The latest study I did with my undergraduate research assistant, Eleanor Pugh, examined how one news organization, Forum 18, covers constraints on religion in the five post-Soviet countries of remote ...

Being a Christian is very important to being truly Filipino; And it is very important that the Philippine president shares ...

Legislation in the five republics of Central Asia routinely enforces extremism laws that have little or nothing to do with legitimate security threats but are aimed at punishing individuals engaged in ...

Across 36 countries, most people say religion helps society and encourages tolerance. They're more divided on whether it promotes superstition.

THE MOTHER OF MERCY To enter into fruitful religious dialogue with Buddhism, experts in Asian theology advise to highlight mercy and passion. These two themes are representative of Buddhist doctrine.

Although Buddhism is the worlds fourth largest religion and is dominant in several Asian nations experiencing very low fertility, the impact of Buddhism on childbearing has received comparatively ...

Burma is a long-forgotten battleground for religious freedom and human rights in Asia, and its turmoil is part of a broader struggle in the region.

Buddhist dates apply to holidays in most of East Asia; Tibet and Sri Lanka celebrate those holy days on different dates. In addition to its five main religions, India recognizes days for Jainism ...

Nearly a quarter of the world’s people live in the geographic area known as South Asia, making it one of the most densely-populated places on the planet. Representing a multiplicity of religions, ...

and religions in Asia. Our faculty is highly interdisciplinary, both by way of training and by way of maintaining working connections across the university. Each faculty member is able to support ...

Foreign journalists find it tough, sometimes impossible, to report on religious issues from inside authoritarian countries. Peter Leonard, the former Central Asia editor of the news outlet ...