This is the 12th 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 ...

Members of the Rabari ethnic group in Rajasthan, India. (Tuul and Bruno Morandi/Getty Images) Our households – who lives with us, how we are related to them and what role we play in that shared space ...

There’s something very strange about religion. There have been recent appalling acts of terrorism, allegedly carried out in the name of religion. These attacks emphasise the recent findings of the ...

The idea of American exceptionalism has become so dubious that much of its modern usage is merely sarcastic. But when it comes to religion, Americans really are exceptional. No rich country prays ...

Moral attitudes justifying economic inequality are often embedded within conservative religion and politics in the United States, even as traditional Christian values assert the need for compassion ...

Delusions are beliefs that aren't based on reality, culture, religion, or social identity. The people affected by them can’t be convinced by facts or reason that their delusional belief is untrue.

Watch a yoga class and chances are by the end of the session you’ll have seen students bow their heads, hold their hands in a prayer position and quietly whisper ‘Namaste’. So is yoga a religion? It’s ...