(The Conversation) — Forum 18, a site based in Norway, is one of the few media outlets specializing in coverage of religious freedom. (The Conversation) — Freedom of worship is tenuous around the ...

There are many religious groups around the world that are not presented separately in this report due to their relatively small size and the limitations of national censuses and other data sources.

Bishop George Pallipparambil, chairman of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences Office of Evangelization (FABC-OE), says the mission of the Churches in Asia is to transform communities through ...

As the clouds broke over the countryside around Williamstown, Mass.. five Williams College students out for a walk scurried for the shelter of a haystack. There, while the rain droned on, they ...

Spiritual and religious practices vary around the world. Some activities, such as prayer, are widespread across many societies. Other practices, such as fasting and lighting incense or candles, are ...

When I turned up at Jakarta’s Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral 10 minutes before the start of Mass and could not get into the cathedral, I learned my lesson. Religion in Asia matters. I struggled ...

(RNS) — A new Pew Research Center study measuring the evolution of the global religious population shows Muslims are the fastest-growing faith group, followed by the religiously unaffiliated. Though ...

Asian American Arts Alliance will partner with EFA Project Space, a program of The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, to present Devoted: Religion in Asian American Art, a group exhibition on ...

Despite the rise of science, technology, and secular thought, religion remains a powerful force shaping the beliefs, behaviors, and identities of billions. From ancient spiritual systems to newer ...

Once the faith of millions, a small but devoted number of adherents in Asia and North America keep the flame of faith burning. Farzin Yezishne, a Zoroastrian mobed (priest), performs a blessing ...