https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_religion
The history of religion refers to the written record of human religious feelings, thoughts, and ideas. This period of religious history begins with the invention of writing about 5,200 years ago (3200 BCE). [1] The prehistory of religion involves the study of religious beliefs that existed prior to the advent of written records.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190418-how-and-why-did-religion-evolve
Religion, on this interpretation, is akin to a vestigial organ. Perhaps it was adaptive in the environments it originally evolved in, but in this environment it's maladaptive. Or perhaps

https://www.worldhistory.org/religion/
Religion (from the Latin Religio, meaning 'restraint,' or Relegere, according to Cicero, meaning 'to repeat, to read again,' or, most likely, Religionem, 'to show respect for what is sacred') is an organized system of beliefs and practices revolving around, or leading to, a transcendent spiritual experience. There is no culture in human history

https://www.history.com/topics/religion
Religion and spiritual issues are fundamental to human history. Learn about Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, the Bible, Wicca and more. ... Islam is the second largest religion in the world

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/hr/current
Ranked #118 out of 584 "Religious studies" journals. The first academic journal devoted exclusively to comparative religious history, History of Religions has set the standard for the study of religious phenomena from prehistory to modern times. HR publishes fresh and insightful scholarship that is engaged both with particular traditions

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/big-history-project/agriculture-civilization/first-cities-states/a/the-origin-of-world-religions-1
The Origin of World Religions. By Anita Ravi. As people created more efficient systems of communication and more complex governments in early agrarian civilizations, they also developed what we now call religion. Having done some research on the common features of early agrarian cities, I'm interested in finding out why all civilizations

https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/223/religions-of-the-world/
Religion has always been an integral aspect of the human condition. Archaeological evidence strongly suggests religious practices dating back to c. 60,000 BCE and it seems probable that belief in an unseen spiritual world developed independently in cultures around the world from Mesopotamia to Mesoamerica. Religion continues to hold the same

https://www.jstor.org/journal/historyreligions
History of Religions strives to publish scholarship that reflects engagement with particular traditions, places, and times and yet also speaks to broader methodological and/or theoretical issues in the study of religion. Toward encouraging critical conversations in the field, HR also publishes review articles and comprehensive book reviews by

https://www.britannica.com/topic/religion
religion, human beings' relation to that which they regard as holy, sacred, absolute, spiritual, divine, or worthy of especial reverence. It is also commonly regarded as consisting of the way people deal with ultimate concerns about their lives and their fate after death.In many traditions, this relation and these concerns are expressed in terms of one's relationship with or attitude

https://www.britannica.com/topic/study-of-religion
study of religion, attempt to understand the various aspects of religion, especially through the use of other intellectual disciplines.. The study of religion emerged as a formal discipline during the 19th century, when the methods and approaches of history, philology, literary criticism, psychology, anthropology, sociology, economics, and other fields were brought to bear on the task of

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/concept-religion/
1. A History of the Concept. The concept religion did not originally refer to a social genus or cultural type. It was adapted from the Latin term religio, a term roughly equivalent to "scrupulousness".Religio also approximates "conscientiousness", "devotedness", or "felt obligation", since religio was an effect of taboos, promises, curses, or transgressions, even when these

https://www.britannica.com/topic/study-of-religion/History-of-the-study-of-religion
Robert Segal. Study of religion - History of the study of religion: Because the major cultural traditions of Europe, the Middle East, India, and China have been independent over long periods, no single history of the study of religion exists. The primary impulse that prompts many to study religion, however, happens to be the Western one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_religion
Religion has been a factor of the human experience throughout history, from pre-historic to modern times. The bulk of the human religious experience pre-dates written history.Written history (the age of formal writing) is only roughly 5,000 years old. A lack of written records results in most of the knowledge of pre-historic religion being derived from archaeological records and other indirect

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion
Religion is the substance, the ground, and the depth of man's spiritual life." When religion is seen in terms of sacred, divine, intensive valuing, or ultimate concern, then it is possible to understand why scientific findings and philosophical criticisms (e.g., those made by Richard Dawkins) do not necessarily disturb its adherents. Aspects

https://www.worldhistory.org/timeline/religion/
Religion (from the Latin Religio, meaning 'restraint,' or Relegere, according to Cicero, meaning 'to repeat, to read again,' or, most likely, Religionem, 'to show respect for what is sacred') is an organized system of beliefs and practices revolving around, or leading to, a transcendent spiritual experience. There is no culture in human history

https://divinity.uchicago.edu/academics/committees-and-areas-study/history-religions
The History of Religions area approaches religion as an exclusively human phenomenon, via the methods of the social sciences and the humanities. It is concerned to theorize at a high level of generalization, informed by broadly comparative and empirical research, and to carry out high level empirical research informed by theoretical reflection.

