A Report into Anti-Sikh Hate Crimes
A Report on the State of Hinduism in Religious Education in UK Schools
A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s
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Agnieszka Halemba | Scholars
Ahadith | Texts
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community | Traditions
Ahura Mazda | Figures
Akashic records | Concepts
Alan Watts | Figures | Scholars
Allah | Figures
Alternative Perspectives | Perspectives
Animism | Concepts
Antisemitism: From Its Origins to the Present
Austerities | Practices
Ayahuasca | Entheogens
BASR 2020 Worldviews in RS and RE Panel
Belief | Concepts
Bhagavad Gita | Texts
Blaauboschkraal stone ruins | Places
Bodh Gaya | Places
Bodhisattva | Figures
Brahma | Figures
Brahman | Figures | Concepts
Brahmin | Figures
British Journal of Religious Education
Buddhism | Traditions
Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction
Candomblé | Traditions
Cannabis | Entheogens
Caodaism | Traditions
Capitalist Spirituality | Perspectives
Carl Jung | Scholars
Catherine Bell | Scholars
Catholicism | Traditions
Chanting | Practices | Sounds
Chemically-Induced Visions in the Fourth Book of Ezra in Light of Comparative Persian Material
Chinese New Year | Occasions
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Cognitive Theories | Perspectives
Community | Concepts
CRPL Seminar 15th October - Buddhist Responses to Sexual Misconduct
Crucifix | Objects
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Dimitris Xygalatas | Scholars
DMT | Entheogens
Douglas Marshall | Scholars
Druidry | Traditions
Early Christians Might Have Been High on Hallucinogenic Communion Wine
Eastern Orthodox Church | Traditions
Eid-e-Shuja’ | Occasions
El | Figures
Elohim | Figures
Eucharist | Practices | Food
Gathas | Texts
Glastonbury | Places
Governing Religion: Global Challenges and Comparative Approaches
Graham Harvey | Scholars
Gurdwara | Places
Guru Amar Das | Figures
Guru Angad | Figures
Guru Arjan | Figures
Guru Gobind Singh | Figures
Guru Har Krishnan | Figures
Guru Har Rai | Figures
Guru Hargobind | Figures
Guru Nanak | Figures
Guru Ram Das | Figures
Guru Tegh Bahadur | Figures
Gwilym Beckerlegge | Scholars
Hassan al-Banna | Figures
Henotheism | Concepts
Himalayan Institute Of Yoga Science And Philosophy | Traditions
Hinduism | Traditions
Hinduism: A Very Short Introduction
Hugh Beattie | Scholars
Hymns | Practices | Sounds
Imam | Figures
Improving Religious Literacy: A Contribution to the Debate
Interfaith Dialogue for Combating Extremism among Young People
Interim Report: Religious Education for All
Introduction to Religious Studies
Introduction to Religious Studies | Welcome
Isaiah Shembe | Figures
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Jainism | Traditions
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Jerusalem | Places
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Jonathan Z. Smith | Scholars
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Kabir | Figures
Kanniyakumari | Places
Karen Armstrong | Scholars
Kashrut | Practices | Concepts | Food
Keeping it 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion
Kirtan | Practices | Sounds
Korean Martyrs | Figures
Kosher | Practices | Concepts | Food
Krishna | Figures
Lankavatara Sutra | Texts
Lao Tzu | Figures
Linda Woodhead | Scholars
Liquid Religion | Perspectives
Literary Bias | Perspectives
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Maghi | Occasions
Mahabharata | Texts
Mahayana Buddhism | Traditions
Mandir | Places
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Marion Bowman | Scholars
Mary Douglas | Scholars
Material Religion | Perspectives
Mecca | Places
Meditation | Practices
Mescaline Cacti | Entheogens
Mircea Eliade | Scholars
Mohandas Gandhi | Figures
Monotheism | Concepts
Mosque | Places
Muhammad | Figures
Murti | Objects
Muslims in Britain: Changes and Challenges
Nabta Playa | Places
Nancy Ammerman | Scholars
Nazareth Baptist Church | Traditions
Neem Karoli Baba | Figures
New Animism | Perspectives
New Testament | Texts
Ninian Smart | Scholars
Obon | Occasions
Old Testament | Texts
Panpsychism | Concepts
Pantheism | Concepts
Paramahansa Yogananda | Figures
Pascal Boyer | Scholars
Phenomenology | Perspectives
Pilgrimage | Practices
Polytheism | Concepts
Practice | Practices
Prayer | Practices
Priest | Figures
Principia Discordia | Texts
Psilocybin Mushrooms | Entheogens
Quran | Texts
Ram | Figures
Ram Dass | Figures
Ramadan | Occasions
Ramayana | Texts
Rastafari Movement | Traditions
Ravidassia religion | Traditions
Regina Jonas | Figures
Religion and Worldviews: the way forward. A national plan for RE
Religion, Radicalisation, Resilience
Religions From The Inside: Improving Interreligious Dialogue
Religious Literacy: Traditions and Scriptures
Richard King | Scholars
Ritual | Practices | Concepts
Rizalism | Traditions
Robin Horton | Scholars
Ronald Grimes | Scholars
Rudolf Otto | Scholars
Santo Daime | Traditions
Satori | Experiences
Self-Religion | Perspectives
Seva | Concepts
Seven Dimensions of Religion | Perspectives
Shechita | Practices
Siddhārtha Gautama (Buddha) | Figures
Sigmund Freud | Scholars
Sikhi (Sikhism) | Traditions
Singing | Practices
Six Articles of Faith | Concepts
SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies: YouTube Channel
Sri Guru Granth Sahib | Texts
Swami Vivekananda | Figures
Synagogue | Places
Sámi indigenous religion | Traditions
Tanakh | Texts
Taoism | Traditions
Texts | Texts | Concepts
The Bible | Texts
The Database of Religious History
The Faith and Belief Forum: Podcast
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion
The International Church of Cannabis | Traditions
The Journal of Religion, Nature and Culture
The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast
The Pañcadaśī | Texts
The Religious Experience of Mankind
The Science of Self-Realization
The Sharia and Islamic Law: An Introduction
The Study of Religion: An Introduction to Key Ideas and Methods
The Varieties of Religious Experience
The World Religions Paradigm | Perspectives
Theravada Buddhism | Traditions
Thomas Aquinas | Figures
Torah | Texts
Trimarga | Practices
Trimurti | Concepts
Trinity | Concepts
Tu BiShvat | Occasions
Umbanda | Traditions
Upanishads | Texts
Vaishnavism | Traditions
Vajrajana Buddhism | Traditions
Vedas | Texts
Wana people | Traditions
Wendy Doniger | Scholars
What is religion? | Questions
What is religious literacy? | Questions
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What makes a place sacred? | Questions
Who creates religion? | Questions
Why Religion Matters: Religious Literacy, Culture and Diversity
Wicca | Traditions
Worldviews in Religious Education
Worldviews in Religious Education launch
Worldviews: A Multidisciplinary Report
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Yazidism | Traditions
YHWH | Figures
Yoga | Practices
Yoginī temples and their antecedents: reassessing the textual evidence
Zoroaster | Figures
Zoroastrianism | Traditions
Émile Durkheim | Scholars
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Ritual
Some religious practices have specific rules about how they are performed, these practices are sometimes called rituals. There is no hard line between 'religious practice' and 'ritual', but practices with more rules can be described as more ritualistic.
Tu BiShvat
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What is religious studies?
Religious studies is the academic study of religion - but what does that really mean?
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