Muslims grew faster than any other major religious group in the decade leading up to 2020, according to new Pew Research Center estimates. Muslims continued to be the second-largest religious group in ...

What can religion do for global systemic challenges? Examples of such challenges might include: climate change, fair economic growth, fight against diseases, food security, gender parity, global ...

Hinduism, often regarded as one of the world's oldest religions, has not only deeply shaped the spiritual and cultural fabric ...

When this column began, each week the top of the page sported artwork featuring symbols of various religions. I was often asked what they meant. This response originally ran in January 1998 and was an ...

From August 14 to 18, 2023, I attended a Parliament of the World Religions in Chicago. The gathering drew together more than 7,000 people representing about 100 countries and more than 200 different ...

Learn why “world religions” is a category constructed by human choice When we think of world religions, we often think of the Big Five: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. But why do ...

The Vatican has issued a new document rejecting the concept of changing one’s biological sex – a setback for transgender people who had hoped Pope Francis might be setting the stage for a more ...