There’s something very strange about religion. There have been recent appalling acts of terrorism, allegedly carried out in the name of religion. These attacks emphasise the recent findings of the ...

Religion consumes up to a tenth of economic productivity in some societies (1). So it must produce corresponding benefits. What are they? By religion, I mean any supernatural belief system that is ...

A man burns joss sticks in a cemetery during the Ching Ming Festival, or Grave Sweeping Day, in Hong Kong. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images) How we did this For this report, we surveyed 10,390 ...

This Pew Research Center report examines Americans’ views on religion’s role in public life, including questions about religion’s influence in society, conflict between religious beliefs and ...