It appears many critics don’t realize that empirical evidence reveals that prayer can be quite helpful. According to the Pew Research Center’s Religious Landscape Study, over half of American ...

A recent, controversial study of cardiac patients conducted at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, concludes that this type of prayer -- known as intercessory prayer -- may indeed make a ...

Do you want more peace and patience in your life? How about love, joy, and faithfulness? These are fruits of the Spirit as described in the Bible. Here are 30 Scriptures on Fruits of the Spirit to ...

Christians talk to God through prayer: We see examples of children's prayers and how and when they pray. Children talk about asking for guidance, being grateful, asking for help and how praying ...

This is a facsimile edition of the late Howard Clark Kee's NRSV Study Apocrypha, first published by Cambridge ... For a full list, see here: New_Revised_Standard_Version_Apocrypha.pdf Professor Kee's ...

(source) The academic study of religion as we know it today can be traced to the 19th century encounter of Western scholars and theologians with non-Western cultures. In the United States, departments ...

"These Holy Days" aims to help Jews navigate the conflicting emotions of the High Holidays with the pain of Oct. 7 and the ...

The symbolic foods of the High Holidays have taken on new meaning after Oct. 7, writes a religious studies scholar.

Standards and Ethics in Study Abroad Smith College adheres to the Forum on Education Abroad’s Standards of Good Practice and Code of Ethics (PDF) for Education Abroad in providing study abroad ...

Faculty-led programs are designed for Michigan Tech students to study abroad with other Michigan Tech students and take Michigan Tech courses taught by Michigan Tech professors.

The Muslim prayer ritual is performed five times a day, always facing in the direction of Mecca. Twelve-year-old Kaisan demonstrates his prayer positions and describes how praying gives him a ...

Saint Louis University offers 47 study abroad programs all over the world, including at our Madrid, Spain, campus. At SLU, every undergraduate student in any academic program is guaranteed the ...