Since the 1990s, large numbers of Americans have left Christianity to join the growing ranks of U.S. adults who describe their religious identity as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular.” If ...

As Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell demonstrated in their 2010 book, American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us, most Americans no longer orient their lives around houses of worship.

A generation ago, if you asked the religion of an American who didn’t go to church, a typical response would be something like, “Well, my parents raised me Methodist so put me down as ...

Department of Data The most religious, and religiously diverse, places in America. This week, we mine the U.S. Religious Census, a decennial count of America’s faithful, for insights into the ...

My 2010 book, Made in America: A Social History of American Culture and Character, spends a lot of time on religion, both as cultural phenomenon and as social practice.

Why popular religion is fading in America. Religion, in its various forms and beliefs, has always played a prominent role in American society, with a majority of the population identifying as ...

By Stephen Mihm / Bloomberg Opinion. If religion in America were bought and sold like a stock, now might be a good time to short it in a big way. In recent weeks and months, a number of pundits ...

Politicians still end their speeches with “God bless America.” At least until recently, more Americans believed in the virgin birth of Jesus ( 66 percent ) than in evolution ( 54 percent ).

Religion, in its various forms and beliefs, has always played a prominent role in American society, with a majority of the population identifying as Christian. However, in recent years, there has ...

As America becomes an increasingly secular country, religion will become an increasingly urban affair. It's in cities that greater absolute numbers of religious people can compensate for declining ...

By contrast, Judaism is preeminently a religion of ascribed identity — for the past 2,000 years determined by matrilineal descent. God may have chosen the Jews, but “Jews by choice” is a ...