Across cultures and history, psychedelics have been used to induce religious experiences described as unity, transcendence, ...

In 2010, Christina Cortez was a high-school junior. She enjoyed reading the “Twilight” series, playing softball, and listening to Linkin Park and the Eagles on her iPod. One day, she was in the car ...

(REVIEW) Hollywood this year had a major uptick in faith-centered movies. There were major releases like “Sinners,” “Wake Up Dead Man,” “Eternity,” “Black Phone 2,” and smaller films like “Presence,” ...

CARSON CITY, Mich. — Growing up in Carson City, Peter Michelsen said he loved his childhood. “Good memories from my childhood, like the park that we're sitting in, we came down here a lot to play in ...

Why do people stick with the faith of their childhood into adulthood, or switch to another religion? Why do some leave religion entirely? A new report from the Pew Research Center, released Monday, ...

This Pew Research Center analysis looks at reasons why people identify as Catholic or switch out of Catholicism. It is part of a broader report that focuses on patterns in religious switching in the ...

This Pew Research Center report examines religious switching in the United States, including the reasons people give for staying in or leaving their childhood religion. It also looks at social and ...

(RNS) — Americans who had a good experience as children were likely to keep their faith. Those with bad experiences left, according to a new study from Pew Research Center. (RNS) — Americans who had a ...

BEIRUT — (TNS) Pope Leo XIV made a strong appeal for interreligious dialogue in Lebanon on Monday, praising the country as an example of the coexistence of different faiths. Lebanon, battered by war ...

Conductor Lisa Jablow, like many Vermonters, doesn’t consider herself religious. And yet, “Messiah,” Handel’s musical telling of the story of Jesus Christ, remains an irreplaceable part of her life.