Amnesty International called on Chinese authorities on Wednesday to cease their interference in religious practices. The ...

Plans to demolish a historic baseball stadium where Babe Ruth played and an adjacent rugby venue are at the heart of a ...

The history of encounters between Catholicism and Native spirituality has often been marred by violence and oppression. But ...

Shinto, once an unwritten tradition rooted in nature, shrines, and ancestral worship, wasn’t always classified as a “religion.” This video traces how Japan’s native spiritual practice was reshaped ...

A massive warship sat calmly at the dock of Pier 15 in Port Area, Manila on Saturday, June 21. She had just arrived after a seven-day-long journey from ...

Japan’s two major religions, Shinto and Buddhism, appear to coexist peacefully today—but their shared history is anything but simple. This video traces their complex relationship, from early ...

Second was confrontation with Japanese nationalism, which advocated the imperial system and the state Shinto religion, which suppressed and subjugated confessions of faith in Christ being the only ...

Japanese cults often draw from ancient religious and philosophical traditions that have shaped the country’s history. Shinto, the indigenous religion, remained central to Japanese culture even after ...

Under the directive, State Shinto — part religion, part patriotic ritual — was to be stripped of public support and of its “ultra-nationalistic and militaristic” trappings.