We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community who grew up in religious households and later distanced themselves from faith to tell us what motivated them to do so. That post inspired more ...
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says the state — one of the most religious and charitable in the nation — is not immune to a growing ...
(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 ...
Over the last twenty years, one of the most stunning changes to the American social landscape has been the dramatic rise in the percentage of Americans who report having no religious affiliation—the ...
Growing up in New York City’s Chinatown, Winnie Wu attended church services regularly with her family. An immigrant from Guangzhou, China, Wu recalled that her grandmother was converted to ...
In 1983, I preached my first Easter sermon. I was a recent graduate from Princeton Theological Seminary serving my first congregation in Green Bay, Wisconsin. I was excited and nervous. The year I ...
(The Conversation) — As more Americans step away from organized religion, so do more chaplains – but they are prepared to offer spiritual care regardless of a patient’s beliefs. (The Conversation) — ...
Do spirituality and religion pull us together or apart? A new public opinion survey by the nonprofit research organization Public Agenda provides intriguing data points that seem to pull in opposing ...
"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart admits he has trouble believing in a religion, citing the "specificity" of Scripture amid ...
When conversations turn to religious diversity, it does not take too long before someone says something like “How can they believe such things?” where “they” refers to participants in some religion ...
“We must strongly reject the use of religion for justifying war, violence or any form of fundamentalism or fanaticism,” Pope Leo said in a prayer session on the shores of Turkey’s Lake Iznik, in the ...