(RNS) — They preached sermons, wrote books and served as spiritual role models. From Christian evangelists to atheism advocates to towering figures in the fight for racial justice, in 2021 we lost ...

This is the 14th in a series of annual reports by Pew Research Center analyzing the extent to which governments and societies around the world impinge on religious beliefs and practices. The studies ...

Egypt, Pakistan, India, Indonesia and Nigeria had the highest levels of overall restrictions (both government restrictions and social hostilities) among the 25 most populous countries in 2021. Japan, ...

(RNS) — An eventful year by any standard, 2021 had more than its share of religion headlines. Even a casual reader might have had a hard time finding a major news story that didn’t have a religion ...