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Any new idea which is an improvement over the status quo I would count as progress. If the new idea is promoted as being some sort of divine revelation, then that would be progress from religion. I believe that the science of psychology has verified the psychological benefit of some things that have been promoted by religion such as expressions of gratitude such as in prayer, admission of ones errors to someone outside of oneself and forgiving the mistakes of others. It is just that these sort of discoveries seem to occur rather rarely outside of science and are mixed in with too many things which are not of any use or even harmful.