In Tana Toraja, a mountainous region of Sulawesi, Indonesia, villagers pour massive resources into funeral rituals: lavish ...

Rituals can mark time and space, create new identities, and connect people to something bigger. Rituals aren’t meaningless actions. They can mark time and space, create new identities, and connect ...

Catholics remain the largest religious group in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, while second-largest ...

Explore what percentage of adults in the six countries surveyed pray daily, attend religious services weekly or wear ...

Almost all the scriptures were written by men. As humans have a desire to live forever, religion provides attractive offers of life after death. Humans invented God, the superhuman, to answer all the ...

The number of Americans who identify as spiritual is on the rise, while many are distancing themselves from organized religion. According to a 2023 Pew Research study, seven out of 10 Americans ...

Many are of the view that all three of these are happening with religion. Methodologies are changing but seekers are still looking; it is not shrinking, just shifting. It is a complex transition.

Many people live with shame and self-doubt tied to religious messages without realizing it. How to recognize religious harm ...

Readers question Ross Douthat’s arguments about belief. To the Editor: Re “How to Choose a Religion,” by Ross Douthat (column, Feb. 2): The one question that Mr. Douthat leaves unanswered: “Why make ...