(ANALYSIS) Measuring happiness is a real problem for social scientists. It’s an area of intense interest because I think all of us would like to be just a little bit happier. But it all seems pretty ...
(ANALYSIS) Born in Copenhagen in May 1813, Soren Kierkegaard is the father of existentialism, though he would have found most of what passes for existentialism today truly absurd. The philosophy he ...
Carol Bove’s Guggenheim survey reveals how Zen Buddhism, countercultural spirituality and mystical philosophy underpin her sculptures and installations. From bookshelf assemblages to monumental ...
(ANALYSIS) Until the 1960s, more than half of Americans identified with the “mainline” Protestant churches that “have played an outsized role in America’s history,” says a Sept. 13 report from the ...
According to a lawsuit filed in federal court, four leaders in the Church of God in Christ were involved in a years-long scheme to steal rebate money. They allegedly bought and sold massive quantities ...
No one who has followed trends in the powerful world of podcasting was surprised by the headlines following Alex Cooper’s announcement that, after raising eyebrows by getting married to a stud ...
The Ugandan government has announced the postponement of this year’s Uganda Martyrs’ Day celebrations, scheduled for June 3, in response to an Ebola outbreak affecting both Uganda and the Democratic ...
The fledgling country has yet to hold its first democratic general election, while the South Sudanese suffer from extreme ...
James Robison, the fiery Southern Baptist evangelist who underwent a dramatic spiritual transformation in the 1980s and built ...
When Randy Hall and wife Kim walked into First Baptist Church of Garner in early 2025, it didn’t seem like an extraordinary ...
Rededicate 250” was billed as a prayer rally celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. But the event on the National Mall also became a revealing snapshot of how faith, politics and national identity ...
After yet another deadly attack, the focus turns — once again — to protecting houses of worship. The shooting at a San Diego ...