Browsing: Religion

A group of Hasidic Jews walking the streets of Brooklyndiluvi.com Anna i Adria via Wikipedia In 1983, Yosef Eckstein an ultra-orthodox rabbi in Brooklyn, New York, had reason to be happy: His wife had just given birth to their fifth child. But the couple’s happiness was short-lived: The child was soon diagnosed with Tay–Sachs disease, […]

There is only a certain level of novelty that most people are willing to tolerate.

Father Christmas bears some striking similarities to the divinities of many religions.

Sacred beliefs likely arose out of prehistoric bonding and rituals.

Traditional performers at the 2007 Mt. Hagen Cultural Show in Papua New GuineaIan @ ThePaperboy When people think of religions, they tend to turn to of the big five: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Although these are the most popular religions in the world, they are a minuscule sample of the thousands of religions […]

Decoding divinity, or what the great intellectuals of our time have to say about science and spirituality.

Celebrating iconic poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson’s 208th birthday with a free documentary and a fantastic new edition of his seminal essay, Self-Reliance.