Research in religious traditions spans an extraordinary range of communities, practices and intellectual approaches. At its core lies an effort to understand how beliefs are embodied in ritual, text ...

A recent Pew Research Center survey shows that about seven-in-ten Americans identify with a religion. Seven-in-ten Americans also believe in an afterlife. And about half of Americans say that parts of ...

BERLIN—It’s Holy Week, and it’s an opportune time to write about some of the religious traditions of another country that are very different from our practices in the Philippines. I’ve been based in ...

Professor Blazer’s work on the intersections of religion and sports began 20 years ago with her research for her first book, where she investigated evangelical Christians and their use of sports in ...

(RNS) — When it comes to going to church, a generational pattern is playing out in many households around the world: Grandparents never miss Sunday service; parents attend only on holidays; children, ...

When asked about the leader of their country, people around the world are generally much more likely to say it is important to have someone who stands up for people with their religious beliefs than ...

Being a religious leader means wearing many different hats. At times, their congregations expect them to convey passionate confidence—to be models of faith and strength. But wise leadership also means ...

Dear Eric: I’m an African American man in my late 60s. Nobody would call me the most religious guy on the planet, but the center aisle in the church would not open up and swallow me if I walked in. I ...