"I hope that everybody feels that we value them, we respect their religion and the right to practice it," said Councilmember Caity Maple.

For decades, a growing narrative in American politics has insisted that the United States is fundamentally a secular ...

By some measures, Maine is one of the most Pagan states in the country.

Buddhism is the only major religion whose global population shrank between 2010 and 2020. Learn why it declined in East Asia, particularly in Japan and South Korea.

Buddhism has a long history in America. In the 1800s, Chinese migrants working in the gold rush and building railroads brought their Buddhist beliefs and practices with them. Today, ...

There is a striking irony in how Irish people discuss America’s freefall into theocracy, undergirded by a rise in Christian nationalism — we treat it like fascism, while blithely ignoring our own almo ...

Harbhajan Singh recently responded to Kirti Azad’s controversial comments about the Indian cricket team’s religious practices. Azad, a former 1983 World Cup winner, sparked debate after asking why the ...

Americans in the South remain more religious than people in other regions, but religious affiliation and practices have ...

Christians are in the season of Lent. Muslims in the holy month of Ramadan. Fasting is a part of both faiths' observances. Other religions include periods of fasting as well. What accounts for fasting ...

Ryan Burge’s Vanishing Church shows the importance of faith for America. Burge is a sociologist who has carved out a nearly singular online profile as a prominent purveyor of charts and graphs about ...

Sacred springs and rivers throughout Ancient Greece were revered as sources of divine power, associated with healing, ...