On May 1, by an overwhelming margin of 692-51, United Methodist Church (UMC) delegates repealed the longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy. At the first meeting of the UMC’s General Conference in five years ...

The American Values Atlas project has determined the metro areas with the largest percentage of Evangelical Christians in America. The Public Religion Research Institute’s American Values Atlas (AVA) ...

Featured Contributors Abdur Rab and Hasan Mahmud explain how Sharia Law completely violates clear directives of the Quran. Human oppression is part of the human legacy. Sadly, it’s often the State ...

In Japan, deer roam free as the messengers of Shinto gods. The passage and existence of the Sika deer is carefully protected by religious interests as well as by the state, which regards them as a ...

This chart outlines the origins of spiritual awareness (e.g. shamanism & animism), illustrating how these primitive ideologies branched off into more complex belief systems. Eventually they would ...

Based on numbers, the third largest group is the religiously unaffiliated. Four principal religions dominate the world.[/tweetit] These four are followed by approximately 80 percent of the world’s ...

When we think of Atheism in America, the first image in your head is probably not of the Republican Party. Lauren Ell, the founder of Republican Atheists, is trying to change that viewpoint. The ...

Jim Carrey is one of the most brilliant physical comedians ever. He also is known for his dramatic work in movies like “The Majestic” and “The Truman Show.” A Hollywood icon. Yet he has been ...

When Pope Francis recently made a historic three-day trip to Iraq, the birthplace of Abraham, the forefather of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the pontiff considerably broadened his objective of ...

MARK KARINAFOTOS is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Violent Gang Is One Of Many Worshipping “Santa Muerte” President Trump uses the pan-South American gang, Mara Salvatrucha 13, as a favored boogeyman in his ...

Spurred by a religious “deprogrammer”—code word for bigoted brainwasher—Japan’s attacks make millions wonder: Why does the government have any role in religion at all? The spark was the assassination ...

Asalha Puja Day, also called Dharma Day, is a very important holy day for the Theravada Buddhists. This religious festival day is celebrated in the 8th lunar month according to the old Indian calendar ...