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The number of Americans who identify as spiritual is on the rise, while many are distancing themselves from organized religion. According to a 2023 Pew Research study, seven out of 10 Americans ...

Majorities in Brazil, Colombia and Peru want leaders who defend their faith. Protestants are especially supportive of ...

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 ...

Some are. But many are not. Around a fifth of “nones” express consistently negative views of religion. They say it does more harm than good in society, encourages superstition and causes division.

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 ...

People in the U.S. are leaving and switching faith traditions in large numbers. The idea of "religious churning" is very common in America, according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research ...

Today, on the first Friday of Lent, Daniel Rober, an associate professor of Catholic Studies, considers a timely question: Is religion making a comeback in the United States? He looks at the data, the ...

The following editorial appears in the current issue of LIFE: This Easter all mankind seems to be trying harder than ever to find within itself some sign or hope of moral rebirth. As Paul Hutchinson ...

Readers question Ross Douthat’s arguments about belief. To the Editor: Re “How to Choose a Religion,” by Ross Douthat (column, Feb. 2): The one question that Mr. Douthat leaves unanswered: “Why make ...

The importance of religion in the lives of Americans is on the decline. However, for people who do still attend religious services, they say they're optimistic about the future of their house of ...

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.