Can religion make you happy? Scientists may soon find out.
Religious attendance is consistently correlated with higher levels of contentment and satisfaction. Here's what the research ...
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The Forgotten Faithful
This story appears in the June 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine ... They come because this is where Christianity began. Here in Jerusalem and on lands nearby are the stony hills where ...
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Inside the cloak-and-dagger search for sacred texts
This story appears in the December 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Hobby Lobby and one of the biggest supporters of Christian causes in the United States. His enthusiasm for ...
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Rich in Resources, This Nation Is Failing Anyway. Here’s Why.
This story appears in the May 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Four years ago Muslim rebels and Christian militias rampaged through, fighting for control of Bangui, the capital ...
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These Religions Celebrate the Most Holidays
This story appears in the December 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... citizens can choose from a list of Christian, Muslim, Sikh, and Buddhist holidays, in addition to 28 recognized ...
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In the Footsteps of the Apostles
This story appears in the March 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine ... On this site, tradition says, Thomas founded the first Christian church in India, in A.D. 52. In Parur and elsewhere ...
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How the Greeks Changed the Idea of the Afterlife
This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... for new religions were falling into place. And when Christianity swept the ancient world, it carried with it, along ...