We asked people in 35 countries about the influence of specific religious texts on their national laws. The texts in question varied by country: For example, adults in predominantly Christian ...

Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, a once-in-144-years event, attracts millions through its spiritual, religious, and cultural vitality. This year's gathering in Prayagraj emphasizes spiritual rebirth through ...

Large shares of adults in most of the 36 countries we surveyed say religion helps society rather than harms it. 2 Most also say religion encourages tolerance, not intolerance. But people are slightly ...

Fourteen members of a small religious sect in Australia have been found guilty of the manslaughter of an 8-year-old girl, who died after they withheld insulin needed to treat her diabetes because ...

Galen Watts is an Associate Director of the Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures based jointly at St. Jerome's University and the University of Waterloo. He receives funding from ...

Atheists are described as people who do not need religious explanations or the promise of an afterlife to see value in the human experience. Exploring whether this way of thinking could be ...

The loss of religious institutions is compounded for faith communities with the individual suffering of the flock, as some congregations have said up to three-fourths of their members lost their ...

Millions of Hindu devotees are bathing in sacred waters as the world’s biggest religious gathering begins in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Over the next six weeks, a staggering 400 ...

Do you see what I see? Way up in the sky, little lamb Do you see what I see?" – Lyrics from the Christmas song, Do You Hear What I Hear, by Noël Regney & Gloria Shayne Is there an intelligent ...

Welcome to Religions of the World. Buddhism: The Religion of Buddhists. Buddhism is about 2,500 years old and people who follow Buddhism are called Buddhists. Buddhists follow the teachings of a ...

Close to 2 million people belonging to an influential Christian group gathered in Manila on Jan. 13, demanding a halt to congressional efforts to impeach the vice president and daughter of former ...