Paul Solman talks with author Robert Putnam about his new book "American Grace," which delves into the role of religion in the United States.

In many places surveyed, 20% or more of all adults have left their childhood religious group. Christianity and Buddhism have had especially large losses. After years of decline, the U.S. Christian ...

Newsweek has previously mapped the most religious states in America. Alabama topped that list, followed by Virginia. Towards the other end of the spectrum were Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts ...

This story appears in the December 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Somewhere in the world, a meal, ritual, or offering is being prepared in religious observance—most likely by the ...

A few years ago, I got into an argument with a friend about religion. The question we tussled over: Would America be better off without Christianity? She had grown up in an evangelical Christian ...

This course will introduce students to the historical and contemporary study of religions in the United States. It will not seek to give either a comprehensive historical account of the development of ...