(RNS) — Buddhism is an American religious tradition that intersects meaningfully with African American religious history, experts in the emerging field of Black Buddhism say.

Ruth Braunstein studies religion, politics, and money. Her new book, My Tax Dollars: The Morality of Taxpaying in America, delves into how paying taxes became a moral battleground in public life. She ...

This talk draws thematic parallels between some of the visionary literature of Mahāyāna Buddhism, particularly the Gaṇḍavyūha Sūtra, and modern secular articulations of the sublime. It then discusses ...

A lawyer friend explained it to me this way: Since the 1980s, lawyers with specialized expertise and exclusive relationships—especially those involved in high-stakes deals like mergers and acquisitions—have been generating...

Fifteen Princeton affiliates have received the Guggenheim Fellowship. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the award. Among those celebrated are photographers, composers, and historians.

Kira Schmidt-Stiedenroth's research examines the institutions and practices of Unani medicine, the Graeco-Islamic healing practice based on the humoral theory attributed to Hippocrates and officially ...

Keynote lecture of the Agency and Experience Yin-Cheng conference.Tracing contemplative philosophy from Dharmakīrti in India up to contemporary “Chag-Dzog” traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, one can tell...

The overlap between spiritual progressives and conservative Christians who reject modern science in favor of holistic health and natural remedies.