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Guy stops preachy religious family from attending son’s birthday, faces a lot of backlash with people accusing him of being a heathen. The post Single Dad Stands Up To His Family When They Try To Make His Son’s Birthday A Religious Event first appeared on Bored Panda.

Louisiana is not a stranger to controversy over religion in schools. In 2023, it joined almost 20 states that require or allow officials in public schools to post the national motto, “In God We Trust.”

The shifting relationship between state and religion has historically been a contested space, and the focus of much scholarship. It is important for observers to understand this unstable boundary, so that neither political nor religious actors undermine democratic freedoms. Calvin D. Ullrich, a theologian and philosopher of religion, examines the…

South Korean performer has won praise at home for boosting Buddhism, but Southeast Asia has been less welcoming.

As the world’s eyes turn to France, host of the Olympics in two months, one of the country’s fundamental principles is under the spotlight — laïcité, or secularism

The upcoming Paris Olympics are likely to draw new attention to France's ban on its athletes wearing hijabs

From Tilley v. Gibbs, decided yesterday by the Mississippi Court of Appeals: John and Tiffany were married on April 6, 2019, in Lowndes County, Mississippi. The parties had one child, V.G., born prior to the marriage on December 19, 2018. On December 14, 2021, John filed his original complaint for…

Author and religious scholar D.W. Pasulka explores the blurred lines between technology and spirituality

Data from 2022 Scottish census shows secularism increased sharply over decade, from 36.7% of population to 51%