(RNS) — They preached sermons, wrote books and served as spiritual role models. From Christian evangelists to atheism advocates to towering figures in the fight for racial justice, in 2021 we lost ...
This is the 14th in a series of annual reports by Pew Research Center analyzing the extent to which governments and societies around the world impinge on religious beliefs and practices. The studies ...
(RNS) — As religion recedes as a force in American public life, politics has co-opted faith for its own purposes. (RNS) — The Year of Our Lord 2021 began with the hopeful conviction that it could not ...
Egypt, Pakistan, India, Indonesia and Nigeria had the highest levels of overall restrictions (both government restrictions and social hostilities) among the 25 most populous countries in 2021. Japan, ...
The Religion News Association, a trade organization for reporters who cover religion in the secular news media, annually polls members to rank the year’s top religion stories. Here are several from ...