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County and federal officials are reviewing claims by a group that books used in Howell High School classes are profane and pornographic.The Livingston Organization for Values in Education (LOVE) o

Before you try the sea change or the tree change — have you considered the witch change? Instead of opening a gift shop or tea house with frilly curtains, a stall at the local market with a crystal b

A dust-up over group prayers in the Heritage High School commons before the start of school triggered the suspension of a dozen students on Friday.It also quickly threatened to fan up into a broad

Long before Elysia Gallo identified herself as a neopagan, she felt drawn to mystical, magical things."From the time I was about 8, I loved crystals and charms," she said.Gallo, 32, of St. Pau

Before every dangerous mission in Iraq, Captain Richard A. Briggs Jr. stood on the hatch of his vehicle, drew a pentacle in the sky with his finger and recited the Wiccan Warrior Prayer for protection

It's been nearly five years since Walnut Creek renamed its Easter Bunny the "Spring Bunny," but the name change became news on Thursday after a resident wrote a letter to the editor protesting it.

According to the Lavender Islands religion question, "New Zealand lesbian, gay and bisexual Christians quit mainstream religion at two-and-half times the rate of the general population" The report sug

The U.S. Congress periodically rises to the defense of the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance.What ostensibly motivates the legislators is the mistaken belief that the phrase “unde

A 2,200-year-old statue of the goddess Hera has been found built into the walls of a city under Mount Olympus, home of Greece's ancient gods, archaeologists said on Thursday. The headless marble statu

To begin Women’s History Month, professor Mary Jo Neitz spoke about feminism and spirituality Thursday at Ellis Auditorium.Nietz, a professor of sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies, read from