The Parliament of the World's Religions is about to begin in Chicago. The first Parliament took place in 1893 and is considered the beginning of the modern interfaith movement. One of the world's ...

In April 2006, the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith notified Vietnamese-American theologian Peter Phan that his 2004 book, Being Religious Interreligiously: Asian Perspectives on ...

If you are wondering about most popular religions in the world, you are in the right place to find the answer. Religion is closely connected to the term “faith” that is in this case defined as belief ...

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Discover 25 nonsense facts you might believe about religion. Separate myth from reality and challenge your understanding of ...

Between 2010 and 2020, the population of sub-Saharan Africa grew by 31% to 1.1 billion. As of 2020, most people living in the region are Christians (62%), while Muslims make up about a third of the ...

We hear a lot these days about “re-enchantment,” by which people usually mean that Richard-Dawkins-style secular materialism is going out of style, being replaced by a renewed fascination with ...

The Catholic priest is under arrest, accused of raping altar boys. The Muslim shouts out the name of Allah as the jetliner plows into the skyscraper. The Jewish settler's biblical claim to build on ...

Pope Francis acts out the humility preached by Christian ascetics for two millennia. Yet, he owns what is probably the most valuable art collection in the world. He is not about to sell all he has and ...