Secularization appears to be less about strident disbelief and more about a gradual erosion that happens alongside shifts in social structures that once allowed religious practice to flourish ...

A federal judge on Monday struck down an Arkansas law requiring schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, saying ...

A federal judge has declared an Arkansas law requiring the 10 Commandments to be displayed in classrooms unconstitutional, citing a violation of the First Amendment Establishment Clause rights of ...

Home to some of the last speakers of Aramaic, Maaloula was attacked in Syria’s civil war. Its residents are determined to rebuild–and preserve their mother tongue from extinction.

A parole board hearing has reopened painful questions about what happened inside the home — and who is responsible.

Defining religion may seem straightforward, but scholars have long debated what the term truly encompasses. Historically, the meaning of religion has shifted, from ancient Roman ideas of sanctioned ...

The book, releasing April 7, uses the Japanese art of Kintsugi — repairing broken pottery with gold — as a metaphor for a ...

Historians say a White House prayer anthology and 250th anniversary events promote a Christian-centric view of US history.

A bill currently before Israel’s legislature, the Knesset, is bringing the long-debated and divisive issue of prayer at the ...

AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays ahead of the Jewish new year at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem’s old city, Wednesday, Sept. 16 ...

In the landscape of 20th-century intellectualism, few figures ignited as much fervor or faced as much scrutiny as Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan. In the landscape of 20th-century intellectualism, few figures ...