Catholicand Orthodox clergy who had sued to block that part of the law, arguing it violated their religious freedom. The U.S.

When I started studying sociology of religion, one of the interesting human activities I found is what anthropologists call “rites of intensification.” These activities have been found by ...

LONDON -- With its jewels and horse-drawn carriages, today's coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla is the stuff of fairy tales. For Anglicans, it is also a rare and holy religious rite. Held at ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Faith groups are adapting their religious rites in a bid to prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus during worship. Some churches, mosques and temples are encouraging less personal ...

A new faith group based in Utah that uses "psychedelic mushrooms" landed a legal victory this week under the state's religious freedom law. Lee Jensen – founder of the non-profit known as Singularism ...

Things are getting jammed up. November’s elastic “Black Friday” has formally ended (there remain exceptions), which means there are just three weeks to go in the Christmas shopping season and ...

THE foremost Jewish seer, the great Greek philosopher, and that Englishman whose “ genius was excellent above all his nation,” tell us, each in his own way, that the ideal commonwealth will have a ...