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How to learn to meditate from scratch

Have you ever considered learning to meditate? As a result of the pandemic and the consequences that it is leaving, many people have found in meditation an escape route to calm their minds. And it is that this ancient practice provides great benefits for mental and emotional well-being. So if you want to know...

How could religious beliefs arise?

Surely when seeing this type of alien practice you have ever wondered how much is true in our own religious beliefs, how they arose or why many of us believe in supernatural forces and beings. To try to answer some of these questions, biologists, psychologists, anthropologists, and historians, among others, have been joining forces...

Beliefs, values, and attitudes in Argentine society

A new national survey carried out by CONICET researchers makes it possible to trace links between religious affiliations and views on various key issues. Knowing through empirical data the religious beliefs and practices that go through Argentine society. And the way in which these are correlated with the educational level, gender, age, or region...

Respect for freedom of belief, a right beyond the churches

Under the protection of the Political Constitution of Colombia of 1886. The Catholic Church was a power parallel to the public. This has changed - at least on paper - since the 1991 Charter. Which recognized the freedom of belief as a fundamental right. During the twenty years in which Professor Aydé Muñoz worked in...

5 tips for reporting on religious matters

History has taught us that great wars have been started by conflicts between groups with different religious beliefs. The attacks on the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo show how religion remains a sensitive and dangerous issue for journalists to tackle. For this reason, Brian Pellot, global director of strategy for the Religion News Service, has published...