On a week when extreme fundamentalists terrorised parts of Paris, killing dozens, new research suggests religious differences are a 'significant factor', but no The Religion and Global Uncertainties ...
Worries caused by the UK's exit from the European Union cannot be alleviated by belief in a religion, a study has found. The research by psychologists compared people with strong beliefs in either Go...
There's hope the teaching of religious education (RE) in schools will improve thanks to changes made in the way regulator Ofsted inspects. Campaigners for better RE say the new school inspection fram...
New criteria proposals have been launched for GCSE and A Level courses in R.E. as part of a public consultation. The Catholic Education Service (CES) says the plans will ensure a more 'academically r...
Renaming Religious Education (RE) as Religion and Worldviews and broadening the curriculum will ensure lessons better reflect life in modern Britain, a major ne Agnosticism, atheism, humanism and sec...
New rules for teaching RE unveiled to improve the subject's status within the education system. New guidelines for teaching Religious Education have been unveiled in the hope of improving the subject...
A campaigner who has devoted four decades to promoting freedom of religion has been given a special honour by the Queen. Mervyn Thomas, founder of the charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), ha...
A campaigner who spent decades speaking out on behalf of believers around the world living under pressure for their faith has died aged 74. Rev Stuart Windsor (pictured above, right), a Special Ambas...
A Christian street preacher will face no further action after the Crown Prosecution Service dropped the religious harassment charges he was due to face. Michael Jones, 66, was arrested in Beverley, Y...
It's been reported that hate crimes towards faith groups and minorities are on the rise in London. Research by Faith & Belief Forum and the Department of Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck showed that ...
There's been a 40 per cent increase in religious hate crime in the UK over the past year. Home Office data shows there were 8,336 incidents across England and Wales where religion was a factor.Of tha...
A letter in the Guardian signed by various religious leaders is asking Theresa May to change her mind and to sign a UN treaty banning use of nuclear weapons.&nb A number of MPs have joined Rt Rev Ste...
Just one in ten voters in marginal constituencies say religious liberty has improved under David Cameron. A poll commissioned by The Christian Institute found that 11% thought religious liberty had ...
A survivors' group has hit out at "unconvincing" apologies from a religious order that ran a controversial care home where children were allegedly abused. John Scott QC, representing In Care Abuse Su...
Catholic religious orders from around the world have apologised for having failed to respond when their priests raped children, acknowledging that their family- The two umbrella organisations represe...
A report by the Woolf Institute - released to coincide with the anniversary of the 7/7 bombings - has found that religious people are more likely to feel connec Titled "Trust in Crisis" - the report ...
Claiming to be religious is off-putting to potential new partners according to a new survey. Researchers at Oxford University, the University of Maryland in the US and University of Otago in New Zeal...
Religious people are significantly under-represented in British television, a new report by Ofcom reveals - although a lack of figures means the extent of the i The regulator told the five big broadc...
As the BBC gears up for its 'Year of Beliefs' in 2019, it axes one of its long-standing religious shows. Something Understood is an ethical discussion programme on early Sunday mornings and repeate...
A Religious Studies teacher has told a court "stress" led her to steal just under £60,000 from a college to fund family holidays. Sharon May, 45, of Urmston, said that teaching was stressful and s...
