I haven’t lit an advent wreath in nearly 25 years, but the sulfuric scent of a lit match still transports me back to my childhood: dripping wax, the kitchen aglow in candlelight and the elation of ...

BOSTON — Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) President, the Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt, is joining nine heads of diverse religious traditions in issuing a landmark statement proclaiming that ...

In the new Religious Landscape Study (RLS), nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults who are currently married (74%) say they have the same religion as their spouse, a similar share as in the 2014 RLS (75 ...

Haitian-Americans have become the targets of disinformation and even hate this political season. Some of this is based on long-standing stereotypes and misunderstanding of their religious beliefs and ...

As many parents know, the line between passing along cultural traditions and mortifying your children in public can be perilously thin. For one mother, that dilemma arose this year ahead of Navaratri, ...

(RNS) — In a May 2023 advisory, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called attention to the “public health crisis of loneliness, isolation and lack of connection in the U.S. today.” In his plan to ...

Activating analytical thinking does not appear to reduce a person’s religious beliefs. This finding provides evidence against ...

Being a religious leader means wearing many different hats. At times, their congregations expect them to convey passionate confidence—to be models of faith and strength. But wise leadership also means ...

Dear Eric: I’m an African American man in my late 60s. Nobody would call me the most religious guy on the planet, but the center aisle in the church would not open up and swallow me if I walked in. I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As I settle comfortably into middle age and watch my two boys grow, I find myself longing for some of the holiday rituals that ...