Ekam sat viprā bahudhā vadanti” "Truth is one, the wise speak of it in many ways." — Rig Veda 1.164.46 The Modern Misunderstanding: Gods, Rituals, and Identity In today’s world, Hinduism is often ...

Pope Leo XIV's church is growing steadily, but its believers are no longer concentrated on the continent where it was born.

As Pope Leo XIV is formally inaugurated, he vows to work for unity and peace at a time of polarization in the Catholic Church ...

As I like to tell my graduate students, there’s nothing simple about the social world. The internet is full of clickbait ...

But of course it’s impossible to enjoy meaningful community if each individual is the author of his or her own religion.

Our troubled times and the distress we feel aren’t unique. They are the norm historically, going back to the roots of uncertainty and calamity in human life. Yet if you seek advice about what to do ...

An earthen enclosure called the Octagon is drawing much-deserved attention to the state’s history-filled mounds built some 2,000 years ago by the Hopewell culture ...

PRRI combined U.S. Census and MIT Election Lab data from 3,142 counties to estimate local religious demographics. Among Bay ...

This may be unsettling to those who’ve invested in the idea of a steadily secularizing globe, but the numbers don’t lie. In the long run, the groups that reproduce tend to shape the narrative. If ...

Perhaps a revealing question is whether the church will continue the radical novelty Francis brought as a pope from a religious order—and whether this is the continuity needed now.

Large majorities around the world say they believe in God. Read about beliefs in spiritual presence “beyond the natural world ...

Pew Research Center conducted this survey to measure the prevalence of a variety of religious and spiritual beliefs and practices around the world. The survey included some questions grounded in the ...