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On/File: A Continuing Record of People, Groups, Movements, and Events Impacting Contemporary Religion
December 12, 2023
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Religion a growing threat or enduring asset for democracy?
November 7, 2023
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Oriental Orthodox churches become growth center of U.S. Orthodoxy
November 7, 2023
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Worldwide Church of God dissolves, leaving replica splinter groups in its wake
November 7, 2023
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CURRENT RESEARCH
November 7, 2023
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Hamas attacks pushing ultra-Orthodox Jews closer to mainstream Israeli society?
November 7, 2023
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Romanian Orthodox Church retains influential place in society
November 7, 2023
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Boko Haram increasingly turning on fellow Muslims in Nigeria
November 7, 2023
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On/File: A Continuing Record of Groups, Movements, People, and Events Impacting Contemporary Religion
November 7, 2023
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Latter-day Saints’ literary and business cultures retain hold amid challenges
October 12, 2023
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Denominational conventions at an end?
October 12, 2023
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Jewish chaplaincy provides new settings and roles for Judaism
October 12, 2023
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CURRENT RESEARCH
October 12, 2023
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Dealing with the Soviet past and democracy in the Russian Orthodox Church
October 12, 2023
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Ukrainian Muslims feeling destruction and rifts from the war
October 12, 2023
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On/File: A Continuing Record of Groups, Movements, Individuals and Events Impacting Contemporary Religion
October 12, 2023
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“Hasidic paradigm” already at work in church-state relations?
September 6, 2023
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Washington, DC, now fertile ground for nondenominational Christianity
September 6, 2023
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New Christian hybrid schools growing and competing in post-pandemic landscape
September 6, 2023
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Clergy shortage in Zen Buddhist communities challenging Buddhist transmission in America
September 6, 2023
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CURRENT RESEARCH
September 6, 2023
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A new spring for Basic Ecclesial Communities among Brazil’s Catholics?
September 6, 2023
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Churches find place in pluralistic and secularist Sweden
September 6, 2023
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Soccer in Saudi Arabia also about religion
September 6, 2023
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Yoga flourishes in Syria, with regime’s blessing
September 6, 2023
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Findings & Footnotes
September 6, 2023
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New York the sending and receiving center for missionaries of all faiths?
August 10, 2023
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American Hindus’ borrowing from Jewish playbook pays contested dividends
August 10, 2023
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New cardinals set to keep papacy in the mold of Francis?
August 10, 2023
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Methodist schism larger than expected as middle path gives way
August 10, 2023
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Witchcraft’s commercialization advances at the expense of nature practices
August 10, 2023
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Could lab-grown meat be certified as kosher and halal?
August 10, 2023
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Purity culture evolves with lasting influence
August 10, 2023
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CURRENT RESEARCH
August 10, 2023
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Orthodox teachings on abortion find little traction in traditional Russia
August 10, 2023
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War in Ukraine intensifies Orthodox divisions in the Baltic States
August 10, 2023
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China’s religious diplomacy and the New Silk Road
August 10, 2023
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Findings & Footnotes
August 10, 2023
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On/File: A Continuing Record of People, Groups, Movements, and Events Impacting Contemporary Religion
August 10, 2023
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AI as a dehumanizing or desecularizing force?
July 10, 2023
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LGBTQ influence and acceptance drive mainline Protestant, Jewish changes
July 10, 2023
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Muslim-Christian alliance taking shape over gender wars?
July 10, 2023
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New Christian far right adopting old anti-Semitic sentiment?
July 10, 2023
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CURRENT RESEARCH
July 10, 2023
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Russia’s Protestants intensify adaptation to Russian, collectivist culture
July 10, 2023
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Japan’s “endingness” industry flourishes with loss of traditional Buddhist burial rites
July 10, 2023
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Findings & Footnotes
July 10, 2023
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Spirituality and religion at work aims for more diversity and voice in business
June 12, 2023
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New books keep religious culture wars and racism concerns alive
June 12, 2023
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CURRENT RESEARCH
June 12, 2023
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Converts to Islam in Latin America caught between transnational influences and dreams of a local faith
June 12, 2023
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King Charles’s monarchy—traditional and multifaith?
