(RNS) — Most Americans believe religious liberty is a good thing and would be scandalized to know how some religious leaders, and even political leaders, are actively distorting its meaning to expand ...

It is easy to dismiss any suggestion of a new world religion. After all, look at the division and conflict, the extent of human suffering, caused by opposition among the religions we have already. But ...

Many are of the view that all three of these are happening with religion. Methodologies are changing but seekers are still looking; it is not shrinking, just shifting. It is a complex transition.