The percentage of U.S. adults who belong to a church or other religious institution has plunged by 20 percentage points over the past two decades, hitting a low of 50% last year, according to a new Gallup poll. Among major…
How Columbine brought religion into public life
In the aftermath of 1999’s Columbine massacre, American media and politicians focused on the secret world of delinquent youth and how they might be saved.
Radio host Delilah shares her private grief with listeners
The self-described “queen of sappy love songs” is steeped in the values of God, family, frugality and hard work. Hers is story of inspiring success — and almost-unbearable heartbreak.
Activists are invoking religious freedom to save migrants’ lives
In court, members of the progressive No More Deaths group are trying to reclaim a law that has become synonymous with a conservative Christian moral agenda.
A campus ministry on the U.S.-Mexico border trains young Christians to lead
Life on the border is difficult. But the Baptist Student Ministry of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is working to help young adults who live there leverage their own strength and resilience to step out as leaders of…
How prominent women built and sustained the Religious Right
As they sought to make Christian conservatism more appealing to women, the very fact of their leadership demonstrated that the movement was more than just a network of angry white men upset at losing their privilege in the face of…
The plot against America: Inside the Christian right plan to ‘remodel’ the nation
Religious right’s blueprint for theocratic state laws keeps creeping forward. Is the left ready to fight?
Evangelical college students say they don’t want Mike Pence to be their commencement speaker
The vice president is facing backlash from students and alumni who say he doesn’t represent their Christian values.
Fire out, organ intact but work ahead for charred Notre Dame
Firefighters declared success Tuesday morning in an over 12-hour battle to extinguish an inferno engulfing Paris’ iconic Notre Dame cathedral that claimed its spire and roof, but spared its bell towers.