While the “nones” include many nonbelievers, 70% of “nones” say they believe in God or another higher power, and 63% say they believe in spiritual forces beyond the natural world. Overall, 19% of ...

For historians who put philosophical labels on epochs in man’s history—Age of Faith, Age of Reason, Age of the Enlightenment—the mid-century in U.S. history may go down as the Age of Tolerance, in the ...

This chapter focuses on three groups of U.S. adults, based on their answers to the following four questions: Do you think of yourself as spiritual? Do you think of yourself as religious? How important ...

Six conservative Supreme Court justices have systematically recast religious liberty as a privilege to oppress.

In September, standing before a room full of Christian conservatives, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made a bold pronouncement: “I don’t know how you could be a leader without having faith in God.” Being ...

America is a spiritual paradox: it is, at the same time, the most religious and the most secular nation in the world. From 1949 to 1953, U.S. distribution of the Scriptures jumped 140%. In a recent ...

We all know that religion has a major impact on many people's lives. For some, religion brings a sense of purpose and peace, but for others, religion may bring about feelings of inadequacy and shame.