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Increased financial capital and growth in the global South (mostly in
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Among other trends, the post-pandemic future of American churches is likely to include significant gr
The new presence of atheists and humanists in Denmark during the past two decades has led to a growth of winter solstice celebrations that appeal to a diverse secular and religious public, according to an article in the journal Religions (12:74).
The mass protests against the presidency of Alexander Lukashenko that have rocked Belarus since last summer have involved the country’s Orthodox and Catholic churches, although the Orthodox hierarchy has been more divided on the issue, while Protestants and other religious groups have
With the ultra-Orthodox community (Haredim) having tripled from 4 to 12 percent of the Israeli population since 1980 and projected to grow to over 20 percent by 2040, the culture war over issues related to the identity of the “Jewish state” will become even more significant as the Hare
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Evangelical churches in Lebanon have undergone a resurgence as they have opened th
A ceremony in Taiwan to honor outstanding women in Buddhism (https://www.tzuchi.org.tw/en/index.php).
With the earliest religious reform efforts being launched by refugee monks from China
The ways that Korean churches have become Americanized and experienced divisions between the immigrant and more assimilated second generations are giving way to a more conflicted relationship between these churches and American culture, according to research presented at the recent vir
American Pagans have increasingly been adopting an apocalyptic worldview and spirituality, especially during the Trump era, according to Sabina Magliocco of the University of British Columbia.
From a stigmatized religion of marginal sectors in Chilean society (where it first appeared in the early 20th century), Pentecostalism is getting redefined as a more legitimate religion by a new generation of Pentecostals, writes Martin Lindhardt (University of Southern Denmark) in