When Johannes Gutenberg invented a machine for using movable type to copy manuscripts, he also invented the publishing industry. His innovation changed the course of religious history as well, ...

The Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center has released the seventh book in the Regional Studies collector series, “Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles.” ...

I have a feature article in the current issue of Publishers Weekly, exploring the rise of Mormon Studies from the publishing angle. How many books are we talking about, and is that number rising each ...

On March 5, Professor Annie Blazer's new book, American Culture through Religion and Sport, was published. Her book is modeled after her religious studies course, “Religion and Sport in the US” and ...

It’s a good bet more Americans are able to name Santa’s nine reindeer than the Twelve Apostles. The United States boasts the highest rate of religious affiliation of the world’s developed nations, yet ...

White, Carol Wayne. 2016. Black Lives and Sacred Humanity: The Emergence of an African-American Religious Naturalism. Fordham University Press. [Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Titles.] White, ...

What do we lose when we lose organized religion, which has been in steep decline across the globe since 2007? Two new books offer very different answers — and very different approaches — to this ...

Religious belief has inspired both armies and charities, politicians and prophetic voices that have shaped world history. Religions have provided the foundation for ethical behavior and in many ...

We already see religious studies being targeted during economic crunches triggered by demographic contraction. The post-Covid economic landscape is also still to emerge, but I do think the humanities, ...

Lecture Layne Little’s Religious Studies class was covering Jain and Buddism on February 20, 2020. Venerable Bhante Seelawimala, a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk of the American Buddhist Seminary, ...

Working in the 1970s and ’80s, his scholarship helped to cement African-American studies as an academic discipline. By Clay Risen Albert J. Raboteau, whose work on the history of Christianity among ...

(RN) — Last month, the BYU Religious Studies Center halted publication of ‘Saving Faith’ because of author John Gee’s statements about homosexuality and child sexual abuse. But the book’s problems run ...