by Ivan Shneerson

I have long struggled to figure out where I belong. This came to a head during my senior year of college when I, an agnostic and low-observant Jew, chose to live in a Christian living community. Forty-nine young Christian men and me. Growing up, my family was…

by Brandon LaGreca, LAc, MAcOM

My daughter recently reached a pivotal point in her homeschool curriculum: the study of world religions. Until now, my wife and I had been content to let her experience the sublime through nature, art, and music, instilling a subtle sense of…

by Muhammad Sohail

The Muslim world has faced various social, political, and economic challenges recently. Internal divisions, unstable political and social systems, outside interventions, poverty, and unemployment have posed significant barriers to its influence in…

by Bonnie Bowie, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN

The United States Constitution ensures the right to express one’s views and to practice one’s religion without fear of persecution. However, there are times in the past 250 years when these unalienable rights no longer seem certain…

by Professor Dr. Trung Pham

After the Vietnam War, my father spent six years in a re-education camp. He endured forced labor, malnutrition, and ideological indoctrination. One day, he carved a small Madonna statue as a gift…

by Professor Dr. Angeliki Ziaka

In the land where democracy was born, I began my journey. Greece, often referred to as its cradle, became for me a place of study and teaching in theology, the history of religions, and philosophy, fields that generated values and ideas…

by Frank DiGirolamo

“Wow! … You just listened to my whole anthem.” It was late at night, years ago, on North Broadway in Capitol Hill. “Miguel” had just recited his life story to me for a good 20 minutes…

by Camila Torres

When I was a child, I was terrified of the dark. I hated going to sleep, because, once the lights turned off, the sheer possibility of encountering a monster kept me awake…

by Amina Malkin

When talking about religion, my father will sometimes talk about “the chosen people,” a title that Jewish people have historically adopted as a way to reference being descended from…