Conscientious objection in the military requires opposition to all war, not specific conflicts, balancing individual belief ...

While some of these groups seek spiritual enlightenment, others promote radical or even dangerous ideas. Religion has always played a significant role in human civilization, shaping cultures, ...

This feature is coordinated by The Post-Standard, Syracuse.com and InterFaith Works of CNY. Follow this theme and author posted Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. In searching for a faith or spiritual path ...

Fewer than half of Americans (44%) say they pray each day. This is a substantial decline from the first Religious Landscape Study (RLS) conducted in 2007, when 58% said they prayed at least once a day ...

(RNS) — The survey marks the first time Pew Research Center asked people outside the United States and Asian countries about practices related to Buddhism, Asian folk religions and New Age ...

Pew Research Center conducted this survey to explore what spirituality means to Americans and to see whether various beliefs, practices and experiences that people may think of as spiritual are common ...

A new report says this year Americans gave record amounts of private charitable donations. Another report says Americans donated nearly $3 billion to post-hurricane relief efforts. Yet nearly four ...

Do people’s spiritual and religious beliefs and practices (or lack thereof) influence their mental and emotional health? Should psychotherapists ask about them, and pay attention to them in treatment?

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. —Albert Einstein Religion is an important part of life for much of the world’s population. Religious belief and practice is ...

The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which manages the historic Sabarimala temple in Kerala, told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that religion is a set of beliefs and practices followed by a ...

A nine-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that “the most difficult task (for a court) is ...

The Travancore Devaswom Board told the Supreme Court of India that courts cannot judge religious beliefs, which must be ...