Allegations of abuse and #MeToo experiences have impacted communities in many faiths, including the Pagan, Buddhist and Christian traditions. How are these communities working to improve accountability?

Religious institutions aren't alone in applying the lessons from #MeToo into their ministry; so, too, are academic researchers in the study of religion.

Several mosques around Myanmar have been attacked and Buddhist nationalists have pressured authorities to close down Muslim religious schools -- or madrassas -- in Thaketa township in Yangon, the country's largest city.

Myanmar's ethnic cleansing has generated global condemnation. Yet not long ago Myanmar was hailed for its transition from a military junta to a fledgling democracy.

Like all religions, Buddhism is not immune to extremism.

Myanmar's dominant Buddhist identity, intimately connected to the country's post-colonial independence, is contributing to violence against religious minorities.

Some white nationalist and white supremacist groups are gravitating towards neo-Pagan religions, like Odinism, while others are following a national trend of rising secularism and leaving behind theism altogether.

Journalist Vegas Tenold spent six years following several white supremacist and alt-right groups throughout the U.S. He learned that while far-right extremist groups are growing, they are anything but uniform.

For many white nationalist groups that subscribe to a Christian Identity philosophy, faith beliefs are more about cultivating an identity, than religion.

Many far-right extremist groups have long claimed a Christian Identity ideology. But as alt-right and white nationalist movements grow, their religious beliefs are changing.