From August 14 to 18, 2023, I attended a Parliament of the World Religions in Chicago. The gathering drew together more than 7,000 people representing about 100 countries and more than 200 different ...

Learn why “world religions” is a category constructed by human choice When we think of world religions, we often think of the Big Five: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. But why do ...

Hinduism, often regarded as one of the world's oldest religions, has not only deeply shaped the spiritual and cultural fabric of India but has also played a pivotal role in the emergence of other ...

Religion seems to be a complicated and many-sided issue. On one hand, religion reportedly motivates charity, compassion, ethics, goodwill, kindness, morality, righteousness, selflessness, unity, etc.

ASSISI, Italy— It was reminiscent of previous peace gatherings at Assisi. Gatherings which some say helped end the Cold War and tear down the Berlin Hall. “Never again violence! Never again war! Never ...

Every major world religion has a process for moral accounting. That’s something we rarely talk about in secular society. By Lauren Jackson I’m the host of Believing, a new newsletter about religion ...