American-style Christianity can no longer be assumed to be the future for the churches in Britain.
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Social factors, from wealth to politics, may shape whether people who do not believe in God identify as an atheist.
As more Americans step away from organized religion, so do more chaplains – but they are prepared to offer spiritual care regardless of a patient’s beliefs.
Secularization has fascinated sociologists for 200 years – but that doesn’t mean they always agree on what it is, or how much it’s happening.
Chaplains have always provided spiritual care outside traditional houses of worship, but their significance is growing as Americans’ religious identities change.
America’s religious landscape is getting more diverse as people find new ways of expressing spirituality.
Winning elections isn’t just a matter of how many players you have. It’s how engaged they are.
Statistics on religious affiliation in Africa are often questionable - partly because of religion’s link to ethnicity and politics.
Will a pandemic cause more people to return to Christianity or will the closure of churches become permanent?
In many European societies, the non-religious are a sizable part of the population, often silent but growing in number.
Following in the thoughtful footsteps of Descartes and Voltaire.
Nearly one of every four people in the US is unaffiliated, which has prompted speculation that this would increase support for liberal policies. A scholar provides some lessons from history.
Distrust of the irreligious has been commonplace in the American political discourse from the founding.
Thoughts of death increase Christians, Muslims, atheists and agnostics’ confidence in their own worldviews. Researchers from…
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