(RNS) — I was talking with a Roman Catholic-raised friend who no longer practices the religion of his youth. At a certain ...

Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Islam, or remained Muslim since childhood, in 13 countries. Pew ...

In many places surveyed, 20% or more of all adults have left their childhood religious group. Christianity and Buddhism have ...

This was Ramadan stripped of embellishments. Gone were the social gatherings and the opportunities to dress up and be festive that typically mark this month. Instead, I found myself in a Ramadan ...

A symposium on Sumerian civilization and literature was recently held at Peking University, bringing together scholars and ...

Adam is depicted with distinctly European features—fair skin, —reflecting the aesthetics and ideals of Renaissance Italy rather than the historical realities of biblical Mesopotamia. Michelangelo, ...

Most secularists believe that these religious apocalyptic visions of the future are absurd, although many secularists themselves fervently believe that artificial intelligence, run away genetic ...

A total lunar eclipse will be viewable in the United States overnight into Friday morning. Here's some rituals to practice.

In recent years, women in Arab markets during Ramadan have been increasingly wearing the abaya, a traditional, loose-fitting symbol of chastity and dignity. With designers giving it a modern and chic ...

Reverend Peter Crumpler says it makes "the council meetings no-go areas for religion". Growing numbers of people are breaking fast at the community Iftar, Muslim leaders say. In 11th-Century ...

For thousands of years, demons have existed in mythology, religion, and folklore, taking on many different forms across cultures. From the malevolent spirits of Mesopotamian texts to the fallen ...

As the first documented polity in what we now call Iran, it remains a lesser-known contemporary of the great Mesopotamian states ... depicting crouched figures in an enigmatic religious act, brilliant ...