According to an entry in the Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine, a religious ritual is any repetitive and patterned behavior that is prescribed by or tied to a religious institution, belief or custom ...

“ The world is in the chains of superstition,” said Swami Vivekananda in 1896. He had also said then, “Religions of the world ...

Across the world, religions appear very different on the surface. They use different names for God, different rituals, and different sacred texts. However, when you look deeper, many religions share ...

(The Conversation) — Students at elite universities tend to talk a good game when it comes to religious pluralism. Many of them show up on day one already saying all the right things about respecting ...

Technology has long been used to facilitate divine contact, to combine tradition and innovation, and to help spread religious ...

Co-authored with Dr. Ken Baskin. Few things are more important to human psychology writ large than religion. But what does this concept really mean? The more deeply we investigate it, the odder ...

Rituals can mark time and space, create new identities, and connect people to something bigger. Rituals aren’t meaningless actions. They can mark time and space, create new identities, and connect ...

(Sightings) — Millions of Americans are leaving church. Fewer than half now belong to a congregation, down from two-thirds for much of the last century. One in four now say they never attend services, ...