Born into a Presbyterian branch of a mostly Jewish family, Charles Kimball is only half-joking when he says he has been involved in "interfaith dialogue" all his life. Speaking Monday night to the ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Mark Juergensmeyer, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Global Studies, Sociology, and affiliate of Religious Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara, shared ...

On Wednesday afternoon, Russell T. McCutcheon had a Zoom call with the chair of a religious-studies department who wanted to get ahead of what has come to seem like an existential crisis in the field.

Pope Francis in a ‘delicate moment’: Religious expert Massimo Faggioli, professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University, says the transparency about the pontiff's prolonged ...

Religious belief has inspired both armies and charities, politicians and prophetic voices that have shaped world history. Religions have provided the foundation for ethical behavior and in many ...

Many questions in the 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study (RLS) previously were asked in the 2007 and 2014 landscape studies. Measuring change over time on these questions is one key goal of the new RLS ...