Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama, celebrated his 90th birthday. He has long said that at this point, he would make a decision about his succession plans: according to Tibetan Buddhist belief, the Dalai ...

Religion, in its truest essence, began as a stirring within, a call to look deeper than what appears on the surface. It was never meant to be about commandments or ceremonies, belonging to a group, or ...

Oklahoma is forcing courts – as they did in Tennessee in 1925 – to wrestle with the question of how much religion is ...

Are Superman and Jesus headed for an American revival? For better or worse, people’s love of Superman and devotion to God ...

From a 'nunfluencer' in Mendham to a social media coordinator in North Haledon, a new wave of tech-savvy nuns is helping to ...

The first recorded evidence of marriage ceremonies uniting one woman and one man dates from about 2350 B.C., in Mesopotamia. Over the next several hundred years, marriage evolved into a widespread ...

Anime characters often face challenges that connect to long-standing Buddhist and Shintō teachings. In this course, students look closely at what anime is saying about life.

Scopes “Monkey Trial” in Tennessee, where a teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution, continues to influence debates on ...

Religion News Foundation (RNF) today announced the receipt of a $300,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to investigate ...

The I.R.S. lifted the ban on endorsements in houses of worship. That move could pose a challenge in a city that relishes religious diversity.