This article was first published in the State of Faith newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Monday night. Earlier this year, I spoke with a college class about the ...

Defining religion may seem straightforward, but scholars have long debated what the term truly encompasses. Historically, the meaning of religion has shifted, from ancient Roman ideas of sanctioned ...

When is yoga religious, and when is it… not religious enough? In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we’ll find out why these frameworks we call “religions” are so hard to define, and why our ...

Last week’s religious reflection in the Telegram & Gazette's religion page raised an important question: What is religion? Here’s what columnist Chris Highland offered: “mythology and superstition ...

Last weekend, pastor Robert Jeffress found himself in political quicksand when he called Mormonism a “cult.” Scholars of Mormonism along with evangelicals and progressive Christians responded that ...

Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our constitutional structure, and the law of religious freedom and free expression.

Defining religion isn’t as simple as it seems. Is it belief in God, a system of rituals, or a cultural tradition? Scholars have debated this for centuries, offering competing definitions from ...

The DeSantis administration, in encouraging introduction of religious chaplains into Florida’s public schools, has published a definition of “religion” that appears to exclude world faiths with ...