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African-American minister, theologian and mystic, Howard Thurman, left a profound influence on Martin Luther King Jr.
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California megachurches played a significant role in how millions of people - Christian or not - understand Christianity.
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The Massachusetts Medical Society recently reversed its long-held opposition to physician-assisted suicide. A psychiatrist…
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The passing of Cardinal Bernard Law is another moment to revisit the issue of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church and…
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In his new book, Philip Pullman, once again tackles religion as an oppressive institution. On another level, he continues…
Anthropologists have found that ritual feasting, emerged around the time humans were beginning to farm. It came to play…
The important lessons from one of the most notorious cases of sexual manipulation took place not off-screen but right in…
Family is not a clearly defined structure in the story: It isn’t biological or reflective of some 'norm.' It is…