A recognition of our shared capacity for the divine could instill in us a renewed reverence for the dignity of life in our ...

Pope Leo has said that “The Practice of the Presence of God” by a 17th-century Carmelite friar named Brother Lawrence is a ...

Spirituality means different things to different people; it does take into account a belief in a higher power or say something bigger than ourselves along with a determined search for greater meaning.

MAAsterG [email protected] People often say religion and spirituality are the same. But there is a big difference.

Three candles burn now: hope, peace, and joy. Next week, we turn toward love, the culmination of everything Advent builds.

Since the late 20th century, the rise of digital networks has acted like a global X-ray, exposing traditions, ...

What to do when, in the words of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, “All that is solid melts into air?” Times of upheaval inspire a search for alternative understandings of reality. This was as true a ...

Nearly 70% of Americans identify with a specific religion, and another 25-to-30% consider themselves spiritual. It turns out, that’s a good thing. A large and growing body of evidence demonstrates ...

The second week of Advent focuses on finding peace by intentionally slowing down. The author suggests a practice of taking 60 ...

The expectation that modernity would lead to the decline of religion has proven to be a myth. For decades, sociologists like Peter Berger predicted that the advance of science and modernization would ...

A thickening of parts of the brain cortex associated with regular meditation or other spiritual or religious practice could be the reason those activities guard against depression – particularly in ...