“How important is religion in your life?” and “What is your current religion?” are two survey questions that have long been used to measure religiousness in individuals and societies. By these ...

Spiritual and religious practices vary around the world. Some activities, such as prayer, are widespread across many societies. Other practices, such as fasting and lighting incense or candles, are ...

Less remarked upon—though just as historic—is another precedent he quietly overturned: Francis was also the first pope in modern history to come from any religious order. For 167 years before ...

(RNS) — There are horror movies that capture the relationship between race and lived experience, but rarely do they intersect with religion. However, “Sinners,” written and directed by Ryan ...

A non-governmental organisation, Search For Common Ground, Nigeria, has tasked legal practitioners in the country to be advocates of freedom of religion as enshrined in the constitution.

The pair discussed their own religious backgrounds, referred to liberation theology, read from the Bible and lauded what Booker called the transformative power of “faith traditions” — a ...

The results revealed several significant insights, including their perception of religious leaders as the most trusted climate messengers. Purpose carried out the quantitative survey in August ...

Howell Township is facing a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by a New Jersey corporation after the township’s zoning board denied its application to build a Jewish cemetery. The complaint ...

A Michigan elementary school has backed down after initially telling two Christian students they couldn't perform worship songs at an upcoming school talent show. "Upon review, it was determined ...

Originally a state matter in Oklahoma about a proposed religious charter school, its outcome could impact state education funding nationwide. If justices rule in favor of charter schools ...

While the law applies to all nonpublic schools, it will chiefly affect all-boys Hasidic schools, known as yeshivas, which provide mostly religious lessons in Yiddish and Hebrew. The push to adjust ...

There are no such shortcuts, however, in academic social science. Take American religion for instance. Over the past several decades, the most important trend is a pretty simple line graph ...