The ketubah is a binding document in Jewish law that traditionally spells out a groom's responsibilities toward his wife − but that many couples adapt to be more egalitarian. PowerSiege/iStock via ...

TOKYO — Kumiko Amano is not a Christian, but had her heart set on having a Christian-style wedding. To her, a Shinto-style wedding, which she felt would be suffocated by ritual, was not an option.

Nivi Achanta and Ben Mallory got married on August 25, 2023. Achanta told Insider she struggled to plan a sustainable wedding while honoring Indian customs. The couple wore secondhand outfits, ...

Two state-sanctioned Christian bodies in China’s Henan province are pushing for imposing a government-mandated controversial policy of sinicization on Christian weddings and funeral rites, says a ...

No amount of preaching shapes a soul as much as seeing someone living an honest life. If that’s true, and it is, then no ...

(The Conversation) — Traditional Jewish ceremonies, like Christian ones, marked a woman’s transition from daughter to wife − going from her parents to her husband. But there are creative ways to ...