In this belief, the Western Apache have worshipped for centuries using the leaves, the trees, the water and the dirt to ...

African religions include Islam and Christianity, but also hundreds of diverse and complex indigenou African religions include Islam and Christianity, but also hundreds of diverse and complex ...

We are thrilled to announce the publication of The Religion Toolkit: Understanding Religion in the World Today, co-authored by former faculty members Dr. John Morreall and Dr. Tamara Sonn. This ...

(The Conversation) — A historian of astronomy writes about the role of astronomical events in Indigenous cultures − and also the exploitation of their sacred traditions in present times. (The ...

(The Conversation) — Repatriation is now a legal responsibility, but also a matter of human rights, an anthropologist writes. (The Conversation) — As an archaeologist, you picture yourself traveling ...

An Arizona church has reached a settlement in a lawsuit against the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal agencies that allows the Indigenous religious organization to use the ...

As the Supreme Court closed its latest term, it did so by denying justice to Native Americans—yet again. With its refusal to hear Apache Stronghold v. United States, the court effectively allowed a ...

My lost religions haunt me. There is a world, perhaps similar to this one, where Spain’s leather boots never dropped off their boats, never left footprints in the sand of the Philippines. There is a ...

Evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi explains why Japan’s indigenous religion lacks a transcendent notion of God. Christianity Today speaks with Yoichi Yamaguchi, director of the International Mission ...

Shinto is often described as Japan’s indigenous religion—but can it expand beyond Japan? While traditionally tied to Japanese culture, shrines, and national identity, modern practitioners argue that ...