2+ hour, 22+ min ago  (312+ words) From Ramadan to Ash Wednesday, the springtime religious holidays in 2026 are earlier than last year, and the Jewish holiday Passover is no exception. Passover is nearly two weeks earlier on the calendar this week than it was in 2025. The eight-day…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (957+ words) Would religion survive without promises of reward and punishment? No. Lot of devotees would miss the emotionally compelling high motivators and powerful accelerators of: accountability and enforcement, afterlife incentives, celestial judge and cosmic justice, divine anger, fear, hope, moral surveillance,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (772+ words) Many are of the view that all three of these are happening with religion. Methodologies are changing but seekers are still looking; it is not shrinking, just shifting. It is a complex transition. Religion will not just disappear, they state....

6+ mon, 3+ day ago  (681+ words) Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year that marks the beginning of the High Holy Days leading up to Yom Kippur, begins on the evening of Monday, Sept. 22. Temples and Jewish groups around Reno are celebrating the holiday with religious services…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (835+ words) We asked our panel of distinguished faith leaders of the region the following question: Should we modernize religious doctrines and practices to align with contemporary values? Here is what they have to say: Bradley S. Corbin, Baha'i teacher Alex J. Berger, teaching…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (865+ words) Here are some views: They're binding only until death; bonding here continues there; promises carry over to our next incarnations; they continue to eternity; earthly vows are not carried to heavenly abodes; they might carry on but in an entirely…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (889+ words) Just as nothing in the world is entirely good or bad, so religion can be a force for either. Jesus, who embodied goodness, once practiced a religion that became a force for good. At the same time the ... Religion seems…...