Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics" According to new studies in the sociology of religion, the importance of religion and religious institutions has declined dramatically across the world in ...

One of the most consistent findings in the sociology of religion is that women are more religious than men. However, data ...

Dissenting former evangelical Christian women are forging a path different from those who have left the church in the decades ...

The Court has made a hash of its religion decisions. Damon Landor may be the newest victim of that uncertainty.

At the Normandy American Cemetery on the cliff above Omaha Beach, there are rows and rows of crosses and Stars of David. Certainly, many buried there were not religious. But the overwhelming majority ...

ABC News 5 Cleveland: Timothy Beal, chair of the Department of Religious Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Florence Harkness Professor of Religion, spoke about a recent Pew Research ...

Christians, the world's largest religious group, have one of the lowest global retention rates among major religions, a new report has found. A Pew Research Center report published last Thursday found ...

Americans are searching for an answer to the youth mental health crisis. While many experts rightfully scrutinize smartphones and social media as culprits, another profound shift deserves our ...

Recently I was invited with a handful of other “clergypersons” to lunch at a local seniors home. I accepted the invitation—I thought it would be a chance to meet a few seniors, perhaps hear a few ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The most important religious revolution of our time isn’t happening in mosques or churches. It’s happening on ...

Same-sex marriage became legal nationwide more than a decade ago after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Obergefell v ...