A symposium 25 years on. On June 1 and 2, 1990, the Pew Charitable Trust sponsored a major academic conference at Duke University on the subject of secularization in modern higher education. Those of ...

“The central claim of this book,” writes Christian Smith in the preface to The Secular Revolution: Power, Interests, and Conflict in the Secularization of American Life, just published by the ...

(RNS) — Just because they’re no longer invested in a better Christianity doesn’t mean they aren’t a crucial part of the battle for a better country. (RNS) — In January 2024, Pew Research published a ...

One spring day in 1970, a tall, slightly awkward undergraduate named Timothy Keller was standing with friends on the main quadrangle of Bucknell University’s campus in central Pennsylvania. Students ...

I knew Christianity that had been on the ropes in Britain for some time. But I didn’t know that it was so close to being knocked out. That’s right—that land that gave the world Westminster Abbey, ...

France has the highest number of hate crimes against Christians — who remain the country’s most targeted religious community — followed by Germany, Italy and Poland, a recent annual report finds. Nuns ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. It has become an American tradition this time of year: Aggressive atheists roll out holiday campaigns calling for a God-free ...

We often assume that however things are going, so they will continue to go. This assumption is strongest when the dynamic in question is part of the struggle between modernity and tradition.

Is radio still a dream job? The answer may vary depending on who you ask. According to new research from Jacobs Media, one subsector in particular is far more likely to recommend the career, feel ...

There's been a greater decrease in the percent of Americans observing religious Christmas traditions than secular ones this year, Gallup found.