But his inclusion on the list of “saints,” however informally, at my otherwise extremely traditional Episcopalian church speaks to a wider trend in both religious and secular spaces alike ...

The need for them is buried deep in our collective memory. Medieval hagiographies explained that even vicarious contact with saints, touching the hems of their garments, for instance, improved one ...

Nelson Mandela, contemporary South Africa’s founder, statesman, and secular saint, is only recently buried. Washington and Mandela stand as remarkably parallel figures. They deserve praise and ...

As the secular gobbles up more of the world ... The more the church demands, the more it can offer. Some Latter-day Saints have pointed to these arguments as an explanation for why church growth ...