Rafferty said that then, the congregation looks beyond that to Easter Sunday, when those in the faith believe that Christ rose from the dead. “Ultimately, it’s a symbol of Christ’s victory ...

Symbols are ubiquitous and necessary channels ... administrative assistant and an adult Sunday school teacher at Faith Church in Allentown.

Editor’s Note: Symbols of Faith is a new series in The Woodlands Villager exploring the symbols and icons associated with the various religious faiths found across the community. Have a tip or ...

Ideas for fashioning them are developed ... and direct Christians to secret places of worship. Symbols that signified the believers' faith often adorned doors and buildings, and were included ...

For many Christians it is a sign of their faith. The cross on top of the bell ... “The cross as a symbol goes back to the beginning of Christianity and even earlier. The word ‘cross’ is ...

More than 40 years ago, the philosopher Paul Ricoeur coined the phrase “the symbol gives rise to thought ... is director of the Salesian Center for Faith and Culture at DeSales University ...

It’s not about this one Kali taking a drag from a cigarette. When symbols of faith, whether a Kali or a Krishna or a Ganesha, also become cultural motifs, friction is inevitable. In this case ...