In Shiite Islam, grief is not only personal but collective − expressed through rituals, pilgrimage and devotion to saints.

An anthropologist of religion shows how Coptic Christians navigate two competing realities: the narrative of Christian persecution abroad and the suspicion surrounding migrants in the contemporary US.

For millions of Israelis, the Jewish festival of freedom arrives this year inside bomb shelters. One aid worker finds new ...

Dozens of other structures were spared thanks to timely action on the part of monks and staff members at the monastery who are no strangers to dealing with fires — whether they are sparked by faulty ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The founder of a Texas megachurch who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a child in the 1980s was released Tuesday after serving six months in an Oklahoma jail. Robert Preston ...

The court sided with an evangelical Christian therapist who argued Colorado’s conversion therapy ban restricts her right to ...

Laws put in place after the war aimed to return stolen belongings and offer war damages to victims. In reality, many Jewish ...

Rabbinical groups said the law flies in the face of Jewish tradition and violates international principles of due process and ...

The society shifted blame for the report to YouGov and insisted its general thesis — that there is a resurgence in ...

The Religion News Association (RNA) will hold its 2026 conference from April 23–25, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia, bringing together journalists, ...

The poll suggests a growing rift between American Jews and Israeli Jews who have thus far supported the Iran war.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (RNS) — A federal judge rejected a settlement that would have lifted an IRS ban on pastors endorsing ...