New religions


Devout veganism is now considered a religion. 

11 upstart religions rooted in pop culture


With varying degrees of success, zealous fans have translated their love for brands of pop culture into cults, organizations, and federally recognized religious groups


Does anyone still practice the Mayan religion?


If the world ends on Friday, someone should get to take the credit


Praying your way to victory


America's endorsement of religion's place in sports — and more in our collection of surprising facts and figures


Sikhism in America: A guide to the targeted religion


The U.S. has had a sizable Sikh population for decades, yet we still have a poor understanding of the peace-oriented religion that originated in India


New England's quiet Christian revival


Church-planting and music festivals are discreetly bringing religion back to New England, says Ruth Graham at Slate


How Democrats and Republicans are spinning the new pope


Both Left and Right are praising the election of Pope Francis — and putting their own political ideals on full display



Is illegal file sharing a religion?


Yes... at least according to Sweden, which has officially recognized the piracy-focused Missionary Church of Kopimi



Romney's '47 percent' vs. Obama's 'bitter' clingers: Which is worse?


Mitt's dismissal of Democrats as tax-dodging moochers is drawing plenty of comparisons to the president's 2008 musing about white voters who "cling to guns or religion"



Is The Master a stealth attack on Scientology?


The new Paul Thomas Anderson film is enraging Scientologists who see it as a thinly-veiled assault on their religion and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard



Romney’s silence on his faith





Where are the honest atheists?


That godlessness might be both true and terrible is something that the new atheists refuse to entertain



The grandiose legacy of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon


The founding "messiah" of a religion mostly known for massive group weddings is dead. What happens to his multimillion-dollar business empire now?



Will Scientology survive Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' divorce?


As the press delves into the religion's bizarre practices after the TomKat split, Scientology's most visible spokesman becomes its greatest liability



How our love of gadgets makes us hate each other


Apple and Google evangelists are nearly as zealous as their religious counterparts. And these tribal divisions will only get worse as technology gets better



Robotics: The new religion?


Futurists talk about the "Singularity" almost mystically, says Robert Geraci in Religion Dispatches — and scientists' promises of robotic salvation may one day rival traditional faiths



Will Romney's religion matter?





Larry Flynt’s continuing crusade


Larry Flynt wants to be remembered as more than just a common pornographer.



Can religion make you fat?


A new study says that churchgoers are nearly twice as likely to be obese in middle age than their less godly counterparts



3 major challenges facing Pope Francis


The new pope will lead a Roman Catholic Church fighting to stay relevant in the 21st century



Making religion of economics


The arguments of market fundamentalists don't fit the facts of our economy. So they ignore the facts



The Week contest: Teen Religion 


A North Carolina teen has won a legal battle to wear a nose stud to school by arguing she is a member of the "Church of Body Modification." Come up with another new religion teens might use to excuse their behavior

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