28 September 2012 India: Catholics protest their portrayal in Bollywood films Catholics have threatened to stop the screening of a forthcoming Hindi movie directed by Priyadarshan, Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal, if certain... Read more
28 September 2012 United States: liberal reform of Catholic Church spawning new religious movements The effort to reform the Catholic Church along liberal lines may result less in changing the church than in generating... Read more
06 September 2012 China: religious revival reaching into businesses and driven by competition Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity are facing significant restrictions in China but they are also finding new ways to circumvent such... Read more
03 July 2012 Research: testing prayer draws support and doubt from believers and scientists The subject of testing prayer through scientific methods has become more contested in recent years because of the sharp variation... Read more
22 June 2012 United States: the beginnings of a neo-traditionalist revival in American Catholic church architecture? Anticipation of the conservative liturgical changes brought by the Vatican in the last year has also likely spawned a revival... Read more
24 April 2012 United States: religion in American prisons thriving American prisons are just as or more religious than the society outside their walls, especially in the high rate of... Read more
09 April 2012 United States: Washington rally shows atheist influence and bid for greater acceptance A recent large gathering of atheists in Washington, D.C. served as another sign that atheism is finding a new level... Read more
19 February 2012 United States: new book finds Eastern Orthodox converts embrace tradition and spiritual marketplace A new study of converts to Eastern Orthodox churches finds that the search for roots and traditional forms of worship... Read more
09 February 2012 United States: Mormonism—’pragmatic and moderate,’ but influential in Republican bid for White House Mormon leaders are unlikely to be involved in the campaign of their fellow believer U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney compared... Read more
03 January 2012 Religion in 2011: revolutionary and conservative Religion in 2011 was seen in dramatic revolutions but also in less sensational events and developments that suggest its... Read more