My first rite of passage. As time passed other religious rites of passage began stacking up. My favorite was baptism. My parents were of the Baptist persuasion, so total immersion was in order.

A rite of passage for young people in some Amish communities ... meaning their identity is tied to both their religion and their common culture and ancestry. In this case, the Amish are ...

The Sacred Thread ceremony is a ceremony for boys in some Hindu communities to confirm they are of an age to take on religious responsibility. Girls are sometimes honoured in the same way ...

There are different rites of passage in our lives: our arrival, our passage of puberty into adulthood, from adulthood to elderhood, and finally, from elderhood to death. Yes, there are other ...

Jeffrey Rakabe ponders transformation, trauma and tradition in a debut that challenges what it means to grow up ...

For his latest project, Basaran examines another rite of passage familiar to Turkish males, circumcision. His book, Circumcision and Medicine in Modern Turkey (University of Texas Press, 2023), looks ...

Dr Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has urged traditional and religious leaders to condemn Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and promote alternative rites ...

The balls are stupendous, the dresses lovely, but the real meaning of deb teas and cotillions is rite of passage ... and the religious undertones of this first female secret society were clear.