Young people around the world are increasingly suffering from anxiety disorders. A team from the Mental Health Research and Treatment Center (FBZ) at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, has investigated ...

The global population of Buddhists shrank by roughly 5% between 2010 and 2020, the sole major religious group to decline.

Fasting gives us both an opportunity, I think, to sort of channel our spiritual practices, but also to remind us of our mortality in a way that we simply don’t have in the 21st century,’ said author ...

When we seek happiness, what exactly are we searching for? And when we wish happiness on someone else, what is it that we truly desire for them?

New research suggests that kind of connection may help others, too. A study published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry in February found that a person’s spiritual belief or a steady religious practice ...

I once played on a championship basketball team. OK, it was only a junior high team, but we did come out on top in the district one year. We thought we ruled the world, for a minute. Later in the ...

The academic study of religion draws from sociology, psychology, anthropology, and even neuroscience to understand how belief systems function in society. Foundational thinkers such as Emile Durkheim ...

Many people assume that studying religion means promoting or defending a particular faith, but academic religious studies is distinct from devotional practice. Scholars analyze religions as historical ...

Feb. 10 (Asia Today) --Han Jae-woo, secretary general of the Korean Ethnic Religions Council, said Korea's indigenous religious traditions represent the country's historical identity and cultural ...

People pray inside Santa Ana Ixtlahuatzingo Catholic Church in Tenancingo, Mexico, July 25, 2022. (OSV News photo/David Maung, file) Catholicism has waned in Latin America over the past decade, with ...

The Orlando parks are likely to be less crowded when school is in session and during certain winter days, a study shows Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...