This course will introduce students to the historical and contemporary study of religions in the United States through a framework of religious literacy and the investigation of primary source texts, ...

A new Pew Research Center survey suggests that the decline of Christianity in the U.S. might be stabilizing. The survey found that 62% of U.S. adults identify as Christian, a number that has held ...

(The Conversation) — Landor v. Louisiana, one of this year’s highest-profile religious freedom cases, underscores how complex legal protections for free exercise are in the US today. (The Conversation ...

For decades, a growing narrative in American politics has insisted that the United States is fundamentally a secular institution in which religion must remain entirely separate from politics. The ...

When he talks about the role of religion in the founding of the United States, historian Gregg Frazer does not attract eager audiences. “Neither side really wants to hear what I say,” says Frazer, a ...

The fact that Christian Smith has written an extremely important sociological study of American religion with Why Religion Went Obsolete: The Demise of Traditional Faith in America is hardly news. He ...

The Church of the Holy Ascension, a Russian Orthodox church that is an historic landmark in Unalaska, is seen on Oct. 28, 2010. A new comparative analysis of states’ religiousness published this week ...

Discussions about Islam and Muslims were part of the United States’ history since the the country’s founding. America’s Founding Fathers were the first to accept the religion and declare that they ...

The U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4 on May 22, blocking religious charter schools. But the court could still reshape religious liberty in the United States with decisions in two other cases. One ...

Black Americans are among the most religious groups in the United States. But religion differs substantially among Black Americans. Similar to patterns seen among the U.S. population overall, older ...

A new comparative analysis of states’ religiousness published this week by the Pew Research Center shows Alaska is the 35th most religious state in the country. The survey found 26% of Alaskans in Pew ...