Students who graduated in the last 25 years from Modesto high schools most likely took a world religions class as freshmen. That requirement ends with this school year. In May 2023, the Modesto City ...

Rev. Vicki Michela Garlock brings a rich, varied tapestry of experience and training to her latest book, giving children and their grownups a unique nondevotional look at the vibrant, sustaining ...

In Modesto, California, every ninth-grade student is required to take a world religions course—an unusual approach in the U.S. public school system. This video explores how the program was implemented ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—After over 50 years as Western Michigan University’s Department of Comparative Religion, the department has a new name that reflects its diverse course offerings: the Department of ...

Learn why “world religions” is a category constructed by human choice When we think of world religions, we often think of the Big Five: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. But why do ...

Colleen Martin is the first to admit to her limited understanding of world religions. Growing up Catholic, she has a pretty good grasp of Christianity, but that's where her comfort zone begins and ...