The new policy, which the Pentagon framed as a largely administrative action, leaves just 31 religious categories to choose from, 22 of which are Christian.

While the number of Americans who were raised in homes where parents had different religions appears to be growing, relatively few think of themselves as having been brought up in more than one religion, and even fewer say they currently belong to multiple ...

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 we think of those? In this episode of Crash Course ...

Professor Paul Finkelman has asked me to post the following guest post, and I am more than happy to do so. Prof. Finkelman is a leading legal scholar and legal historian, and is the President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law and Public ...

The merest acquaintance with the humans on planet Earth and their religions immediately raises two questions: (1) Why are there so many religions? and (2) Why are religious people so immune to data that concern their religion? In this post, we will address ...

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About 2,500 years ago something changed the way humans think. Within the span of two centuries, in three separate regions of Eurasia, spiritual movements emerged that would give rise to the world's major moral religions, those preaching some combination of ...

This Mother's Day, many groups will hold special events or services to celebrate the holiday. In the United States, Mother's Day was originally founded in 1908 at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in West Virginia and became a nationally recognized ...

The history of human spirituality may be as old as humanity itself, yet the formation of organized religions is a more recent phenomenon. The oldest religions in the world have shaped cultures, laws, and history. These religions offer insight into the ...