When this column began, each week the top of the page sported artwork featuring symbols of various religions. I was often asked what they meant. This response originally ran in January 1998 and was an ...

(AP) – Around the world, major religions have diverse approaches to gender identity, and the inclusion or exclusion of transgender people. Some (AP) – The Vatican has issued a new document rejecting ...

Some describe religions as only superficially similar, but fundamentally incompatible. Different religions have their unique way of diagnosing human issues and suggesting contrasting remedies. Many ...

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 ...

Wars, pandemics, climate change, and unusual astronomical phenomena: these have been part of human existence in one form or another for millennia. Yet when we live through them for the first time ...

Hinduism, often regarded as one of the world's oldest religions, has not only deeply shaped the spiritual and cultural fabric ...

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 ...

What can religion do for global systemic challenges? Examples of such challenges might include: climate change, fair economic growth, fight against diseases, food security, gender parity, global ...