This article discusses the motive and purpose of Jain worship. The motive and purpose of Jain worship is very different from worship in many other religions - in fact it would seem that Jain ...

Central to Hindu worship is the image, or icon, which can be worshipped either at home or in the temple. Hindu worship, or puja, involves images (murtis), prayers (mantras) and diagrams of the ...

Charles Featherstone sends in this fascinating essay by Kazimierz Bem, a Congregationalist pastor who says that churches are doomed if they don’t put primacy on how they worship. Excerpts: The ...