https://history.yale.edu/undergraduate/current-students/regions-and-pathways/religion-context
The study of history has long been connected to the history of religions. For many religions, the very fact of historical study is heretical; for other religions, historical thought is integral to religious practice. We cannot speak about religion without also thinking about its many histories. To start, what is religion? Is it a belief system, a set of cultural values, of

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/27/us/oklahoma-schools-bible-curriculum/index.html
The new memo comes after the Oklahoma Supreme Court blocked an effort to establish the first publicly funded religious charter school in the country. The court on Tuesday ordered the state to

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiography_of_religion
The historiography of religion is how historians have studied religion in terms of themes, sources and conflicting ideas. Historians typically focus on one particular topic in the overall history of religions in terms of geographical area or of theological tradition. Historians for centuries focused on the theological developments of their own

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/oklahoma-orders-schools-teach-bible-every-classroom-2024-06-27/
Oklahoma's Department of Education ordered every teacher in the state to have a Bible in their classroom and to teach from it, in an announcement on Thursday that challenges U.S. Supreme Court

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Christianity
Christianity, major religion stemming from the life, teachings, and death of Jesus of Nazareth (the Christ, or the Anointed One of God) in the 1st century ce.It has become the largest of the world's religions and, geographically, the most widely diffused of all faiths. It has a constituency of more than two billion believers. Its largest groups are the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern

https://apnews.com/article/russia-dagestan-extremists-ethnic-violence-chechya-d7b8cd1fa923ec2e165cf2602a438a19
Dagestan's violent history means the area has a heavy security presence, said Mark Youngman, the founder of Threatologist, which analyzes Eurasian security risks and specializes in the North Caucasus. Nonetheless, the response was slow, with different state agencies giving conflicting accounts as events unfolded.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-28/distance-is-no-barrier-to-the-lake-nash-girls-football-team/104025434
Against all odds, the Lake Nash Giants made history last year, winning the season's grand final in only their first year of playing. Star player LaShona kicked eight of the winning goals.

https://religionnews.com/2024/06/28/mother-mary-p-patterson-preserver-of-church-of-god-in-christ-history-dies-at-83/
In 2021, a ceremony unveiling an 8-foot aluminum sign on a corner in Little Rock, Arkansas, was attended by regional religious leaders, a representative of the governor and scholars who traveled

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240625-the-brutal-truth-about-the-uks-infamous-nine-days-queen
A short-lived teenage monarch in Tudor history has now inspired a fantastical TV romp on Prime Video. But ridiculous as it is, it highlights how the ill-fated Lady Jane Grey was much more than a

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_origin_of_religion
The evolutionary origin of religion and religious behavior is a field of study related to evolutionary ... writing was used to record myth. The first religious texts mark the beginning of religious history. The Pyramid Texts from ancient Egypt are one of the oldest known religious texts in the world, dating to between 2400 and 2300 BCE

https://www.app.com/story/news/crime/2024/06/27/lakewood-murder-naomi-elkins-killed-kids-for-religious-purposes-police-say/74230116007/
Naomi Elkins of Lakewood told police she believed she needed to kill her children for religious purposes, according to an affidavit of her arrest. ... Naomi Elkins has a well-documented history of

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/us/oklahoma-public-schools-bible.html
The state superintendent, Ryan Walters, said the Bible was a "necessary historical document." The mandate comes as part of a conservative movement to infuse Christian values in public schools.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_religion_in_the_United_States
The Second Great Awakening exercised a profound impact on American religious history. By 1859 evangelicalism emerged as a kind of national church or national religion and was the grand absorbing theme of American religious life. The greatest gains were made by the very well organized Methodists.

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/soccer/euro-2024-daily-recap-georgia-stuns-portugal-end-group-stage
The two largest upsets in Euros history have come at this tournament (FIFA rankings introduced in 1992). Georgia had 28% possession, the lowest by a team to win a Euros match since 1980.