On May 16, armed police officers stormed the village, arresting several members of Ndi Odinala Uru, a group advocating the revival of traditional religious practices. Echi’s wife was reportedly ...

(RNS) — There are horror movies that capture the relationship between race and lived experience, but rarely do they intersect with religion. However, “Sinners,” written and directed by Ryan ...

(RNS) — As Gen Z women and men drift apart on multiple dimensions in American life, they are also increasingly making different political and religious choices. Exit polls show that compared ...

Americans’ overall perceptions of religion tilt positive, according to the survey, but appear to have cooled since 2014. Overall, 51% express mostly positive views of religious institutions ...

Opinion Columnist. This essay is adapted from the forthcoming book “Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious.” My parents ate health food in my youth, in the days before Whole Foods was ...

There is a feeling that religion can influence political agendas and election results. Religion contributes significantly to the formation of laws. Religion is the basic element of legal processes.

Galen Watts is an Associate Director of the Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures based jointly at St. Jerome's University and the University of Waterloo. He receives funding from ...

Religion has long been a central part of life for many. But recent trends in the United States have revealed that increasingly more people are leaving religion. By 2070, many project that Christianity ...

Under the U.S. Constitution, public schools cannot promote or advance any particular religion, and they must respect the individual religious beliefs of students and staff. What that looks like in ...

Scholars of religion like Nancy Ammerman suggest that spirituality as distinct from religion is somewhat of a branding exercise — we can label spiritual the parts of religion we like ...

Co-authored with Dr. Ken Baskin. Few things are more important to human psychology writ large than religion. But what does this concept really mean? The more deeply we investigate it, the odder ...

First, the facts. According to data from Gallup, Pew, and PRRI, the percentage of Americans who identify with any religion is in steady decline, as are those who believe in God, the devil ...