Seicho-No-Ie (Japanese: 生長の家, Hepburn: Seichō-no-Ie; "House of Growth") is a syncretic, monotheistic, New Thought Japanese new religion that has spread since the end of World War II in Asia. It emphasizes gratitude for nature, the family, ancestors and, above all, religious faith in one universal God. Seichō no Ie is the world's largest New Thought group. By the end of 2010 it had over 1.6 million followers and 442 facilities, mostly located in Japan, Brazil, and the United States.
The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty is an American conservative and libertarian think tank in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with an office in Rome. Its stated miss…
The Journal of Religion and Film is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal that "examines the description, critique, and embodiment of religion in film". The editor-in-chief is…
The Baháʼí Faith in Finland began with contact between traveling Scandinavians with early Persian believers of the Baháʼí Faith in the mid-to-late 19th century while Finland was p…
The Religion News Association (RNA), formerly the Religion Newswriters Association, is an American non-profit professional association which seeks to promote better reporting on r…
Raëlism, also known as Raëlianism, is a UFO religion founded in the 1970s in France by Claude Vorilhon, now known as Raël. Scholars of religion classify Raëlism as a new religious…
Christian Stephen Smith (born 1960) is an American sociologist who was formerly the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. Smith's research f…
