religion

Will the Pandemic Accelerate Secularization, Privatization of Religion?

Friday, May 22, 2020

Baylor historian Philip Jenkins predicts that in the people will think about church in terms of “BC…Before Coronavirus,” and after.

The key factor in Jenkin’s fascinating analysis is what we might call “pre-existing conditions.” In other words, in many ways, the coronavirus hasn’t so much created problems for the Church as it has revealed and accelerated them.

U.S. Is Still 'Exceptionally' Religious Compared to Other Countries, New Study Shows

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

A new study shows that despite the decline in religiosity in America, the United States is still one of the most religious countries in the world.

For Anxious Young Adults, Religion Can Be a Wellness Tool, Says New Study

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Lieryn Barnett sometimes is so depressed, all she wants to do is sleep, she said.

'No Religion' Receives Most Votes in America's Religious Identity Survey

Monday, April 15, 2019

In a new survey looking at Americans’ religious identity, “No Religion” earned the most survey votes.

Religiously Active People Are Happier than Others, Pew Research Center Finds

Friday, February 1, 2019

A Pew research study has found that people who are regularly religiously active are happier and more engaged in civic matters than people who are religiously unaffiliated or religiously inactive.

Where Is Christianity Headed? The View from 2019

Friday, January 11, 2019

As 2019 begins, the world is becoming more religious, not less. Faith from diverse traditions grows as population expands throughout most of the Global South. Last year, nearly 50 million more Christians were added in Africa, making it the continent with the most adherents to Christianity in the world, 631 million.