Earlier on openGlobalRights, several authors noted both the tensions and the potential collaboration between Islam and human rights (see here, here, and here). These observations, however, apply just ...

Harvard University’s Center for the Study of World Religions recently held a discussion titled “What is Psychedelic Chaplaincy?”, the purpose of which was to explore the role that spiritual caregivers ...

Christians of good heart and good faith sincerely disagree about whether or how biblical passages regarding homosexual behavior relate to the current debates. Exegesis is not solving the problem. What ...

Religious sites -- Arch Street Meeting House -- Reinterpretation of the Arch Street Meeting House / Lynne Calamia -- The California Missions Trail -- California missions / Elizabeth Kryder-Reid -- ...

Since women account for over half of the world’s population, activists, NGOs, and governments must incorporate gender perspectives when addressing religious freedom violations. Women and girls ...

On balance, U.S. adults are more likely to view religion as helpful than as harmful: 44% say religion does more good than harm, while 19% say it does more harm than good. About one-third think it does ...

In this survey of six Latin American countries, we asked about a variety of religious and spiritual practices, such as whether respondents pray daily, attend worship services weekly or wear religious ...