Today, Benjamin Pietro Marcus, Religious Literacy Specialist with the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute, shares concrete strategies for building a lesson enriched by religious studies.

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 ...

The measure may be the first of its kind in the country, one expert said. “I don’t know that other states have done this.” ...

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, ...

Texas public schools may soon have the option to incorporate Bible-based teachings into their curriculum, a proposal that has ignited heated debate among educators, parents, and religious groups. The ...

Religious Studies is an interdisciplinary field that critically examines the diverse expressions of faith, ritual, and institutional practice across global traditions. Encompassing historical, ...

Oklahoma’s new head of education, Lindel Fields, is dropping an unconstitutional requirement for schools to teach Bible-based social studies lessons. The requirement — issued by the state’s former ...

Exposure to covid-19 wasn’t Aasta Deth’s concern for her two young children on the first day of school. Exposure to religion in their public school curriculum was. Deth, who lives in Harrison, said ...

Oklahoma's State Board of Education approved new social studies standards, removing controversial content like Bible lessons ...