What's the line between faith and entertainment culture?

How an animist religion became a rival to monotheistic Christianity in Myanmar.

Is silicon valley cultish? Can we resist its influence?

And what makes our festive season distinctive?

Is the so-called golden age of American Judaism over?

What can Syria's religious minorities expect post the Assad regime? Standing Together, a collaborative project between Palestinians and Jews offers a vision of peace and equality for people in the region. And how non-Europeans have become the backbone of the Church in Australia.

Newly uncovered letters reveal just how deep the crisis over "The Satanic Verses" became. And in the US, have Democrats abandoned their working-class base?

The Religion and Ethics Report is in Hungary. The country is the centre of Europe's culture wars, especially on issues of immigration, gender, and sex. And Prime Minister Viktor Orban's model of nationalism has attracted admiration from the right — and even segments of the left.

What role did religion play for Latin Americans at the polling booth? Plus, we hear from one of the world's first female Orthodox rabbis, and a historian who says we're living in an "ahistoric age."

The Archbishop of Canterbury has resigned after an investigation found he failed to tell police about sexual abuse by a Christian camp volunteer. Plus, addressing modern slavery in Australia, and a look into the brutal side of Japan's work culture.

The new court case tearing at the social fabric of France, did an AI chatbot have a role in the death of an American teen? And what interfaith environmentalism looks like in Indonesia.

Mormon missionaries in Australia's outback, and what the passing of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen means for the Gülen movement. Plus, why some US evangelicals are campaigning against Donald Trump. And, should celebrities get political?