Mandaeans, who believe they are descendants of the disciples of John the Baptist, have scattered around the globe, fleeing ...

The first sentence of Anna Karenina is now a literary cliché, yet contains a nub of truth. “All happy families,” writes Leo Tolstoy, “resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own ...

Christianity is back and it's more violent than ever. I speak, of course, of the late capitalist tent house revival of Christian Nationalism amongst the ...

Historians are occasionally forced to revise their preconceived notions after discovering something hidden in the shadows and ...

Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens recorded a two-hour conversation in 2007 deriding religion that got millions of YouTube views and was said to have sparked an ...

After years of decline, a growing number of Americans believe religion is on its way back, a new study from Pew Research Center suggests. The report, published Monday, found that about a third of ...

This Pew Research Center report examines Americans’ views on religion’s role in public life, including questions about religion’s influence in society, conflict between religious beliefs and ...

Justice Helen Moronkeji Ogunwumiju of the Supreme Court has called for the urgent integration of Law and Religion Studies into the country’s legal education curriculum, highlighting their potential to ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Oct. 21 (UPI) --A new survey finds the number of U.S. adults with a positive view of religion is on the rise. A Pew Research Center Poll, conducted earlier this year with results released Monday, ...

PITTSBURGH (RNS) — There’s a swell in Christian devotion at the University of Pittsburgh amid claims of national revival, but some researchers say ‘revival’ is too strong a word. PITTSBURGH (RNS) — It ...

In “The Use and Misuse of Religion” (column, Sept. 27), David Brooks makes a characteristically compelling case for the proper relationship between faith and politics. Yet as a lifelong Christian, I ...