Why did President Obama say this? His statement was probably a gentle response to reports that the Indian government has been silent in the face of growing Hindu nationalism and pressure against ...

Hinduism is widely regarded as the oldest religion in the world, with roots that trace back thousands of years. Unlike other major religions, Hinduism has no single founder, no fixed date of origin, ...

(The Conversation) — Aging is often feared, resisted, and in the cruelest of cases, mocked and even punished. An irrational but socially reinforced sense of having somehow failed haunts many older ...

(RNS) — With the collapse of President Joe Biden’s plan to pass his Build Back Better bill this year, the United States and the world are nearing the point of no return on the climate. As ...

In Hinduism, human life is not merely viewed as a biological journey but as a sacred path, shaped by different ideologies through centuries and a sequence of spiritual markers called the Samskaras.

VARANASI, India—The seven pandits draped in cloth of gold are clearly competing against the five in saffron. In front of thousands of assembled pilgrims, each bevy of priests furiously recites ...

Is Hindutva, and not Hinduism, the correct name to apply to a complex skein of many schools of thought which have evolved over millennia, and is deemed by many to be a way of life? An RSS functionary, ...

Vijayesh Lal is general secretary of the Evangelical Fellowship of India, the central network and service organization of evangelicals and Pentecostals in India, representing over 6,5000 churches ...

As a highly multicultural society, Australian election campaigns require politicians to actively connect with the country’s array of community groups. This is overwhelmingly a positive phenomenon, yet ...