A majority of adults still identify with their childhood religion, but 35% don’t. Read about when and why Americans may ...

Baylor University scholar Paul Froese said the findings may reflect a greater interest in magical thinking as people move ...

Decline of religion remains stalled, says new Pew report. But there's no revival yet. (RNS) — For the past five years, the ...

Find out how adults who were raised as “nones” experienced religion as kids, and why they say they do – or don’t – affiliate ...

This latest study is important because it’s the first time we’ve asked people why they identify with their current religion,’ a senior researcher says ...

American adults who identify with Christianity, with another religion, or with no religion have all remained steady, a new Pew Research Center report finds.

This story is adapted from How God Works: The Science Behind the Benefits of Religion, by David DeSteno. Even though I was raised Catholic, for most of my adult life, I didn’t pay religion much heed.

Religion seems to be a complicated and many-sided issue. On one hand, religion reportedly motivates charity, compassion, ethics, goodwill, kindness, morality, righteousness, selflessness, unity, etc.

Controversies regarding religion in the classroom in the United States are as old as the public school system itself. Most recently, a Louisiana law mandates that posters of the Ten Commandments be ...

In a new survey released by the Pew Research Center, 80 percent of respondents said religion’s role in public life is shrinking in America. That’s the highest proportion in two decades of asking the ...

"There is no time for imagination, religious or otherwise. We need to act now!" an irritated scientist told me during a workshop on climate change and religion in 2024. Contrary to the tone of his ...

The skies — and the government — could be hiding more than we know. Hosted by Ross Douthat Mr. Douthat is an Opinion columnist and the host of the “Interesting Times” podcast. Below is an edited ...