As the Supreme Court gets ready to issue a major decision on the separation of church and state, figures like Pope Benedict XVI and the Dalai Lama command attention around the world, and the divisions ...

Prothero (American Jesus), chair of the religion department at Boston University, begins this valuable primer by noting that religious illiteracy is rampant in the United States, where most Americans, ...

Leading figures from the two colliding worlds of AI and religious liberty discuss the rapid development of AI and its impacts on religious liberty today On May 20-21, 2025, leading figures from the ...

According to Stephen Prothero, America is both “deeply religious and profoundly ignorant about religion.” Personal belief in God remains high. Americans say that their convictions shape their public ...

Religious literacy isn’t about memorizing doctrines—it’s about understanding how religion shapes societies and people in real, complex ways. This video outlines three foundational insights: religions ...

Ira Sharma ’28, a Crimson Editorial Editor, is an Economics concentrator in Mather House. Religious hate can take numerous forms, many of which aren’t always obvious. In a recent conversation about ...

This course will introduce students to the historical and contemporary study of religions in the United States through a framework of religious literacy and the investigation of primary source texts, ...

H is for Hijab. P is for Prayer. U is for Unity. Rev. Vicki Michela Garlock brings a rich, varied tapestry of experience and training to her latest book, giving children and their grownups a unique ...

At the minimum, here’s what Christians should know. As religious historian Rodney Stark has shown, religions compete. Early in the seventh century AD, Judaism was making inroads in Arabia, but it had ...

This course introduces students to the study of religion by examining religious practices within a variety of cultural and historical contexts around the world. The course invites students to think ...