The Turkish government started sending imams to Germany in the 1980s, but under a new agreement, imams will be trained in Germany instead.
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Lenten traditions emphasise fasting, prayer and charitable giving. This aligns with tarrying as central to communal spiritual life.
Grief is a natural response to loss, but if it significantly affects your ability to function, it may be time to seek professional help.
Our elected representatives should simply choose to open their official council meetings with something more inclusive and representative of the whole community.
Rituals of rest and contemplation are woven into many religious traditions around the world.
For Wiccans, midsummer, with the maximum hours of sunlight, is the time for celebrating new life.
Rabbi Sally J. Priesand’s ordination by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion opened the doors to hundreds of women becoming rabbis.
It is not unusual that Morrison talks about prayer in his responses. But we might expect more than just prayer from a devout Christian who also happens to be prime minister.
Traumatic events can make people question assumptions about their lives, including their spiritual beliefs.
Joe Biden used the National Prayer Breakfast to call for unity amid ‘dark, dark times.’ The event has been attended by every president since Dwight Eisenhower in 1953.
Smart people can have really bad ideas – like selectively breeding human beings to improve the species. Put into practice, Galton’s concept proved discriminatory, damaging, even deadly.
A team of scholars have been documenting the sound of worship for six years. Since the lockdown, they have heard a different form of religious expression.
Listening more deeply to what makes sounds meaningful for people within their respective contexts matters in an era of rising expressions of racism in the pandemic.
What is God’s plan? Whether the faithful pray harder, accept their fate or feel safe from harm depends on their interpretation of Divine Providence.
Alex Trebek raised an interesting question when he thanked well-wishers for supporting him in his fight against pancreatic cancer: Do prayers and good thoughts really have a medical effect?
The results of our survey reveal that people are rather liberal in moral affairs and have mixed views about religious institutions.
Whenever Salah scores a goal, he performs sujood, the Islamic act of prostration. Fans’ reactions to it underscore the state of British Muslimness today.
Twenty-three percent of Americans say they are not religiously affiliated. Our core values may be encouraging us to reject organized religion.
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor Emeritus, Psychology, The Ohio State University
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Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Constitutional Law, Monash University
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Director of the Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy & Associate Professor, New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity
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Professor in Economics and Humanistic Studies, Princeton University
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Assistant Professor of Theatre and Human Rights, University of Connecticut
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Instructor, Faculty of Extension's Department of Communications and Design, University of Alberta
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Associate Professor of Comparative Studies and Religious Studies, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Religion and American Culture, Michigan State University
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Affliated Scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University
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Assistant Professor of Practical Theology & Spiritual Care, Emory University
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Lecturer in Religious Studies, Brandeis University
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Professor Emerita of Jewish History, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
