D. J. Waldie's strikingly beautiful book in 1996 about what it was like to grow up in Lakewood, Calif., "Holy Land," is one ...

This faith tradition has weathered persecution, schism and corruption for thousands of years and yet it endures. Humanity’s ...

The skeptic in me dismisses these moments—mere electro-chemical neurological responses!—but there is that hopeful part of me, ...