Prominent Tibetan Buddhist scholar, Geshe Rachung Gendun was released from Chinese custody after serving three and a half years in prison, reported Tibet.net. However, his health severely deteriorated ...

Under the direction of Portuguese missionaries, large quantities of ivory sourced from their East African colonies came to be ...

Teaching religion in school has been at the forefront of Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters' newly announced social studies standards. Many know of his plan to bring Bibles into Oklahoma ...

A new 223-volume Tibetan dictionary containing definitions of over 300,000 words presented to the Library of Congress last ...

Smartphone apps, social media, and artificial intelligence are all making religion more accessible. Is it enough to slow ...

In 2022, governments and/or social actors harassed religious groups in 192 countries and territories out of the 198 analyzed ...

Here’s a look at RNA’s top 10 U.S. religion stories for 2024 — plus, how I covered some of the events. 10. The Trump-Vance ...

Today, the statue in the New Jersey Buddhist Vihara and Meditation Center has become a hub for interfaith efforts and a ...

Just off a state highway in New Jersey, one of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States appears unexpectedly in ...

People are most likely to thrive in societies where everyone is given equal opportunity and where governments and citizens ...

This series was co-written by Kaitlyn Ugoretz, scholar of Japanese religion and new media.

Religion, as one of the central features of human culture, is every bit as varied as humanity itself. While the handful of ...