A slim majority (51 percent) of U.S. adults said religion is very important in their lives, according to a Gallup report published Dec. 24. With a plus-or-minus 4 percent sampling error, that number could be as high as 55 percent or as low as 47 percent.
(RNS) — 2018 saw wave after wave of new revelations about the extent of the Catholic Church's sex abuse crisis. It saw deadly hate crimes, state-sponsored persecution against China's Uighur Muslims, #MeToo moments, critical milestones for religious minorities on Capitol Hill, and the specter of schism
DENVER (RNS) — Najeeba Syeed was all set to speak about Islam and peacemaking, something the associate professor of interreligious education at Claremont School of Theology
(RNS) — When the creators of CBS’s new, surprise hit TV show “God Friended Me” set out to create a series with religious ideas at
(RNS) — Even in our present “golden age” of television, with the number of scripted programs on network, cable and streaming channels expected to top 500 this year,
(RNS) — Historically, women tend to be the stalwarts when it comes to religion, while men attend religious services less often and are less likely to
A new religious typology highlighting “beliefs and behaviors that cut across many denominations” was set forth in an Aug. 29 report from the Pew Research Center.
The church and organized religion ranked fourth in Gallup’s Confidence in Institutions report released on June 28, behind the U.S. military, small business and police.
Thirty-eight percent of
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Egypt's first World Cup in 28 years has captivated the soccer-crazy nation, with intense focus on the squad and
EDINA, Minn. (RNS) — Growing up a conservative Southern Baptist, Mike McHargue loved science.
He would drive his youth pastor and Sunday School teachers “insane,” he