This program covers such topics as secularism, atheism, and agnosticism; highlights the dialectical relationship between religion and society; and looks at Eastern and Western religions.

What is religion? Religion means different things to different people. This program looks at the different ways that social scientists examine religions, with a focus on the substantive and functional approaches to religion.

Learn how forgiveness is interpreted differently by each religion.

This program examines secularization and discusses whether contemporary society is moving away from the traditional and historical view of religion or if religion and spirituality are merely changing and taking new forms.

How much do Americans really know about religion? A Pew survey has some surprising answers. NewsHour correspondent Judy Woodruff has details.

Designed to foster cultural and religious sensitivity and tolerance, World Hijab Day is annually held on February 1. The event encourages non-Muslim women to don the headscarf traditionally worn by Muslim women, to see how it feels to be a Hijabi for a day.  Religion & Ethics visited with Umanda Weerasinghe, who is Buddhist, as she took the Hijab Challenge last February in Rockville, Maryland. She was accompanied by her friend, Sofia Amir, who...

Religious tolerance is one of the founding principles of this country, yet it sometimes seems to be in short supply. This ABC News report discusses religion with eight young people, who share their thoughts on their own religion as well as the faith of other.

Former NPR reporter Eric Weiner's new book, "Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine," recounts his voyage around the world to discover more about his own beliefs. Filmed during a holiday season that, for many, centers on religion and spirituality, NewsHour correspondent Ray Suarez and Weiner discuss the quest for God and personal faith. Origina?

This program examines religious guidelines designed to regulate and add meaning to the sex lives of married couples of the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh faiths. Topics include when intercourse is permissible and when it should be avoided, whether it is sinful for men and women to use contraception, what type of genital contact is allowable, whether marital sex for non-procreative pleasure is morally acceptable, and possible penalties...

Whether viewed as a spiritual matter of immorality or a secular concern with maintaining family lineage, premarital and extramarital sex have caused consternation since ancient times. In this program, theologians Melissa Raphael and Gavin D'Costa, author Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood, and others explain what constitutes adultery and talk about how Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Sikhism regard women, virginity, chastity, promiscuity, prostitution,...