Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Buddhism, or remained Buddhist since childhood, in six countries. Pew ...

According to Pew Research Center, 28% of Americans have changed religions since childhood. That puts the U.S. near the middle ...

In many countries around the world, a fifth or more of adults have left the religious group in which they were raised.

Buddhists across the country have joined protests after monks at the Mahabodhi Temple were forcibly removed by police.

Pew Research reveals a growing trend of religious disaffiliation worldwide, with significant declines in Christianity and ...

Contrary to popular Western beliefs about Buddhist meditation, it is not viewed as a secular practice. Thai Buddhists believe that meditation is a meritorious activity, helping them not only to ...

In many places surveyed, 20% or more of all adults have left their childhood religious group. Christianity and Buddhism have ...

A new study has found that in many countries around the world 20 percent or more of all adults have left their childhood ...

A divided Supreme Court declined to block the execution of Jessie Hoffman, who was put to death on Tuesday night in Louisiana. Four justices would have put Hoffman’s execution on hold – one short of ...

The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...

New research shows a worldwide trend of people either leaving the religion they were raised in or completely dropping ...

A BUDDHIST monastery has found renown for opening its doors to the needy during Ramadan – a beacon of interfaith harmony in a ...