The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Students at the University of Texas in Austin have found a safe haven at the Texas Wesley, a Methodist group whose doors are open to all.
Category: Religion and Belief
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Flamenco and Fervor: Inside Spain’s El Rocío Pilgrimage
The New York Times – Travel:
The annual spectacle, featuring fanciful caravans and riders on horseback, and is arguably the most potent visual representation of Andalusian culture.
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Rome, Sacred Ground for Nearly 3,000 Years, and Counting
The New York Times – Travel:
Christianity is just one chapter in the Eternal City’s rich spiritual history. Judaism, Islam and ancient Roman religions are also a big part of the picture.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘What the Ukrainian Grandmothers Have Written’
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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‘The Sassoons’: A Family Romance at Global Scale
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The Jewish Museum surveys one of the grandest families of the 19th century: a hemisphere-spanning dynasty of merchants, poets, soldiers and socialites (oh, and also drug lords).
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Bob Richards, Pole-Vaulting Hero of the Cold War Era, Dies at 97
The New York Times – Sports:
An ordained minister known as the Vaulting Vicar, he was an Olympic gold medal winner and the first athlete to appear on the front of Wheaties boxes.
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In Troubled Times, the Sports World Offers a Necessary Salve
The New York Times – Sports:
Three months of athletic brilliance have offered reminders that the soulful, spiritual aspect of games has elevated them to something like a modern religious experience.
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Why the Chimera Is the Monster for Our Uncertain Age
The New York Times – T Magazine:
Whenever the human world is in trouble, our imagination turns to this creature: a hybrid beast that defies easy understanding.