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(Feb. 6, 2019) -- Do children raised by religious parents have better social and psychological development than those raised in non-religious homes? In a new study, UTSA researchers found that ...
At 16, after losing his uncle to suicide, Ginn experienced a spiritual crisis. He distanced himself from organized religion and focused on his career and hobbies, but eventually, he could no longer ...
The court, which has been receptive to claims from religious groups, particularly Christian ones, will hear three major cases in the coming weeks. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington It has ...
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order about tariffs increase in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters President Donald Trump has announced ...
Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) In secular countries, atheists display an intuitive preference for religious belief over atheism. This phenomenon was observed across eight countries with low ...
Global study finds Christian decline, especially in high-income countries. Around the world, millions of people have traded the religious traditions of their upbringing for no religion at all.
The interim government on Thursday said the USCIRF's portrayal of the religious freedom situation in Bangladesh is based on misinformation and selective reporting. "The interim government is not ...
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath assured safety for people of all religions in the state, emphasizing the cessation of communal riots since 2017. He highlighted the tolerant nature of ...
Others resisted Christianity, as, at best, an insufficient replacement for their traditional African religion and a tool of white domination. And still others were coaxed into Christendom ...
(Busà Photography/Getty Images) How we did this Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to examine rates of religious switching in 36 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, Latin ...
Throughout this report, religious switching refers to a change between the religious group in which a person says they were raised (during their childhood) and their religious identity now (in ...
On March 25, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) held a launch event for its annual report. The event, held in a Senate office building on Capitol Hill, featured 10 current ...