The 1980s was a golden age for sex symbols in Hollywood. Some of the biggest names like Kim Basinger and Bo Derek were making history in movies of the day. But it has been 40 years since the ...

It was a call to arms, a campaign strategy session, and—above all—an honest-to-God old-fashioned Pentecostal tent revival. It ...

The latest religious symbol of the regime will ultimately ... in the religious terms of the Abrahamic faiths—a sort of Baal worship in the destructive, crazed, and libertine cultural and sexual ...

India is a land of diverse cultures, traditions, and religions. Its rich history is deeply intertwined with spiritual ...

Why do some images and tales affect us so deeply? From mystical heroic journeys to uncanny images and invincible goddesses, Symbols and Myth-Making in Modernity investigates the metaphoric power of ...

All mosques have a qiblah wall, which is the wall of the mosque that is closest to Makkah. Worshippers face this wall when they pray so that they are praying towards the holy city of Islam. Du’a ...

Congregation Rodeph Sholom is a symbol of continuity and change ... I decided that I would be baal teshuva [newly Orthodox] and started wearing a black hat and black suit – I was the only ...

This is something that Sikhs do as a special act of worship. Symbols for respect for the Guru Granth Sahib are also outlined, these include: bowing the head to the ground in the presence of the ...

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