People want to be religious, says scholar Karen Armstrong; we should help make religion a force for harmony. She asks the TED community to help build a Charter for Compassion -- to restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious...

A large proportion of Chinese people believe in a god—yet most report they don’t belong to any religion. In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we’ll learn about two of the Three Teachings of China—Confucianism and Daoism—and explore...

Atheism is far from new, but the various ways that people say “no thank you” to belief in gods, deities, or particular religions are so diverse that they’ve had a huge impact on world belief systems. In this episode of Crash Course...

The Giving Ceremony in Myanmar showcases a vibrant tradition where villagers donate food and essentials to monks and nuns. Beginning at dawn, families prepare traditional dishes for the event, which takes place at a significant mahogany...

Anthropologists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries hypothesized that animism was the earliest religion. But later scholars have called this theory into question. What is animism? And how should we categorize it? This video was...

In a major announcement after his 90th birthday, the 14th Dalai Lama has confirmed that the centuries-old institution of the Dalai Lama will continue after his death. In a video message to a global gathering of Tibetan Buddhist leaders...