Across America, states and regions differ in terms of their cultures, foods and accents. But one of the biggest distinguishing features is how religion impacts the people of each place. While ...

As the shifting religious profiles of these generational cohorts suggest, switching religion is a common occurrence in the United States. If all Protestants were treated as a single religious group, ...

Over the next twelve months, this column will periodically discuss one of those American founding principles in the hope of ...

This chapter takes a close look at the current religious composition of the United States and how it has changed since 2007. A full-page table (PDF) summarizes the religious affiliation of U.S. adults ...

In general, the non-religious states of America are concentrated west of the Mississippi River, according to PRRI, spanning Arizona to Nebraska to Wyoming.

America Is Losing Religious Faith. Aug. 23, 2023. ... the United States has appeared to be an exception. Politicians still end their speeches with “God bless America.” ...

If we imagine religion as a technology, argues Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith, we can better see the cause of its ...

As America’s single-largest religious group, Catholics show up everywhere, ... Protestants actually outnumber Catholics in the United States.

Until very recently, a strong case could be made that the United States had found a better way—indeed, that America's model of religious freedom is perhaps its greatest invention.

America’s True History of Religious Tolerance The idea that the United States has always been a bastion of religious freedom is reassuring—and utterly at odds with the historical record ...

Yet, compared with any other episode in America’s religious history, this one, seemingly pitting Muslims against non-Muslims, was met by both the president of the United States and by ordinary ...