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U.S. adults raised Jewish now describe themselves as religiously unaffiliated. Others practice a different faith.

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New research shows a worldwide trend of people either leaving the religion they were raised in or completely dropping ...

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Mugen Train’ blends Buddhist impermanence, Shinto philosophy and samurai ethics into a lesson on courage and suffering.