Written with great sensitivity to the “considerable psychological burden that unimaginable loss and the constant threat of ...

Starting at the birthplace of Buddhism, a writer traces how its teachings spread across Asia, transforming the continent ...

Satire is tough to pull off. All satire should be comedic, but that doesn't mean all comedy is satire. We think these are the ...

Underwater memorial to wrecked slave ship draws pilgrims seeking to connect with their roots - A group of Black divers ...

Infamous cult leaders and their deadly influenceMass suicides linked to doomsday beliefsThe warning behind “Don’t drink the ...

Despite the deadliness of the disease, it was possible to recover from plague, and medieval chroniclers mention the ...

A teenage Buddhist lama recently blessed thousands at a monastery in the Himalayan foothills. Just six months earlier and ...

With Vice President JD Vance calling Charlie Kirk “a martyr for Christianity,” and a Catholic cardinal calling him “a modern-day St. Paul,” some Kirk admirers suggest his assassination will galvanize ...

The Rev. Dr. Thema Bryant says many Black churches have made progress on domestic violence — but too many still pressure women to stay, forgive, and protect the institution instead of protecting ...

Bishop Richard Earl Cox dedicated his life to speaking out against what he believed to be social injustice oppressing a ...