The number of countries with high or very high social hostilities rose for the third year in a row; government interference in worship also increased.

Religious groups faced harassment in 192 of 198 countries and territories, matching a previous high from 2022.

Sociology can help us see neglected drivers of religious beliefs. But it shouldn’t lose focus on the beliefs themselves. You should read Religion for Realists: Why We All Need the Scientific Study of ...

Beliefs about the relationship between religion and science may be a key factor in people's views on mental health conditions like anxiety and depression, especially in minority racial communities, ...

A new three-part report from an American Christian think tank specializing in championing family, faith and constitutional government communicates the flourishing impacts religion has on physical, ...

The academic study of religion examines belief, ritual, and religious institutions using tools drawn from multiple disciplines. Sociologists analyze how religion shapes communities and social ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A new Fetzer Institute study shows the positive effects of spiritual and religious engagement during COVID and similar times of challenge. The study “What Does Spirituality Mean to ...

(RNS) — Religious churn has been a key fixture of U.S. religion for a long time, but a new survey of changes in American religion finds that motion is not so much a swirling but a one-way stream ...

"Sponsored by the African Association for the Study of Religions and arising from the first conference of the International Association for the History of Religions to be held on the continent of ...