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 ...

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 ...

When Akasha Lonsdale was a child in London, her agnostic family prohibited her from participating in religious services at the Church of England school she attended. Required to sit at the back of ...

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 ...

If you were wondering what the world's oldest religion is, meet Hinduism. The roots of Hinduism stretch back more than 4,000 years. Unlike Christianity and Islam, there is no one founder of Hinduism .

A Pew Research Center report published last Thursday found that fewer Christians hold on to their religion than Muslims and Hindus. The findings carry significant implications for the future of ...

The world’s Jewish population is expected to grow by 16 percent over the next 40 years. They estimate that in 2010, there were 14 million Jews worldwide, and in 2050 there will be 16.1 million ...

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.

The modern world—or the era we blithely have been calling "modern"—has defined itself against religion. The Treaty of Westphalia, which inaugurated today's international state system, pushed ...

World Religion Day is observed Sunday, Jan. 20, as a celebration of the commonality of the major faiths of the world. First initiated in 1950 by the National Assembly of the Baha'is of the United ...