When Annika Peterson glides along a frozen lake on her cross-country skis, she feels something sacred. On a blindingly sunny afternoon in Minneapolis, the 25-year-old can let go of the stress of her ...

Spiritual and religious practices vary around the world. Some activities, such as prayer, are widespread across many societies. Other practices, such as fasting and lighting incense or candles, are ...

When French intellectual Alexis de Tocqueville toured the United States in the early 19th century, he was struck by how religious Americans were. He linked that religiosity with the success of our ...

The possibly-spiritual-but-definitely-not-religious are growing in ranks, says the Pew Forum, and the resulting Nones On the Bus blogo-tour is as usual drawing good crowds. Paul Waldman highlights one ...

In the religious / spiritual dimension of your life, how do you identify? For example, with respect to religion / spirituality, fill in the blank: “I am a(n) _____.“ You may find this sentence easy to ...

Many people today wrestle with understanding whether they identify as religious, spiritual, or somewhere in between. It’s not ...

(RNS) — “If the concept of God has any validity or any use,” James Baldwin wrote in “The Fire Next Time,” “it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is ...

It’s a phrase repeated often in the rooms of 12 Step recovery meetings: “Spiritual, not religious.” To the uninitiated, it can be difficult to make a distinction between those two terms, and for good ...

Religion and spirituality both offer ways to explore life’s deepest questions, but they take different routes. Religion is organized, rooted in shared beliefs, sacred texts, and rituals that foster ...

Many people today (on dating sites, for example) describe themselves as "spiritual but not religious." I always say that I am not spiritual because I don't believe in spirits and other supernatural ...