Jacqui Frost is an assistant professor of sociology at Purdue University. Shared testimonies, collective singing, silent meditation and baptism rituals – these are all activities you might find at a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sunday Assembly is one of the larger secular congregations aiming to provide community and ritual for nonreligious people. AP ...

In his initial plan for the city of Washington, Pierre L’Enfant envisioned a secular church, equidistant from the White House and the Capitol, that would enshrine the nation’s civic ideals. That ...

When Justina Walford moved to New York City nine years ago, she’d never felt more alone. She’d left behind her Church, her God, and her old city, Los Angeles. Then a secular congregation called Sunday ...

"O never give me over to my own heart's desires, nor let me follow my own imaginations!" — John Wesley There are many reasons for the modern church's loss of its prophetic voice, politics being just ...

Jan. 12 (UPI) --Shared testimonies, collective singing, silent meditation and baptism rituals -- these are all activities you might find at a Christian church service on a Sunday morning in the United ...

Shared testimonies, collective singing, silent meditation and baptism rituals – these are all activities you might find at a Christian church service on a Sunday morning in the United States. But what ...

(The Conversation) — A sociologist of religion explains how atheist churches are helping people find meaning and community – serving many of the same purposes as religious churches. (The Conversation) ...