Most people who switch religions do not join another tradition; they leave religion altogether. Christians and Buddhists are ...

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Western religion breeding ground of neurosis Cousin 1 says he believes the guilt his Catholic family taught him was important for his emotional development. Cousin 2 disagrees.

In our last discussion on human freedom, we reflected on the idea of fate and human destiny from the religious views of three ancient cultures, the peoples of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Greece. Today ...

The Western Wall is one of the most sacred and contested religious sites in the world. Originally a retaining wall for the Second Temple, it has become a focal point of Jewish prayer and identity. But ...

Vatican Basilica, Rome. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images) Most Christians in Western Europe today are non-practicing, but Christian identity still remains a meaningful religious, social and cultural ...

Protestantism's Fathers Who are the Fathers of Protestantism? For a series of lectures (at Jewish Theological Seminary of America) on "Classics of Western Religion," Canada-born ...