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Mississippi is the most "overall religious" state, according to Pew's map, with 50 percent of adults who are "highly religious," followed by South Carolina with 46 percent of "highly religious" adults ...
The proportion of Muslims in the world’s population will increase from around one in four at present to nearly one in three in 2050, very near to the proportion of Christians worldwide. Prof. Carmel ...
The author of this article participated as a student within the Global Faith, Belonging and the Media study abroad program sponsored by BYU’s School of Communications. She wrote the article as part of ...
Learn why “world religions” is a category constructed by human choice When we think of world religions, we often think of the Big Five: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. But why do ...
Anila Ali traces her interest in the interfaith movement to scripture. "God says in the Koran to Muslims," she says, "I have created you into tribes—different tribes—so that you may get to know each ...
From August 14 to 18, 2023, I attended a Parliament of the World Religions in Chicago. The gathering drew together more than 7,000 people representing about 100 countries and more than 200 different ...
The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa ...