This article is based on a recent Bradley Lecture at the American Enterprise Institute. Beginning with the abolition of slavery, the bitter battles of American political life have often been fought ...
More Protestant churches are being closed in America than are being planted, and older congregations appear to be bearing the brunt of the contraction, according to data from a new Lifeway Research ...
We keep hearing about non-believers saying they are “cultural Christians.” They appreciate living in a society with Christian values, such as the equal worth of all human beings and the priority of ...
The Holy Spirit has taken wing over the American landscape. Hardly a day goes by without another story appearing in the press about reenergized Christianity — conversions, revivals, young people ...
Throughout the 19th century, Islam appeared regularly in the curricula of American Protestant seminaries. Islam was not only the focus of Christian missions but was studied as part of the history of ...
A file photo shows people praying inside Santa Ana Ixtlahuatzingo Catholic Church in Tenancingo, Mexico. Religious switching has affected Christianity's two largest subgroups, Catholicism and ...
THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: On Hallowe’en 508 years ago, Catholic monk and university professor Martin Luther issued “95 Theses” against church policies, the first of many dramatic eruptions that ...
Catholics continue to be the largest religious group in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru – despite declining as a share of these countries’ adult populations over the past decade.