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In 1775, a year before there was a United States and six weeks after the Continental Army was formed, George Washington made a declaration that has shaped the military ever since: “We need chaplains.”

The Young Buddhist Initiative, sponsored by Triratna Buddhist Community founded in 1967 by Sangharakshita, is designed to help those age 35 and under explore Buddhist teachings and meditation, interpreting the traditional Buddhist precepts through a modern lens

“Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story” continues to be a nonviolence teaching tool and an influential historical account in the United States and worldwide

Marc Wyatt, director of Welcome House Raleigh, a ministry of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina, received a call recently from the North Carolina field office of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants asking if he could help furnish two apartments for three newly arrived refugees, among the…

In 2023, Asad Dandia created New York Narratives, a walking tour company that offers tours through New York’s Muslim neighborhoods

In recent years, many U.S. seminaries have faced existential threats fueled by COVID-19 and a changing religious landscape

Millions of Americans have embraced pickleball – touting its health and social benefits as a way to have fun while getting exercise

When 67-year-old Brad Sigmon was put to death on March 7 in South Carolina, it was the first time in 15 years that an execution in the United States had been carried out by a firing squad

In nearly every major American city and in many small towns, Christian Science reading rooms are found mixed in with storefronts