At 15, my older brother died, ending my charmed childhood, and I began my search for the meaning of life in earnest. I started reading the scriptures of different religions. I started out with the ...

In a world where steps are quickened and cultures, images, and narratives crowd each other, clinging to our roots becomes a civilized act with no turning back. Nations that know where they came from ...

You’ve seen it in bookstores – the metallic turquoise spine peeking out from the shelf under “Eastern Religions.” Or, perhaps, another of its more understated editions rendered in muted tones. It is ...

Mojtaba Khamenei struck a defiant tone and signaled that Iran would not back down in a war that has spread across the Middle ...

From his perch in Hawaii, the hero of Patricia Finn’s first novel, “The Golden Boy,” revisits his dark past in rural Ontario.

Marcus Junius Brutus was a Roman politician, leader, orator—and one of history’s most infamous assassins. Why did he launch a ...