Many of us try to balance two key sides of ourselves: a spiritual side and an analytical side. Our spiritual side seeks the sacred—something timeless or ultimately important or beautiful to us. For ...

There is a long tradition of wondering about the mental health implications of religious practice. The psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Jung famously claimed to have seen almost no practicing ...

Julie Exline, PhD, a national leader in researching spiritual struggles and explanations for extraordinary human experiences, has been named research director of the University of Virginia’s Division ...

This collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Good Health & Well-Being. Religion and spirituality (R/S) are important to the daily lives of many people around the world. The ...

In October 1992, Columbia University doctoral student Glen Milstein transcribed some of his recent ideas in a notebook for possible inclusion in his dissertation. Those 20 minutes of erudite ...

To read Shakespeare is to read life in its entirety. Paraphrasing Shakespeare's own quote for Cleopatra from his play Antony ...

Non-affirming religious doctrine may engender internalized homophobia or transphobia among LGBTQIA+ people of faith, ...

(RNS) — In a year marked by political violence and collective unease, writers on religion and spirituality offered reflections on faith where it is most contested — in national histories and in ...

In today’s fast-paced world, the home is increasingly becoming more than just a place to live, it is a space where people seek calm, emotional balance, and moments of quiet reflection. As daily ...