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A new book explores how religion, once at the core of American higher education, made its way to the margins of campus life.
A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...
The disgraced televangelist built his career on an undeniable talent. His downfall contributed to a major shift in how ...
At a time when the Trump administration has renewed a travel ban on various Muslim majority countries in Africa and across ...
If we imagine religion as a technology, argues Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith, we can better see the cause of its ...
Most people who switch religions do not join another tradition; they leave religion altogether. Christians and Buddhists are ...
President Trump’s decision to bomb Iran may not be shaped just by politics. It may also be influenced by a controversial set ...
A recent study asks whether altering consciousness with psychoactive substances can have religious value. Americans take ...
We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 7,021,436-part monthly series, Wiki Wormhole.
A lot of what passes as religion in America today only helps perpetuate false narratives people create for themselves about ...
The death of Reverend Jimmy Swaggart, who died on July 1, 2025,became a figure of major influence in American religious life and even politics, ...
The U.S. was beginning to come to terms with racial injustice when the “great white Christian freakout” ushered in the era of ...