With his usual verve, Rodney Stark takes aim at the functionalist model of religion (“Why Gods Should Matter in Social Science,” The Review, June 6). Stark’s research methods are first-rate, and his ...

Religion remains a significant force in modern society despite predictions that secularization would diminish its influence as technology and scientific understanding advanced. Today, religious ...

Religiosity is crucial to civil society. This sentiment was expressed by none other than the country's first president, ...

Over the past three decades, church attendance has been on a steady decline. The Methodist, Lutheran, and Protestant church attendance has dropped by 30%, according to a Gallup poll released this week ...

This Pew Research Center report examines Americans’ views on religion’s role in public life, including questions about religion’s influence in society, conflict between religious beliefs and ...

Most Americans say religion’s influence in society is declining, and for many people, this is a lamentable development. Americans are much more likely to express positive than negative views of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As inspired as the Constitution is, the Founding Fathers repeatedly declared that it would only be effective in preserving freedom ...

Daily, we hear or read about shootings, drug overdoses, murder, theft, sex offenses, violence and other crimes. Some of the suggested solutions to these evils include gun-control laws, security ...

I once accepted that our founding principle, the preamble to the U.S. Constitution, is secular, or nonreligious. However, the preamble is a civic practice that is neutral respecting civil religious ...

Readers of this fish wrap last week were subjected to another onslaught of anti-religious fervor from Col. Musty. As in: “We must return to reason, science, and logic to form policies for a better ...

It hits you like a ton of bricks. Actually, 800 pounds of steel. It’s a strongbox, the forerunner of a safe today. And it’s right at the entrance of the Morgan Library and Museum’s exhibition of ...

For the past three weeks, for the first time since the end of February, the biggest and boldest headlines in The New York Times have not been about Ukraine. They were about America. The threat to Roe ...