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

Scholars of religion have used the framework of the “big five” major world religions for decades: Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. But those aren’t even the most widely ...

Beyond major world religions, a multitude of spiritual paths and traditions enrich the human experience. Sikhism, with approximately 30 million adherents, blends elements of Hinduism and Islam ...

From 2010 to 2020, the number of Muslims increased by 347 million people to 2.0 billion people. Christians grew by 122 ...

If you were wondering what the world's oldest religion is, meet Hinduism. The roots of Hinduism stretch back more than 4,000 ...

Some of the world’s major religions still assign significance to eclipses, whether as a bad omen or a call to prayer. Here’s how eclipses — or possible references to them — have featured ...

From rabbis to priests to imams—each major religion has its own spiritual leaders and traditions. This breakdown explains who leads Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, what their roles are, and ...

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has an opportunity to ensure that students learn about various major world religions and non-religious perspectives in a balanced and unbiased manner.

A new study in the peer-reviewed journal Psychedelic Medicine showed that psilocybin administration in a sample of clergy from major world religions increased multiple domains of overall ...