By Kimberly Winston Religion News Service HOUSTON (RNS) Sunday mornings at Houston Oasis may have the look and feel of a church, but there's no c...

There's an atheist chaplain at Stanford. This is good news. John Figdor has a degree from Harvard Divinity School and he does what chaplains do. He counsels those in need and visits the sick.

God was not always Abraham Lincoln's God. In his early years, Lincoln hated this being. It was a natural response. He was thoroughly convinced that God, in turn, hated Abraham Lincoln.

(RNS) Religiosity is on the decline in the U.S. and atheism is on the rise, according to a new worldwide poll. The poll, called "The Global Index ...

(RNS) For the second time in less than a year, the Gallup poll reports that a majority of Americans would vote for an atheist for president. The la...

Nobody should be mistreated simply because they believe or do not believe in certain ideas. But if you can't identify with people around you, if they won't accept you for who you are, then ditch them. It's not always easy, but nobody is stopping you.

By Kimberly Winston Religion News Service How viable is a political party with the word "atheist" in its name? Troy Boyle, a corporate lega...

On Oct. 7-8, Houston was invaded by some 700 atheists, agnostics, humanists and other unclassified nonbelievers for the annual Texas Freethought Convention.

For most people, religious identities are personal mixes of different aspects of religion with varying levels of priority.

G.K. Chesterton once referred to America as "a nation with the soul of a church," by which he meant a nation with an enduring religious character. He was right about this, and each year the Christmas season proves it anew.