One measure of the decline of church strength and authority is church membership and attendance. And by that measure, US secularity is rising to surprising heights.
Nigel Barber | Posted 05.04.2012
That is what Rick Santorum claimed in a This Week interview with George Stephanopoulos that aired on February 26. Intrigued by the Santorum claim, I did a little fact checking.
Nigel Barber | Posted 01.02.2012
If we assume that prosperity is responsible for declining religiosity in the world, and that prosperity will continue to increase, it is possible to estimate the date at which the world will switch over from being a majority believing in God to majority atheist.
Matt J. Rossano | Posted 08.07.2011
Throughout most of our history, mortal concerns were ever-present. While the good life breeds atheists, the good life and a little fear breed strong atheists.
Rev. James Martin, S.J. | Posted 05.25.2011
You've seen the endless TV commercials and web ads that wink at Christmas without daring to mention "He Who Must Not Be Named." Christ may be the new Voldemort. Face it: The war on Christmas is lost.
Rabbi Michael Lerner | Posted 05.25.2011
Christmas and Hanukkah share a spiritual message: that it is possible to bring light and hope in a world of darkness, oppression and despair.
Posted 05.25.2011
By Al Webb Religion News Service LONDON -- Former Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey has slammed attempts to "air-brush" Christianity out...
Religion News Service | By Francis X. Rocca | Posted 05.25.2011
By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) When Pope Benedict XVI travels to Portugal next week (May 11-14), the primary purpose wi...
AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI is creating a new Vatican office to fight secularization and "re-evangelize" the West – a tacit acknowled...
John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.25.2011
We are witnessing the emergence of an unstated yet court-sanctioned right, one that makes no appearance in the Constitution and yet seems to trump the First Amendment at every turn: the right to not be offended.
Samir Selmanovic | Posted 05.25.2011
Atheism does not have to be the end of the enchantment; it can be a new door towards a better religion. Religion does not have to be the opium of the people; it can be the poetry of the people.
Valerie Tarico | Posted 11.17.2011
No matter what age the kids are or what the situation, telling them you no longer believe can be tricky. Help them to understand your changes as a matter of spiritual growth rather than spiritual abandonment.
John Shook, Ph.D. | Posted 05.24.2012