For people of strong faith, religious beliefs and related cultural taboos can have a powerful impact on how they care for their health, including the medical treatments they choose to accept.

Oxford researchers have received a £1.9 million grant for the development of the study of the cognitive science of religion – a scientific approach to why humans believe in God and other issues around the nature and origin of religious belief.

Countries where the main religion is Protestant Christianity have higher employment rates than those where other religions are dominant, according to University of Bath research published in the American Journal of Economics and Sociology.

Sajani Shakya is a very special 9 year old girl. She is a living goddess.

The U.S. Congressional Commission on International Religious Freedom says religious freedom is lagging in Turkey, Russia, Belarus, and several other countries.