From ancient conquerors to modern revolutionaries, Iran has produced figures who've shaped history. Join us as we explore the ...

The Byzantine Empire in the 7th century was wrecked by military strife. The empire was halved, with its richest territories ...

A sweeping census on the state of American religion reveals a less sensational tale of Christianity in decline and a rise of the religiously unaffiliated compared to a decade ago. Pew Research ...

Americans’ overall perceptions of religion tilt positive, according to the survey, but appear to have cooled since 2014. Overall, 51% express mostly positive views of religious institutions ...

nonreligious Americans, and narrowing gender gap. A sweeping census on the state of American religion reveals a less sensational tale of Christianity in decline and the rise of the religiously ...

A major new study from Pew Research Center offers an in-depth look at the American religious landscape and how it’s changed over time. Researchers determined that the share of U.S. adults who ...

The constant civil wars attracted barbarians to attack from all directions as well as the old Roman rival on the East, the Sassanid Empire. Between 270 and 270 AD, Queen Zenobia established her own ...

In the new Religious Landscape Study (RLS), nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults who are currently married (74%) say they have the same religion as their spouse, a similar share as in the 2014 RLS (75 ...

The percentage of Americans who say religion is very important in their lives has been relatively stable in recent years, though it appears to be lower than it was in the 2007 and 2014 Religious ...

It now faced a new geopolitical adversary: the Sassanid Persian Empire, where Zoroastrianism was the state religion. This confrontation evolved into a kind of "world war" that lasted nearly three ...

A multidisciplinary and international research project has brought fresh insights into the origins and diversity of the populations that lived under and after the Hun empire between the late 4th ...

So Ross’s book is coming to us at a very interesting moment. There is a sense that, at least here in the US, maybe less religion isn’t yielding the most stable results, and maybe religion has ...