Many questions in the 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study (RLS) previously were asked in the 2007 and 2014 landscape studies. Measuring change over time on these questions is one key goal of the new RLS ...

The Bible is a cultural force unlike no other. As a book, it outsells all others combined. As a source of authority, only the Constitution competes with it for influence. But what is the Bible, really ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sweeping census on the state of American religion reveals a less sensational tale of Christianity in decline and a rise of the ...

(RNS) — Among the spiritual but not religious, 38% say religion does more harm than good, while just 7% of religious Americans share this view. (RNS) — Americans have been abandoning organized ...

This course introduces students to the study of religion by examining religious practices within a variety of cultural and historical contexts around the world. The course invites students to think ...

The thesis represents a challenging and culminating academic experience in a Religious Studies major’s scholarly career at Bates. Each student develops a thesis topic in the first semester of the ...

The Pew study finds the decline of Christianity in the United States has slowed and may have leveled off. The Pew Research Center's third Religious Landscape Study finds 62% of U.S. adults describe ...

On Wednesday afternoon, Russell T. McCutcheon had a Zoom call with the chair of a religious-studies department who wanted to get ahead of what has come to seem like an existential crisis in the field.

(RNS) — A new Pew Research Center study measuring the evolution of the global religious population shows Muslims are the fastest-growing faith group, followed by the religiously unaffiliated. Though ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This story was originally published on mynorthwest.com. Washington qualified as one of the least religious and spiritual states in ...

A sweeping census on the state of American religion reveals a less sensational tale of Christianity in decline and a rise of the religiously unaffiliated compared to a decade ago. Pew Research Center ...