America’s story begins with people fleeing religious persecution. Its founders understood that without freedom of belief all ...

AI comes with a built-in worldview. Christians need to understand it. (RNS) — Christians must engage to remain a cultural ...

The highest share of Americans in 15 years said religion is gaining influence in society, a report from the Pew Research Center showed. Thirty-one percent of Americans said religion is gaining ...

Atheist though I am, my wife's rabbi insisted on parading me around on his shoulders as part of recent Simchat Torah festivities. As a volunteer security guard for the synagogue, I was weighed down ...

Oct. 21 (UPI) --A new survey finds the number of U.S. adults with a positive view of religion is on the rise. A Pew Research Center Poll, conducted earlier this year with results released Monday, ...

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Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

(The Conversation) — Strong religious beliefs often shape disapproval of abortion – in the abstract. But when young women are actually deciding whether to terminate a pregnancy, faith’s role is more ...

Amy Adamczyk has received funding from a range of organizations, including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Department of Homeland Security, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, ...

The reruns are almost over as is the hosts' summer hiatus after ABC's 'The View' announced their upcoming return for a new Season 29 on Sept. 8 — despite backlash from the White House. In a promo ...

Judaism is a powerful and complex religion. Over the last 2,000 years, there have developed numerous different denominations of rabbinical Judaism: today, we have reform, orthodox, ultra-orthodox, ...

May a religious group legally fire a non-ministerial employee (like a secretary or janitor) for violating the group's religious beliefs about sex or marriage? As I explained yesterday, this is the ...