photo illustration by Alex Merto Supported by By Joseph Bernstein Hark! A sign of the End Times. No, not the Four Horsemen, nor ...

Yuval Harari, the author of the books Sapiens and Home Deus, warned that religion will be "taken over" while speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "What happens to the religion ...

On the question of political affiliation — Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative — how do American Catholics compare with other religious denominations? And what could it mean for the ...

Emily Bader as Poppy in People We Meet on Vacation. (Credit Michele K. Short/Netflix) It may be the dead of winter, but the Netflix film adaptation of Emily Henry’s “People We Meet on Vacation” is ...