Religion Today Archives

A federal judge ruled April 15 that a statute that sets a day for the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional, amounting to a governmental call...

Islam and Christianity dominate as the most popular religions in the region, but indigenous African beliefs have often been incorporated...

Evangelical Christians in an area of Ethiopia unaccustomed to denominational hostility have come under attack from Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC)...

Can a public law school exclude a Christian student group from recognition because the group's rules forbid gays and non-Christians as members in...

Hope can be easy to miss in a nation still reeling from the trembling of the earth. But at the Lamb Center Ministries' Children Center Home,...

Christian human rights activist Gao Zhisheng, kidnapped by state security agents on Feb. 4, 2009, has been released, though he appears unable to...

Police here filed false charges of alcohol possession against 47 Christians, including women and children, on March 28 in an attempt to intimidate...

International religious freedom advocates inside and outside Congress have urged President Obama to fill an ambassador's post that has been vacant...

A Christian nurse who was allegedly fired for wearing a cross necklace on the job has lost her appeal to an Employment Tribunal.

An Assyrian pastor the Iranian government accused of “converting Muslims” has been released from prison on bail and is awaiting trial.

Suffering severe abuse from villagers and local Vietnamese officials, Hmong Christian Sung Cua Po fled into the forest with his family on March 19.

Vietnamese officials have in recent months tightened control over those they regard as dissidents. The release of Catholic priest Thadeus Nguyen...

Military officials on Saturday, March 27, arrested 17 young men gathered for prayer in the town of Segenaite in southern Eritrea, Africa.

Two faith-based groups that have been pouring money and volunteers into rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina are winding down their recovery projects...

Gao Zhisheng spoke to his wife and children on Sunday for the first time in over a year, confirming that he is still alive.