Similarly, Buddhist goma fire ceremonies involve priests burning wooden sticks in sacred flames to symbolize the eradication of ignorance and desire. Rengoku’s own techniques reflect this duality: His ...

Hindu scriptures had a never-ending cast of gods and their wild antics. It felt fun – a concept I didn’t usually associate with religion. Beyond those stories, my upbringing was largely atheistic.

the 18-year-old explained he lives at home with his “very religious” 60-year-old mom. He added that when he recently asked her for permission to go on the trip, she agreed on the condition that he “go ...

Following the return of four stolen wooden panels to the centuries-old church in Boljoon, Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia renewed her call for the repatriation of all religious artifacts looted from Cebu's ...

Though named for the patron saint credited with bringing Christianity to Scotland in the sixth century, St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life ... designed to evoke that style. In addition to a ...

Criterion (ii): Antigua Guatemala contains living traces of Spanish culture with its principal monuments, built in the Baroque style of the 18th century preserved today as ruins. Antigua Guatemala was ...

These paintings are riddled with pathos, through which Bacon’s remorse is felt. The choice of the triptych, a go-to for Bacon, is a religious style of painting composition rooted in Christian art.