For example, there are a growing number of psychedelic churches, which cater to people looking to experience spirituality and ritual through drug use.. There are also secular organizations that ...

Secular congregations often mimic religious organizations by using the language and structure of a “church,” such as meeting on Sundays or hearing a member’s “testimony,” or by adapting ...

Secular organizers started their own congregations. But to succeed, they need to do a better job of imitating religion. ... She’d left behind her Church, her God, and her old city, Los Angeles.

The rule was introduced by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954 when he was serving as the U.S. Senate majority leader.

Overemphasis on numbers undermines the search for “middle sized” truths that higher education, at its spiritual best, pursues, writes Robert B. Young.

The secular state wants (at best) the Church to “shut up and sing” in private or (at worst) the Church to be driven entirely into extinction. In either case, evangelization is not welcome.

With churches in every neighborhood, Catholicism has long been a historic aspect of Chicago culture. Last year, the Archdiocese of Chicago had more than 2.1 million Catholics, according to statisti… ...

Jan. 12 (UPI) --Shared testimonies, collective singing, silent meditation and baptism rituals -- these are all activities you might find at a Christian church service on a Sunday morning in the ...

There are also secular organizations that promote the idea that people can live forever, such as the Church of Perpetual Life.Members believe they can achieve immortality on Earth through radical ...

A sociologist of religion explains how atheist churches are helping people find meaning and community — serving many of the same purposes as religious churches. Shared testimonies, collective ...

Secular congregations often mimic religious organizations by using the language and structure of a “church,” such as meeting on Sundays or hearing a member’s “testimony,” or by adapting ...