There has been a 17-percent drop in in the number of U.S. adults who say religion is an important part of their daily ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Rev. Vicki Garlock, Ph.D., an interfaith educator, earned a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the most ...

In my life I have loved world religions like some people love jigsaw puzzles. When I look at the history of religion, I see people trying to make meaningful maps for living out of the broken shards of ...

(RNS) — A new Pew Research Center study measuring the evolution of the global religious population shows Muslims are the fastest-growing faith group, followed by the religiously unaffiliated. Though ...

From August 14 to 18, 2023, I attended a Parliament of the World Religions in Chicago. The gathering drew together more than 7,000 people representing about 100 countries and more than 200 different ...

Learn why “world religions” is a category constructed by human choice When we think of world religions, we often think of the Big Five: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. But why do ...

Apart from Muslims, the only other group that grew as a percentage of the global population were those who identify as having no religion, known as 'nones.' The report covered 201 countries, focusing ...

A conversation with Jack Miles. Thank you, Jack, for participating in this interview. While I hope this conversation will result in greater interest in each of the beautifully designed and ...

For thousands of years, humans have looked to the skies, pondered the mysteries of life and death, and sought meaning in the world around them. Some of the world’s oldest religions [Medium] For ...

Being laid up in a hospital bed is a trying enough experience without whiling away the hours in an unlucky room. To many people of Chinese and Japanese descent, receiving care in Room 4 or on the ...