The response of states to demands for free exercise of religion or belief varies greatly across the world. In some places, religions come as close as imaginable

Much has been written about the law as it affects new and minority religions, but relatively little has been written about how such religions react to the law.

Today, pluralism is increasingly the norm and can be seen as a permanent characteristic of modernity. As seen in world events, religion has not become irrelevan

Europe's "Black Death" contributed to the rise of nation states, mercantile economies, and even the Reformation. Will the AIDS epidemic have similar dramatic ef

How minority religions and the Constitution accommodate each other. What happens when a minority religious group's beliefs run counter to the laws and principle