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

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

FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail A new survey by the Pew Research Center has revealed that Islam has the highest retention rates ...

A COMPARISON OF BUDDHIST AND WESTERN PHILOSOPHY’ Prof. Asoka Amaratunga is well known to the readers of The Island by his ...

Though the edifices of Nalanda were largely reduced to mounds and the great monastery ceased to function in the early ...

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 ...

Dharmarajika Buddhist Monastery in Dhaka provides free meals during Ramadan, promoting interfaith harmony in Bangladesh.

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

In a nutshell While religious involvement generally correlates with lower depression rates, this protective effect is often ...

Living Traditions will run from May 22 until October 19, 2025, in the Sainsbury Exhibition Gallery at the British Museum.

The conspicuous absence of caste in the public consciousness of Bengal is accompanied by an equally noticeable lack of a ...

Professor Jagbir Jhutti-Johal reflects on the Women Leading the Way conference and how women of faith address the global ...