June 12, 2023
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Prayer Book’s ancient pedigree draws seekers back to church
June 12, 2023
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Ukraine war has varying impact on Russian Orthodox Church in France
June 12, 2023
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War in Ukraine as factor in division among Muslims?
June 12, 2023
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Prophecy beliefs find wide hearing in contemporary Greek Orthodoxy
June 12, 2023
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On/File: A Continuing Record of Groups, Movements, People, and Events Impacting Contemporary Religion
June 12, 2023
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Death dreams as the new near-death-experience frontier
May 12, 2023
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Under second generation’s influence, African immigrant churches turn to social action while keeping traditional identity
May 12, 2023
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Asbury revival’s reverberations felt far from the evangelical tent
May 12, 2023
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CURRENT RESEARCH
May 12, 2023
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Are Christians in Spain being targeted by jihadist terrorists or is it all in the mind?
May 12, 2023
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Inflation forcing hard choices upon churches and Christian organizations in Europe
May 12, 2023
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War in Ukraine turning Moscow Patriarchate into a national church
May 12, 2023
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Freedom of indigenous spirituality gets short shrift by African states
May 12, 2023
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Researchers find enduring missionary effect in developing nations
April 11, 2023
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With rise of AI, concerns about ritual automation grow in Hinduism, Buddhism
April 11, 2023
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Asbury revival’s draw based on psychological healing?
April 11, 2023
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Conservative churches encounter extremist elements in their ranks
April 11, 2023
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CURRENT RESEARCH
April 11, 2023
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Ukraine’s religious restrictions more than wartime emergency measure?
April 11, 2023
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Populism, religion, and the rise of the post-religious right in France
April 11, 2023
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Pay-for-service Jewish innovation in Israel, with a little help from the U.S.
April 11, 2023
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Buddhist monks in post-coup Myanmar face division while youth resistance turns secular
April 11, 2023
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Findings & Footnotes
April 11, 2023
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On/File: A Continuing Record of People, Groups, Movements, and Events Impacting Contemporary Religion
April 11, 2023
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New research shows digital religion’s down- and upsides during pandemic
March 7, 2023
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Pandemic moves Jainism to greater social, interfaith involvement
March 7, 2023
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CURRENT RESEARCH
March 7, 2023
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Buddhists compete under “traditional religion” status in Russia’s religious economy
March 7, 2023
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Iran’s repression discrediting Shiite Islam among the population
March 7, 2023
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Mali’s religious leaders aspire to a stronger role for Islam
March 7, 2023
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New Apostolic Church’s embrace of women’s ordination leads to schism in Africa
March 7, 2023
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On/File: A Continuing Record of Movements, Groups, People and Events Impacting Contemporary Religion
March 7, 2023
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Catholic divisions intensify as the Synod of Bishops approaches
February 8, 2023
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Classical religious colleges show resilience, growth in a field of dropping enrollments
February 8, 2023
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“Lutherpalians” become a reality after years of ecumenical engagement
February 8, 2023
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“Manifesting”: spiritual practice or virtual positive thinking?
February 8, 2023
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CURRENT RESEARCH
February 8, 2023
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Virtual hajj addressing global Islam and alienation from Saudi control
February 8, 2023
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New legal framework for Morocco’s Jewish community
February 8, 2023
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Congolese branch of Islamic State targeting Christians for world attention
February 8, 2023
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Africa experiences vibrant Christianity but shows ecumenical deficit
February 8, 2023
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Indian Catholics’ worship war shows few signs of resolution
February 8, 2023
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Findings & Footnotes
February 8, 2023
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From Dobbs to Ukraine, 2022 religion dramatic and consequential
January 6, 2023
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CURRENT RESEARCH
January 6, 2023
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Social media amplifies Buddhist scandals, lowering monks’ status in Thailand
January 6, 2023
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Transgender exceptions making their way into Buddhist monasticism
January 6, 2023
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Indonesian Muslim organization seeks to reform Islamic jurisprudence
January 6, 2023
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