First, the facts. According to data from Gallup, Pew, and PRRI, the percentage of Americans who identify with any religion is ...

Instead of celebrating George Washington’s birthday, today we’ve lumped him in together with no-names including Millard Fillmore and William Henry Harrison as we celebrate a generic “Presidents’ Day.” ...

Throughout this report, religious switching refers to a change between the religious group in which a person says they were raised (during their childhood) and their religious identity now (in ...

Few countries treat religion in the same neutral way found in the United States. Even among liberal democracies, governments often play favorites by giving support to some religions and restricting ...

Some people have faith that their spouse won't cheat on them. Some have faith that things happen for a reason. Some have faith in God. Is there a common commitment underlying these disparate ...

It was “the most significant event in ecclesiastical history since the Reformation.” So said Presbyterian Patriarch Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin. At 8 o’clock on a steaming hot morning in Madras, India, ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A broad array of religious and political leaders across the country issued outpourings of support for former President Jimmy Carter following news of his death, heaping praise on ...

Dennis Prager is a columnist for The Daily Signal, nationally syndicated radio host, and creator of PragerU. Anyone who thinks about the current civil war in America comes to realize that it is, in ...

This chapter focuses on three groups of U.S. adults, based on their answers to the following four questions: Do you think of yourself as spiritual? Do you think of yourself as religious? How important ...

Editor’s Note: Ian Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent based in Beijing. His new book, “The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao,” will be published in April. The views ...