Is it a case of trying to improve something that might not need improving or a case of simply protecting aesthetics and the ...

Jediism came to prominence in 2001 during the UK census when a bunch of people claimed to be "Jedi" as their religion. But there also is a real-world movement of people calling themselves Jediists, ...

Religion is very difficult to define. The scholar Clifford Geertz offered his own definition, but ironically, this definition is broad enough to apply to even a soft drink brand: Coca Cola. But how ...

There is no universally agreed definition of hate speech. Article 20, paragraph 2 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICPPR) of 1966 – a key international human rights treaty ...

State Rep. Noah Arbit, D-West Bloomfield, planned to introduce the legislation Tuesday and also hopes to create a statewide ...

A female nude spa in Washington state cannot bar preoperative transgender women, a federal court ruled last week, rejecting ...

Norman J.W. Goda is the Norman and Irma Braman professor of Holocaust studies at the University of Florida. Jeffrey Herf, the ...

A Jewish state lawmaker from Oakland County is seeking to amend the state's anti-discrimination law to bar antisemitism ...

Jason Springs immersed himself in justice organizations in Chicago. He offers an account of their peace circles and the hope ...

Why revisit an encyclical published May 15, 1891? Rerum Novarum, or “Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor,” is widely seen as the foundational text of Catholic social teaching. It was penned ...

or religion or perceived religion; or sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation or transgender identity or perceived transgender identity." There is no legal definition of hostility so we use ...

Sutherland Institute report finds many aspects of mental health benefit from religious belief, attendance and participation.