The Program in Judaic Studies invites you to this seminar with Shlomo Zuckier on Thursday, March 5. Religious Zionism has in recent years become one of the most influential forces in Israel’s ...

Philosophy and Religious Studies constitute two interrelated yet distinct disciplines that critically explore the nature of reality, knowledge, and values alongside the diverse manifestations of faith ...

The Bible is a cultural force unlike no other. As a book, it outsells all others combined. As a source of authority, only the Constitution competes with it for influence. But what is the Bible, really ...

Religious Studies is an interdisciplinary field that critically examines the diverse expressions of faith, ritual, and institutional practice across global traditions. Encompassing historical, ...

This course introduces students to the study of religion by examining religious practices within a variety of cultural and historical contexts around the world. The course invites students to think ...

A sweeping census on the state of American religion reveals a less sensational tale of Christianity in decline and a rise of the religiously unaffiliated compared to a decade ago. Pew Research Center ...

ABC News 5 Cleveland: Timothy Beal, chair of the Department of Religious Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Florence Harkness Professor of Religion, spoke about a recent Pew Research ...

People who live in the American South continue to be more religious, on average, than residents of the Midwest, Northeast and West.

The thesis represents a challenging and culminating academic experience in a Religious Studies major’s scholarly career at Bates. Each student develops a thesis topic in the first semester of the ...

On Wednesday afternoon, Russell T. McCutcheon had a Zoom call with the chair of a religious-studies department who wanted to get ahead of what has come to seem like an existential crisis in the field.

The Ohio-based group, linked to the Southern Baptist Convention, is raising millions while advertising programs in Texas districts that say none exist.

(RNS) — Among the spiritual but not religious, 38% say religion does more harm than good, while just 7% of religious Americans share this view. (RNS) — Americans have been abandoning organized ...