Jimmy Donegan’s painting, Papa Tjukurpa Pukara, depicts ancestral stories.
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At this moment of eco-anxiety, First Nations spiritualities, with their emphasis on balance and responsibility, may help us better live in harmony with all things.
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Girl mossing’s proponents are chiefly young women posting forest selfies and embracing natural processes of renewal and decay.
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Spirituality is central to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and is growing in popularity with young Australians. What is it? And how is it different to religion?
Although still in its early days, the metaverse has already attracted those who seek a religious experience online.
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The metaverse will soon become a prime destination for those seeking online religious experiences.
Fewer people are affiliated with religion in the United States, but that hardly means that they’re all atheists.
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Social factors, from wealth to politics, may shape whether people who do not believe in God identify as an atheist.
London’s Ramadan Lights in 2024.
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Online Ramadan content has boosted Muslim voices and empowered people to to speak for themselves and on their own terms.
A mural by Ricardo Islas dedicated to a skater called Raymond in Chicano Park skatepark, San Diego.
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Skateparks show how the built environment can be transformed if communities, and the DIY cultures they give birth to, are allowed to flourish.
A sense of calling can provide workers a feeling of higher purpose in their jobs.
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Many workers who see their work as a spiritual calling wind up tolerating unfair treatment and poor work conditions.
A gilded statue of the Buddha at Wat Phanan Choeng Temple in Thailand.
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Through the power of rituals, inanimate objects can be understood to transform into agents who can see, hear, taste and respond to the concerns of those who worship them.
Web communities have helped the ancient philosophy of Stoicism find fans in a new generation.
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Stoicism isn’t just a set of ideas; it’s meant to be put into practice. The ancient philosophy is finding new fans through online communities.
LifeGem is a company that extracts carbon from cremated human remains and transforms it into diamonds to remember loved ones.
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For some people, the decision over how to dispose of their body represents one last adventure – and one last consumer choice, a scholar explains.
An ayahuasca ceremony at a Hummingbird Church in Hildale, Utah, in 2022.
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A scholar who studies alternative expressions of spirituality visited secular, atheist and psychedelic churches and interacted with attendees. Here is what he found.
Irish singer Sinead O'Connor performs at Paradiso in Amsterdam in March 1988.
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A professor of modern Catholicism looks back at the ways the iconic Irish singer steeped herself in religion, even as she criticized its institutions.
An anti-COVID mask protest on November 7 2020 in Aylmer, Canada, organised by the Church of God.
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To adequately prepare for the next pandemic, we need to understand where people’s spirituality and science scepticism overlap – and why.
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, photographed in New York circa 1874.
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Theosophy and its founders had an outsize impact on Americans’ ideas about spirituality and Asian religions.
Practicing mindfulness doesn’t have to mean being removed from the world.
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Mindfulness is everywhere in pop culture today, but that doesn’t mean people agree on what it means.
Suicide attempts have risen dramatically among Black youths in recent years.
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Self-blame was found to be associated with experiencing suicidal thoughts.
A studio set up for a SoulCycle event in New York City.
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Fitness and religion make a potent combination, one people have explored for centuries.
People enjoying Christmas decorations in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Research shows that religious people who actively participate in religious gatherings tend to have a more positive experience of Christmas, with expectations largely fulfilled.
A baptism ceremony in the Mbashe river in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province.
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Water is sacred in many religious traditions, holding power that can also be dangerous.