Officials emphasized the new list is not meant to endorse or delegitimize any religion, simply to improve chaplain support.

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While the number of Americans who were raised in homes where parents had different religions appears to be growing, relatively few think of themselves as having been brought up in more than one religion, and even fewer say they currently belong to multiple ...

Learn why “world religions” is a category constructed by human choice When we think of world religions, we often think of the Big Five: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. But why do we think of those? In this episode of Crash Course ...

The merest acquaintance with the humans on planet Earth and their religions immediately raises two questions: (1) Why are there so many religions? and (2) Why are religious people so immune to data that concern their religion? In this post, we will address ...

About 2,500 years ago something changed the way humans think. Within the span of two centuries, in three separate regions of Eurasia, spiritual movements emerged that would give rise to the world's major moral religions, those preaching some combination of ...

The history of human spirituality may be as old as humanity itself, yet the formation of organized religions is a more recent phenomenon. The oldest religions in the world have shaped cultures, laws, and history. These religions offer insight into the ...

Just days after announcing a drastically reduced list of recognized religions for service members, the Pentagon is doing an about-face after backlash from the Mormon Church. The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints was not included as one of the many Christian denominations within the military's new list of 31 religious affiliations,