The Salt Lake Tribune reports on the evolving rituals and accessibility of LDS temple worship, highlighting changes in ...

According to an entry in the Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine, a religious ritual is any repetitive and patterned behavior that is prescribed by or tied to a religious institution, belief or custom ...

At the Aquarian Tabernacle Church, rituals with ancient roots celebrate Pagan gods, the Earth and “the smell of smoke in our hair.” INDEX — You don’t convert to being a witch. “You just wake up and ...

In 1852, the second prophet-president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brigham Young, implemented a ban on people of African descent from holding the priesthood and accessing temple ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Pope Francis and the Vatican will open five spiritual portals starting Christmas Eve that are ...

Religious studies instructor Larissa Carneiro has followed her romantic and academic heart to Durham and then back to Brazil to study the ayahuasca-embracing Church of Santo Daime, “Saint Give Me” “To ...

The city of Colorado Springs is home to a unique congregation that sprung up last year - the Colorado Psychedelic Church. That is its official name. It blends spirituality and the ceremonial use of ...

Jacqui Frost does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

In 1852, Brigham Young—second prophet/president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—implemented a ban on people of African descent holding the priesthood and accessing temple rituals, ...