Viewfinder: The Magh Mela Festival in India
An Indian sadhu performs evening prayer at Sangam during the Magh Mela festival in Allahabad on January 9th, 2018.
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Fighting Gentrification With the Holy Spirit
A small church in Minneapolis is working to stave off the effects of rising neighborhood housing costs by unifying communities through religion.
For Some Americans, the Gun Is a Sacred Object
New research finds a sub-group of white male gun owners feel symbolically empowered by their weapons.
Viewfinder: Hasidic Rabbis at the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries
Hasidic Rabbis prepare to pose for a group photo on November 19th, 2017, during the annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries.
How Joachim Trier Made This Year’s Coolest Queer Supernatural Thriller
In Thelma, a college freshman come to terms with her telekinetic powers—and her sexuality.
How the Methodist Church in Fiji Is Helping to Lead on Climate Action
An overwhelming majority of Fijians are religious. Reverend James Bhagwan explains how that faith can spur action.
What Underpins Belief in God?
New research challenges the idea that intuitive thinkers are more likely to be believers.
Church Attendance and the Decline of Civic Spaces
With fewer Americans identifying as religious, communities are losing a valuable third space for connecting people socially and civically.
Church Shootings Are Becoming Much More Common
Yet the existing data suggests churches aren't more or less vulnerable to gun violence than other publicly accessible spaces.
Halloween’s Twisted History
The roots of the holiday, traced from its origins with pagan Celts through its various modern iterations around the world today.