The skies and the gods were inseparable in Maya culture. Astronomers kept careful track of events like eclipses in order to perform the renewal ceremonies to continue the world’s cycles of rebirth.
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Optimism can rely on a sense of luck, while hope is action-oriented − and often aimed at helping other people.
Indigenous Catholics have long argued they should be able to embrace both sides of that identity.
You’d be surprised by how many of your favourite hits are about God or Jesus in one way or another.
Purple was highly valued and associated with royalty, power, and prestige in various ancient cultures, including the Roman and Byzantine Empires. So how did red creep its way in?
Ideas about resurrection had been developing for centuries before Jesus’ life, but his followers took them in new directions.
A Christian Palestinian human rights scholar who grew up in Bethlehem writes about the special time of Easter, but also about the restrictions on Palestinian Christians.
Hundreds of thousands of visitors come to the Santuario de Chimayó throughout the year, but the pilgrimage during the week before the celebration of Easter is the high point.
Owls, once seen as harbingers of death, are now celebrated in popular literature and culture in North America and Britain.
Whether thousands of years ago or right now, fans have always created new stories based on familiar characters, weaving their own experiences into the tale.
In 1922, Oregon voters approved an initiative to require public school for most students ages 8-16 − but it didn’t hold up in court.
The Therigatha, a collection of poems written in Pāli by Buddhist nuns, reveals that women’s enlightenment may not necessarily require renunciation of domestic life.
The Israel-Hamas war has fueled tensions around military exemptions, but the issue has long roiled Israeli politics.
‘Wabi’ and ‘sabi’ are Japanese words with long histories, but they are rarely used together in the way Western designers have come to use the term.
Assessing a patient’s autonomy can be more difficult when mental illness is the main source of their suffering.
Ramadan encourages acts of charity. This also poses a question for many Muslims as they consider what more could be done to feed the hungriest in the world, many of whom are in Gaza.
Alabama’s case began when three couples sued an IVF clinic where their frozen embryos had accidentally been dropped.
The first cherry blossom viewing was organized in Japan by Emperor Saga in 812 C.E. In the ensuing years, poetry on cherry blossoms came to have a special place in Japanese culture.
Plenty of movies have explicitly religious themes, but some of the most interesting examples of faith or transcendence on screen are much more subtle.
Historically, many Christians got tattoos around Holy Week − usually a cross − to honor Christ’s martyrdom.
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