(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 ...

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.

For many years, Pew Research Center’s standard question about religious identity has asked, “What is your present religion, if any?” We asked that question again in the 2023-24 Religious Landscape ...

Traditional religion may be destined for the walls of Cracker Barrel, a space filled with nostalgic advertisements for products of yesteryear, like Victrolas, lace antimacassars or butter churns. All ...

After years of decline, a growing number of Americans believe religion is on its way back, a new study from Pew Research Center suggests. The report, published Monday, found that about a third of ...

(RNS) — Religion in America might be best described in the words of rap artist LL Cool J: Don’t call it a comeback. At least not yet. Despite claims of a revival of religion in the United States, a ...

This Pew Research Center report examines religious switching in the United States, including the reasons people give for staying in or leaving their childhood religion. It also looks at social and ...

There has been a recent, but sharp, uptick in the proportion of U.S. adults who say that religion is gaining influence in American life, according to new insight from Pew Research Center. This shift ...

Religion, particularly Protestantism, was central to the mission of the country’s first universities. Chapels were constructed at the center of campuses. University presidents, often devout, worried ...

The United States is in the "second stage" of a transition from being religious to secular, a study shows. This "second stage" refers to when "the importance of religion declines in people's personal ...