This video examines the challenge of defining religion from an academic perspective. It highlights how different scholars have proposed varying definitions over time. Some focus on belief in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mark C. Taylor, a professor of humanities at Williams College, visiting professor of architecture and religion at Columbia University, and author of Confidence Games: Money and Markets in a World ...

The words “freedom of belief” do not appear in the First Amendment. Nor do the words “freedom of worship.” Instead, the Bill of Rights guarantees Americans something that its authors called “the free ...