With the whole world watching, spiritual advisers face new challenges.

“We don’t have to please God in any other way than to be brutally honest,” he said.

For many Christian women, including racial minorities, and others whose voices traditionally have not been heard by or represented in institutional churches, the Internet has created new platforms to teach, preach and connect.

When we become willing to routinely sit alongside people who disagree with us vehemently and at the most foundational level, it’s like, for just a second, things slow down and cease being about the institution winning or losing or living…

Sixty-four percent of U.S. adults say same-sex marriages should be recognized by the law. Although not meaningfully different from the 61 percent last year, this is the highest percentage to date.

After a week of chaos in Washington, the president finally found a friendly crowd at Liberty University.

An email exchange dragged Duke Divinity School into the nationwide debates over racism and free speech on college campuses, and now has ended with a professor’s decision to step down.

Known as a leader of religious tolerance in Southeast Asia, Indonesia is beginning to feel the pull of its staunch Islamist groups.

In 18 nations across Central and Eastern Europe, religion is now essential to national identity.