"I think a lot of the times, queer and trans people feel alienated because they’re, we’re having religion and faith used against us." Sidner then claimed that the government is currently ...

These findings suggest that while fewer people identify with organized religion, the human need for spiritual and supernatural explanations persists. "It seems to go deep in human nature," Kyte said.

In the 2023-24 RLS, 1.8 people have left Protestantism for every person who has become a Protestant after having been raised in another religious group or in no religion. The ratio for Catholicism is ...

Americans’ overall perceptions of religion tilt positive, according to the survey, but appear to have cooled since 2014. Overall, 51% express mostly positive views of religious institutions ...

A companion study conducted alongside the new RLS suggests that people are somewhat more inclined to say religion is very important in their lives when speaking to a live interviewer over the ...

He further argued that religious leaders use faith as a distraction from critical socio-political issues. “If the number of people who pray for light every day decide to go to the NEPA office ...

The number of people identifying as Christian dropped by about 5 million over seven years, while the percentage saying they had no religious affiliation, the group that sociologists call “nones ...

religion gave it meaning. Building a global response to the climate crisis requires us to learn about the many ways people make sense of climate change and learn to live with its consequences.

“That probably has increased. … People are in general less concerned than they used to be about religious doctrine. They are more likely to hold a set of common beliefs.” The borders around ...

With our cover girl Ariana Madix, we're celebrating renewal: New outlooks on life, refreshed closets and new reasons to shop It's fitting that the Spring 2025 issue of People StyleWatch is my ...

In today’s world, higher rates of religious participation don’t tend to correspond to liberal democracy. In Europe, for example, very few people identify as practicing Christians, even as many ...