Most of them are young and modishly dressed. They kneel Oriental-style on a living-room floor in West Hollywood, some 20 strong, facing a homemade altar and rolling Buddhist prayer beads between their ...

Most Americans are aware of new denominations, some of them perhaps called sects, that are offshoots of mainline or evangelical Christianity. Other faiths than Christianity have experienced this too.

On December 11, following the December 10 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to award Nihon Hidankyo, the Nobel Peace Prize Forum will take place at the Oslo University Aula. Organized by the Norwegian Nobel ...

Daisaku Ikeda, who headed Soka Gakkai, a Japanese Buddhist organization, that includes famed musician Herbie Hancock and other celebrities in its fold, has died at 95, the Japanese religious ...