Spiritual and religious practices vary around the world. Some activities, such as prayer, are widespread across many societies. Other practices, such as fasting and lighting incense or candles, are ...

This chapter focuses on three groups of U.S. adults, based on their answers to the following four questions: Do you think of yourself as spiritual? Do you think of yourself as religious? How important ...

Some people have faith that their spouse won't cheat on them. Some have faith that things happen for a reason. Some have faith in God. Is there a common commitment underlying these disparate ...

Few countries treat religion in the same neutral way found in the United States. Even among liberal democracies, governments often play favorites by giving support to some religions and restricting ...

Dennis Prager is a columnist for The Daily Signal, nationally syndicated radio host, and creator of PragerU. Anyone who thinks about the current civil war in America comes to realize that it is, in ...

It was “the most significant event in ecclesiastical history since the Reformation.” So said Presbyterian Patriarch Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin. At 8 o’clock on a steaming hot morning in Madras, India, ...

When I read the news that Pope Francis would be allowing Catholic priests to bless couples in same-sex unions (though not perform same-sex weddings), it hit close to home. As a Modern Orthodox rabbi ...

Editor’s Note: Ian Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent based in Beijing. His new book, “The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao,” will be published in April. The views ...

For a long time, supporters of gay marriage in the U.S. were in the minority. As early as last year, that started changing, and now, a solid majority of Americans support same-sex unions. As of Friday ...