Well, consider this: If the United States were to go through with this policy, it would probably be the only country in the world to openly ban arrivals based solely on religious beliefs.

The world's most populous country is also the globe's least religious. According to a new study, 90 percent of all Chinese consider themselves to be atheists or not to be religious.

In some nations, religion continues a central part of everyday life, whilst in others very much less so. Newsweek has mapped the most religious countries in the world, according to data compiled ...

Click on “Projecting the World’s Faith” below to begin a slideshow of each graphic in full size. Religion News Service graphics by Tiffany McCallen (RNS) Muslims will overtake Christians by ...

Jordan King is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her current focus is on religion, health, food safety and population. She has covered the persecution of religions in the global south ...

Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are five of the biggest religions in the world. Over the last few thousand years, these religious groups have shaped the course of history and ...

Researchers estimate that there are more than 400 million people that identify as vegetarian. Plant-based eating is deeply rooted in three of the prominent religions practiced in India – Hinduism, ...

Find out more about what this space is all about here. This 1854 map of world religion appeared as part of an atlas published in Scotland by cartographer Alexander Keith Johnston.

Some of these religions may seem unconventional compared to the ones we’re used to. Religion has been a part of human history for thousands of years, but not all religions are ancient. Some have ...

The world's rich history of religion began thousands of years ago, and a new animated map illustrates the spreading of the five most prominent faiths.

University of Oxford anthropologist Harvey Whitehouse notes that religions tend to fall into two distinct types -- those based on extensive teachings, such as Christianity and Islam, and those ...