(RNS) — The abundant conflicts around the globe are evidence that one of the world’s most pressing needs is developing respect in societies for differing points of views. Think about oppression of the ...

A notable side attraction at the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 was the Parliament of Religions, gotten up by the Rev. John Henry Barrows of Chicago. Opened with a prayer by the late great James ...

Pete travels to Australasia to find out how tribal faiths have survived into the 21st century. He goes into the Australian outback in search of the meaning of aboriginal dreaming, to Indonesia for the ...

The Festival of Faiths brings together different religious traditions from around the world for followers to experience. Members of 34 faith traditions, representing 13 different religions, will be at ...

(RNS) — Like its politics, the United States’ religious scene could at times this year appear intractably stalled by partisanship and warring ideologies. But Americans of faith and observers of the ...

Religion seems to be a complicated and many-sided issue. On one hand, religion reportedly motivates charity, compassion, ethics, goodwill, kindness, morality, righteousness, selflessness, unity, etc.

Hearing the perspective of people from the inside of a group is crucial in providing appropriate and relevant services to them. Millions of people around the world follow various religions that all ...

Apollo 14 astronaut, Edgar Mitchell, who died this month, was the sixth person to walk on the moon.* Returning home, viewing the magnificence of the earth, sun, moon and the heavens, he experienced a ...