As the Dalai Lama turns 90 on July 6, global attention is on his expected announcement regarding succession—something China ...

Defining religion isn’t as simple as it seems. Is it belief in God, a system of rituals, or a cultural tradition? Scholars have debated this for centuries, offering competing definitions from ...

Mount Kailash, rising majestically to 6,638 meters (21,778 feet) in the remote western region of Tibet, is much more than a towering peak. It is a profound spiritual symbol revered by millions across ...

To understand Islam, we need to understand its major divisions, Sunni and Shiite. One way to start is to grasp the dueling ...

Religious organizations had joined friend-of-the-court briefs representing Catholics, evangelicals, Jewish groups, Adventists and others. Deseret News; ... Gene Schaerr represented a group of 11 major ...

From Grenfell Tower to ancient Mediterranean cities, we're still creating gods and shrines in unexpected places.

Zombies resemble humans without retaining anything about our distinct personalities or relationships also have a visceral ...

From 2010 to 2020, the number of Muslims increased by 347 million people to 2.0 billion people. Christians grew by 122 ...

A new report titled “How the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020” finds that Islam was the fastest-growing major religion over the decade, expanding by 21% globally, twice the ...

Islam has increased its share of the world population, the Pew Research Center found in a report released Monday. The Muslim population increased by 1.8 percentage points to 25.6 percent, according to ...

Islam: Fastest-growing major religion. Islam experienced the most rapid growth, adding 347 million adherents and reaching approximately 2 billion followers by 2020.