With these interactions came the spread of religion, which had previously been more localized. The oldest world religions managed to spread with the early development of civilization around river ...
Religion is among the first ‘clothes’ all babies are made to wear not much later than they are made to wear nappies. It becomes our lifelong companion although we don’t need its presence all the time.
This volume of Princeton Readings in Religions brings together the work of more than thirty scholars of Islam and Muslim societies in South Asia to create a rich anthology of primary texts that ...
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Death is one of the most important things that religions deal with. All faiths offer meaning and explanations for death and dying; all faiths try to find a place for death and dying within human ...
Ching Ming is an occasion for Chinese families to honour their dead by burning paper money and objects useful in the afterlife, offering food and wine, and clearing tombs of dust, weeds and debris ...
This story appears in the December 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Somewhere in the world, a meal, ritual, or offering is being prepared in religious observance—most likely by the ...