If you could pick just one word to illustrate God what would it be? HuffPo publishes the top 10 definitions of God submitted by its readers. Huffington Post Religion asked their readers to pick...
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American psychologist, educator and writer Marlene Winell describes her research on the effects some feel after leaving a religion. According to American psychologist, educator and writer Marlene...
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The Nachi Fire Festival, locally referred to as the Nachi No Ogi Matsuri, is a religious holiday celebrated in Kumano mountains located in the Wakayama Prefecture. The Wakayama Prefecture is one of the UNESCO...
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15 Jul 2015
WRN Editorial Staff
WorldReligionNews.com ran a U.S. citizen targeting poll using organic search and paid social to determine how Americans feel about same-sex marriage. The results may surprise you. The Goal WRN wanted...
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09 Jul 2015 Alison Lesley
via Flickr 1, 2, 3, CC by 2.0 Although worshipping is no longer a significant part of daily living in Japan, Japanese individuals practice rituals from a mixture of religions. Japan is one of the world’s...
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05 Jun 2015 WRN Editorial Staff
Continuing our #InTheirOwnWords series, today we have three new archived interviews available with Louis Farrakhan, Minerva G. Carcano, and Koichi Barrish. In this interview with The Islamic Monthly,...
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05 Jun 2015 WRN Editorial Staff
In this interview with Susan Barber, Rev. Koichi Barrish discusses being the first non-Japanese Shinto priest and many beliefs of the Shinto faith. Reverend Koichi Barrish, famous for being the first...
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Celebrants and tourists alike enjoy games and delightfully shaped snacks at Kanamara Matsuri, a Shinto penis festival that honors fertility and prosperity. There are thousands of Shinto shrines around...
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Nope, it's not a wooden iPhone case. It's a minimal Shinto Ise Shrine for your home, of course. Sometimes tradition and technology blend to form a surprising outlet for religious expression. Shinto...
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Four years ago, two teenage girls, the nieces of Yasuykuki Saito, got up to mischief and drew cute anime characters on various sacred instruments at the Kamishinmei Tenso Jinja Shinto shrine in Tokyo’s...
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Finding Hope in Dark Times by Margaret Dulaney
