Something remarkable is happening across parts of the world: religion is quietly losing its grip on entire societies.

Millions of Americans have changed their religion over the course of their lifetimes, switching from one religion to another, leaving religion altogether, or choosing to identify with a religion after ...

This Pew Research Center report summarizes the latest trends in American religion and takes a close look at what is happening with religion among young adults. Why did we do this? Pew Research Center ...

What we are seeing in Latin America, I’d argue, is a fragmented pattern of religious decline. The authority of religious institutions is waning – fewer people claim a faith; fewer attend services. But ...

Crew-cut Jerry Brauer, 34, officially became the youngest head of a U.S. theological faculty last week. It was fitting that it should be at the University of Chicago, where young leadership is a ...

Regional planning for Protestant churches got its first big boost last week. The starting point: two able reports on population shifts and religious needs around Philadelphia, made at Allentown, Pa.

Since the late 20th century, the rise of digital networks has acted like a global X-ray, exposing traditions, belief systems, and cultural practices that were once protected by distance, privacy, and ...

The Silk Road and its travelers -- Religion and trade in ancient Eurasia -- Buddhism and the Silk Road -- A refuge of heretics : Nestorians and Manicheans on the Silk Road -- The Islamization of the ...

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has observed that entrenched patterns of electoral influence—money, religion, muscle power, patriarchy and majoritarian dominance—continue to shape ...