Are you religious? If you are, a huge part of your life is probably shaped by your beliefs and religious community. If you’re not, you might stare with bewilderment at religious practices and displays ...

Religious rituals can look uniquely spiritual, but the transcript explores a theory that some of their underlying behaviors may reach deep into human evolutionary history. Researchers reconstruct ...

THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: This question might seem absurd, since religious birth rituals are so universal. But Christian baptism of infants is being assailed by a prominent (though alienated) ...

16th Street Baptist Church marks bombing anniversary with a new visitor center Sept. 15 – The Associated Press Connecticut court upholds state law: No religious exemptions to vaccines Sept. 15 – ...

(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, ...

Co-authored with Dr. Ken Baskin. Few things are more important to human psychology writ large than religion. But what does this concept really mean? The more deeply we investigate it, the odder ...

A man burns joss sticks in a cemetery during the Ching Ming Festival, or Grave Sweeping Day, in Hong Kong. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images) How we did this For this report, we surveyed 10,390 ...

In recent years, many of us shifted our approach to religion and spirituality. Particularly in places with more resources, such as certain regions of the United States and Europe, religion generally ...

Under the U.S. Constitution, public schools cannot promote or advance any particular religion, and they must respect the individual religious beliefs of students and staff. What that looks like in ...