"The fast is a time for me to remind myself, to reclaim myself, to be in charge of my body and not simply respond to random physical promptings. This is just something that I look forward to more and more every year and it gives me more time to recognize my strength in prayer."

The humanitarian crisis mounts as hundreds of thousands of refugees flee war in Syria; people under the age of 30 leave behind traditional religious affiliations but not necessarily religious beliefs; and Jean Vanier wins the 2015 Templeton Prize for “affirming life’s spiritual dimension” in ...

"I put myself into their place. I would be in the same situation. I would be the one who escaped from the war, from this conflict, and they came here and you know Turkish hospitality," says Savas Metin, general secretary of the Turkish nongovernmental aid organization called Kimse Yok Mu. "They came ...

"A couple of years ago the responses we saw from local communities hosting Syrian refugees—not the government, but just your average person—very impressive,” says Daryl Grisgraber, senior advocate at Refugees International. "But four years on that can only be kept up for so long."

“You have a generation that is saying we are tapping out of religion in many ways. But what they are not saying is that we are tapping out of a serious search for meaning in life,” says Erwin McManus, pastor and founder of MOSAIC church in Los Angeles. “In fact, if anything there is an ...

Forty-two years ago, in a village south of Paris, a French-Canadian created a home where the mentally disabled could live in dignity and where others could learn from them the value of sharing and acceptance. There is now a worldwide network of these communities called L'Arche, the French word for ...

The growing appeal of ISIS and other extremist groups in the West; for-profit companies that try to solve social and environmental problems; and the gospel music and spiritual journey of five blind boys from Alabama.

Young recruits to radical Islam “don’t have the knowledge base to fend off manipulation of the religion that these groups are doing to convince them this is the way they can be the best Muslims they can be,” says security studies professor Mia Bloom.

“It’s an opportunity for us to not just think about the bottom line, which is important. But there are other things that are as important," says Suzanne McDowell, co-CEO of King Arthur Flour Company. "The environment, our society, community, all of our shareholders—not just the bottom line.”

"Corporations are going to have to live up to a new standard if they are going to be able to hold on to the freedom of free enterprise, and the B Corp might be the way for that to happen," says this emeritus professor of business ethics and corporate responsibility.

"The Blind Boys is a group that's not blind, they just can't see and that means they might have lost their sight, but they never lost their direction."

US Muslims pursue programs to counter extremist recruiting; the age-old Hindu reverence for cows in modern India; and Orthodox Jewish women take more of a leading role in Purim festivities.

American Muslims are not going to let their faith be defined by ISIS, says Hoda Elshishtawy, national policy analyst for the Muslim Public Affairs Council. “Islam is about life, human rights, dignity, justice. Muslims are taking back that narrative.”

Cows are considered sacred by Hindus in India. They were the favorite animal of Lord Krishna, and they serve as a symbol of wealth, strength, and abundance. But people who want to protect these creatures must also deal with those who think cows are little more than a nuisance.

More and more Orthodox Jewish women are celebrating Purim by taking the lead in reading aloud to other women the heroic story of a queen and her people in the Book of Esther.

Haris Tarin of the Muslim Public Affairs Council on terrorism, religion, and violent extremism; more of our conversation with the former chief rabbi of the UK; and churches talk theology and worship with beer on tap

"There’s a sense of fear in the American Muslim community that they’re being singled out," says Haris Tarin, director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council's Washington office. He also said President Obama's remarks at the summit helped alleviate some of those concerns. "He talked about the fact ...

"Religion and science are two quite different things and we need them both. Science takes things apart to see how they work. Religion puts things together to see what they mean."

Rev. Phillip Heinze says when he realized that for some people the most difficult thing is walking through the doors of a church, he decided to “try a new church in a place that’s not so scary."

A United Methodist church in Brooklyn offers an award for the best explanation of why the U.S. economy is doing so poorly; Britain's former chief rabbi leads a global effort against religious extremism and violence; and Tibetan Buddhists make their spiritual preparations for the new year, the Year ...