T M Luhrmann is once more pressing her case that religion is less about belief than about belonging On Thursday rsquo s New York Times op-ed page the Stanford anthropologist and frequent Times guest columnist argues that many of today rsquo s Evangelicals even when they don rsquo t believe adh

From the Chicago Tribune Rev Andrew Greeley the outspoken Roman Catholic priest best-selling novelist and sociologist known for his deeply researched academic appraisals and sometimes scathing critiques of his church died Wednesday night several years after fracturing his skull in a freakish fa

Over three-quarters of Americans 77 percent say religion is losing its influence on American life according to a new Gallup survey Researchers described that result as the quot most negative evaluation of the impact of religion since 1970 quot although it continues a trend of a public perce

From the USCCB 39 s media office WASHINGTON mdash Father Peter French Ryan a member of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus has been named executive director of the Secretariat of Doctrine and Canonical Affairs of the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops USCCB He succeeds Capuchin Fathe

The local pub has traditionally been regarded as sacred space in Irish culture Set apart from the arenas of ordinary life mdash the farm the fishing boat the office or place of business where one makes one rsquo s living and perhaps most significantly the home mdash the pub serves as a place a

When studying a foreign language the word for ldquo explosion rdquo is normally not one of the first things I 39 ve learned I now live in Tanzania however and the Swahili word for explosion mlipuko has become a surprisingly common part of my speech for two very different reasons The ldquo