Professor Gruenwald’s lecture, titled “Ritual & Religion,” analyzes how ritual observance in Christianity and Judaism differ, but offer relatively similar functions. Gruenwald primarily discusses ...

I am writing this article from Eretz Yisrael, the Land of Israel, the Holy Land. We visit Israel twice a year to be with my son, daughter-in-law and 2-year-old granddaughter. My son moved to Israel ...

Our lives are redolent with rituals, from personal to promulgated, from silly to serious, from religious to civic and secular. In The Politics of Ritual, Molly Farneth casts a determined eye on the ...

Director Amy Rummenie remembers she was "scared out of my wits" as her Walking Shadow Theatre Company opened a production of "The Christians" last spring. After all, playwright Lucas Hnath's deeply ...

“My wife and I have been members of a church for many years and have attended Sunday services as often as possible, which is we rarely miss them. The ritual of our early Sunday service with the coffee ...

Northwestern’s diverse community includes people who celebrate many religions and traditions. We write today to remind you of Northwestern’s Policy on Academic Accommodations for Religious Observance ...

On Yahrzeit, anniversary of the death of any good Jew, a candle is lit in his honor. In synagogs and homes every Friday night candles are burned, and candles figure in many a Jewish ritual observance, ...

The Church of Scotland has reaffirmed the value of religious education in Scottish schools as MSPs consider changes to ...