... in healing practices, resource scarcity, and the partial success of psychiatric interventions. © 2025 by The Regents of the University of California 2025 Ghana mental health traditional and faith healing human rights religion On the roadside just outside the market town of Kintampo, around...

...Gladys Ganiel While the Irish religious landscape is “post-Catholic,” religion still matters on both sides of the border. Declining religious influence is explained through the lens of the church abuse crisis, while also considering factors like economic growth, increased religious pluralism...

.... As the moral urgency of environmental crises intensify, attention to religion provides an informative window onto the dynamics of global environmental politics. This article describes three ways in which religions are both shaping and being shaped by anthropogenic climate change. Religion is geopolitically...

... and the saint, were presented by the regime as saviors of Spain, but also as symbols of Christian resistance to a secularizing West. © 2024 by The Regents of the University of California 2024 religion pilgrimage ritual globalization Camino de Santiago Hajj If travelers can be said to vote...

..., where questions of sex and gender have become more polarized than ever. © 2024 by The Regents of the University of California 2024 religion Catholic Church gender women’s ordination Catholic environmentalism feminist theology liberation theology As is the case in many Christian...

... a visible role in tech culture and public life. The reshaping of traditional religions into new, but parallel, technological religions is characterized by a triple transformation of humanity into machines, machines into gods, and the universe into a cosmic and cosmically meaningful computer...

...Monica Black From the Middle Ages to the present, witch hunts have reflected the persistence of demonological thinking in times of social upheaval, often targeting women. religion witchcraft witches witch trials gender misogyny If you want to organize a witch hunt, you’re going to need...

... of health outcomes can be enormous. religion mindfulness Buddhism sati meditation Theravāda Southeast Asia Thailand Myanmar Sri Lanka In a psychiatric hospital in Thailand, a staff member was running a mental health program on mindfulness. While speaking with her about it, I noticed...

... of religion results in heterogeneous versions of a common faith. © 2024 by The Regents of the University of California 2024 After many years of solitary contemplation, Bawa was discovered by two Tamil Hindu brothers who were on an annual pilgrimage to Kataragama, a site deemed sacred by Buddhists...

... narrative of transformation immediately draws the reader into the diasporic worldviews that have shaped the Beninese musicians whose stories animate the book. © 2024 by The Regents of the University of California 2024 Benin Vodun religion music diaspora migration slavery Migrations...

...Levi McLaughlin The shocking murder of Japan’s former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe by a gunman motivated by anger at the politician’s ties to the controversial Unification Church sparked a massive outcry that amplified long-standing anxieties about religion in Japan. This article surveys...

... at the Taliban’s approach toward the international community and the resulting limited pathways for constructive engagement. [email protected] [email protected] © 2023 by The Regents of the University of California 2023 Afghanistan Taliban governance religion Islam...

... destruction of Hindu heritage. [email protected] © 2023 by The Regents of the University of California 2023 heritage cities religion India Varanasi Hindutva Hindu nationalism Islam Religion, a beacon of peace and hope to humanity, has ignited acrimony and violent...

... to start a business and network with other successful people. Guatemala Pentecostalism evangelicals religion violence civil society Guatemala has a unique contemporary history, defined by a protracted armed conflict. This government-sponsored war of counterinsurgency against a small...

... of the same women who displayed strong anti-Muslim sentiments had also helped many Muslim women in their locality during the riots, even hiding them in the safety of Hindu homes. © 2022 by The Regents of the University of California 2022 India religion interfaith relations nationalism Hinduism...

... 2022 India culture Bollywood cinema Hindu nationalism religion public sphere Comedian Vir Das’s state-of-the-nation monologue Two Indias oscillates between the vision of a tolerant, secular, diverse democracy and its descent into a totalitarian dystopia. As he suggests, India...

... and Hasbayya (the major Druze religious center) received threatening letters, and Druze merchants in Sidon were forced to leave their homes and had their goods confiscated by Shia. Druze religion Islam diaspora Middle East Israel Lebanon Syria Belief in the oneness of God Exalted be His...

..., they have worked out ways to navigate ambiguous or tense relations with the state. © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California 2021 Russia religion human rights civil rights racism authoritarianism In 2001, a congregant of one of Moscow’s oldest and largest Protestant churches...

...William F. S. Miles A new book explores how a community in southern Africa has turned to genetic testing to advance a claim to Jewish ancestry. The reviewer puts the episode in the broader context of diverse Jewish groups across the continent for whom religion is a matter of practice, not just...

... are remembered and venerated for bringing Islam to the region and civilizing the wasteland. Bangladesh India religion Islam Hinduism environment climate change As Bangladesh took steps toward creating a secular democracy after gaining independence from Pakistan in 1971, the country experienced...