Rituals

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'Art of the West' inaugurates the Autry's new permanent gallery

In traditional Native American belief, spirits can inhabit seemingly inanimate things. Can paintings, sculptures, decorative objects and handicrafts also be infused with the spirits of their subjects, and of the people who made them? If so, the new...

Tags: Sculpture, Fine Arts, Arts and Culture, U.S. Army, Arts

Savoring the art of the West

If you've paid attention to the Autry National Center over its 25-year history, you can't help but notice the continual surprises that accompany its exhibits, shows and programs. The West may have been settled well over a century ago but the Autry...

Tags: Arts and Culture, Painting, Arts, Religious Events

Chicago woman testifies to honeymoon assault by husband

A marriage that began with a proposal written in a white Bible passed to her in a Magnificent Mile church soon fell apart, a Gold Coast woman testified Tuesday in court, claiming her new husband beat and sexually assaulted her on their honeymoon as part...

Tags: Gold Coast, Justice System, Sex Crimes, Assault, Marriage

A new synagogue planned for West Boca

An international network of Orthodox Jewish congregations will soon have a permanent outpost in West Boca. Chabad of West Boca Raton, an Orthodox synagogue known for its outreach to unaffiliated Jews, broke ground on Sunday on a 1.2-acre parcel on State...

Tags: Israel, Religion and Belief, Christianity, Palm Beach County, Christian Orthodoxy

Let us not pray A hopeful wish for the end of religious exercises at the beginning of government meetings

Let us not pray

I wish atheist lawmaker Juan Mendez hadn't delivered his "prayer" to open the Tuesday afternoon session of the Arizona House of Representatives. Mendez, a freshman Democrat who represents Tempe, began by asking his assembled colleagues not to bow their...

Tags: Government, Religion and Belief, Church and State Relations, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics

Orlando Fringe review: 'Misa Flamenca'

As a dance, flamenco is about style: The fire in the eyes, the exquisite vestments, the dramatic posturing. Orlando's Flamenco del Sol troupe has shrewdly noticed the similarity between the Spanish dance and organized religion. The result, "Misa...

Tags: Religion and Belief, Music, Entertainment Events, Dance, Religious Events

First lady could be Chicago kids' last hope

As a young girl growing up in the South, I looked forward to the fourth Sunday of August. We called it "Homecoming" at my church in Hogansville, Ga. That was when folks who had moved away from our small, rural town seeking better opportunities in...

Tags: South Shore, McCormick Place, Religious Events, Symbols and Symbolism, CBS Corp.

James Turrell shapes perceptions

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Flying a couple of thousand feet above a volcanic field in Arizona near the Painted Desert, it's fairly easy to spot the extinct volcano known as the Roden Crater. It stands alone in the field, apart from hundreds of other...

Tags: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Central Intelligence Agency, Air Transportation Industry, Artists, Education

Review: A shattered land tries to pull back together in 'Joe Turner'

The setting for August Wilson's magnificent "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" is a boardinghouse in 1911 Pittsburgh, but the spiritual location is a crossroads between the ghostly past and the forbidding future, slavery and freedom, despair and hope. The...

Tags: Arts and Culture, Religious Events, Glynn Turman

Blessings hand hospital workers spiritual support

The chaplains at the Chicago area Adventist hospitals know the staffs' hands that dispense medication, perform surgeries and mop floors are crucial to carrying out the hospitals' mission. That's why, this month, many of those nurses, surgeons and...

Tags: Nursing, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Religious Events, Medical Specialization