The protests challenge the government’s view of who “the people” are, what democracy means, and who speaks for youth,…
Hostility toward Hindu worship practices draws on a long history of prejudice portraying the faith’s followers as idolaters,…
With fewer people to care for their ancestors’ graves, many in Japan are looking for innovative solutions.
Armenian culture marks major events such as birth and death with a special period of 40 days, called ‘karasunk,’ as…
Many migrants find community in evangelical churches in the U.S. – part of wider shifts in the country’s religious landscape.
Belief in science and belief in magic can coexist.
St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy is one of many cases in which religious schools have challenged the wall between church…
There is no single way to tell the story of the ‘Ramayana.’ People from different religious traditions and cultural…
Many Americans have decried today’s politics as ‘shameless.’ The antidote, a political philosopher argues, may be…
From the printing press to smartphone apps, technology has continually transformed the experience of sacred journeys. A…
Bakker’s ‘PTL Club’ existed at the nexus of evangelical Christianity and American pop culture.
The ‘Book of Prophecies’ shows how Columbus recast brutal colonization as a divine mission.
A formation known as Durupınar, just a few miles from the Iranian border in Turkey, has been associated with Noah’s Ark…
Popes have bestowed golden roses on warriors, rulers, women – and, increasingly in recent decades, shrines.
When the Supreme Court hears arguments in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, Colorado will defend antidiscrimination laws…