The Religion News Association (RNA) will hold its 2026 conference from April 23–25, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia, bringing together journalists, editors, freelancers, scholars, and media professionals ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that parents have a right to remove their children from classes when lessons and books offend their religious beliefs, multiple news outlets reported. The 6-3 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Religious beliefs have been woven into the fabric of human existence for millennia, shaping cultures and guiding personal choices ...

Fandoms can look surprisingly similar to religion when viewed through a functional lens. Fans gather, perform rituals, form identities, and experience powerful emotional connections to shared symbols ...

The spiritual map of the United States is currently a tale of two different trajectories. While the national trend shows a ...

Majorities in Brazil, Colombia and Peru want leaders who defend their faith. Protestants are especially supportive of ...

Lately, organized religion has slowly been fading away. This change is happening because of cultural shifts and social dynamics that have changed how we connect with faith and belief. One big reason ...

In the new Religious Landscape Study (RLS), nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults who are currently married (74%) say they have the same religion as their spouse, a similar share as in the 2014 RLS (75 ...

But when I think of religion, my mind goes to a more organic, human experience. The Sundays of my childhood meant the chill of holy water on my forehead, the communion wafer sticking to the roof of my ...

Many people come to therapy upon the realization that their past or existing religion has left them with emotional trauma. They may say things like: “I feel intense guilt whenever I stray from the ...