Baptism is an important rite of initiation in the Christian tradition, but the baptism ceremony varies depending upon the denomination. Catholics, Orthodox Christians, and many in the Protestant denominations baptize infants. Baptists and Pentecostal Churches baptize only adults or children old enough to profess their faith. More →

April 13, 2001

Bob Abernethy takes a look at the 7-day Jewish observance of Sukkot. More →

October 13, 2000

Many second generation American Hindus are fascinated by the religion’s philosophy, but rarely go to the temple or practice rituals, and often don’t understand them. There is a danger that the beliefs the rituals embody are at risk. More →

August 6, 1999

Alongside Christians and Jews in all their variety, there are now Muslims and Buddhists and Sikhs and Hindus, a million Hindus in all, struggling, as have all other newcomers, to establish their faith and traditions in the United States. More →

July 30, 1999

BOB ABERNETHY: We’re going to take a rare glimpse now into the lives of some Hasidic women in Brooklyn; an 18th-century way of life flourishing in late 20th-century America. Hasidism, Hebrew for both “pious” and “saintly,” began in the late … More →

February 12, 1999