Streets closer to religious places, adjacent to churches, or with prominent devout members got their names inspired by them.

MANILA, Philippines — A House lawmaker wants a national registry and accreditation system created for churches, sects, and religious groups to protect Filipinos against those who only want to ...

Leaders in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, home to 72 million people, are considering punishing with the death penalty those who allegedly force people into religious conversion — a ...

On 13 July 2024, she pray and eat soup ... Santhara wey dem dey also call sallekhana na practice wey some followers of di Jain religion dey perform. E involve to give up food and water and ...

A sweeping census on the state of American religion reveals a less sensational tale of Christianity in decline and a rise of the religiously unaffiliated compared to a decade ago. Pew Research ...

Americans’ overall perceptions of religion tilt positive, according to the survey, but appear to have cooled since 2014. Overall, 51% express mostly positive views of religious institutions ...

A major new study from Pew Research Center offers an in-depth look at the American religious landscape and how it’s changed over time. Researchers determined that the share of U.S. adults who ...

Organized religion was out of favor, “none of the above” was in, and houses of worship across the country were too busy dealing with aging congregations and rising building costs to find successful ...

The religious profiles of U.S. adults – how religious they are and what religion they identify with – are closely aligned with their partisan political identities, according to the new Religious ...

In the 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study (RLS), 59% of adults who identify with a religion say that homosexuality should be accepted by society, up a bit from 55% in 2014 and from 46% in 2007. 68 This ...

“Why?!” he wails. “Ahhhhh!” In his Times column, Douthat devotes a lot of space to religion, which he usually examines through a sociological or political lens. (Earlier this ...

I’m Ross Douthat. I’m Carlos Lozada. Our merry MOO band is back together, and this week, we’re talking about religious faith, why it matters, and why we should all have it. Fortunately ...