Religious beliefs have been woven into the fabric of human existence for millennia, shaping cultures and guiding personal ...

If we imagine religion as a technology, argues Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith, we can better see the cause of its ...

The law cracks down on age-related questions early in the hiring process. Employers will be prohibited from asking applicants ...

Exiled spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Wednesday said the 600-year-old institution would continue after his death and it would ...

The Demise of Traditional Faith in America,' Christian Smith argues that traditional institutional religion has lost its grasp on America—at least among Americans under the age of 50.

Over 6,000 years old and still a site for worship, Stonehenge remains a unique place. As the first rays of the sun shine into ...

The history of encounters between Catholicism and Native spirituality has often been marred by violence and oppression.

Experts have long pointed to inflammation as a natural part of getting older. But a new paper suggests it might be more a ...

Refugee children in Kenya's Kakuma camp are turning to dance to cope with harsh conditions. Funding cuts have halved food ...

In some of the earliest settlements in North America, specifically in Jamestown (in modern-day Virginia), and the Plymouth colony (in modern day Massachusetts), the original settlers that survived ...

In 1921, William Bell Riley admonished his opponents that they should “cease from shoveling in dirt on living men,” for the ...

One in seven Jews worldwide are strictly Orthodox, or Haredi. It's a population of roughly 2 million out of 15 million Jews, ...