The world is experiencing a profound shift in how people relate to religion. Over the past two decades, we’ve witnessed ...

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MONTREAL - The Quebec government has tabled new legislation that would introduce broad new restrictions on religious practices in public and private spaces. On Thursday, Secularism Minister ...

Eight hundred years after the death of Saint Francis of Assisi, over two hundred Italian bishops gathered in the Umbrian city to reflect on the path forward in an increasingly secularized society, ...

Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics" According to new studies in the sociology of religion, the importance of religion and religious institutions has declined dramatically across the world in ...

The bishops of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) held their spring assembly this week in Italy, a meeting in which they considered the European Union’s vocation ...

For years, Craig Considine, a senior lecturer at Houston's Rice University, has witnessed the long-term decline of people identifying as Christians in Texas and across the country, along with the rise ...

Galen Watts is an Associate Director of the Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures based jointly at St. Jerome's University and the University of Waterloo. He receives funding from the ...

Belief in miracles is rising among the college-educated, a group historically associated with materialistic views, according to a report by Ryan Burge. This shift, highlighted by data showing a ...

This time of year might seem like it’s all about shopping. Gift-giving and parties and ugly sweaters. But, it’s getting easier to forget the so-called holiday season is rooted in religious holidays, ...

In the classic narratives of adultery, such as those of David and Bathsheba or Lancelot and Guinevere, infidelity was viewed as a profound transgression against divine law and moral order. Adultery ...

Many Americans believe increased secularization will minimize religious and political tensions, simmer the culture wars and reduce threats to democracy, author and political scientist John Compton ...