This book investigates the lived experiences of non-believing older adults, showing how their views and identities are deeply bound up in social relationships a…

Prior research finds that different kinds of religious engagement, including beliefs, practices, and affinities, are associated with lower rates of depressive symptoms. As rates of depression in the ...

Much recent sociological work on religion in the United States is written outside the field’s two established paradigms: secularization theory and the 1990s “re...

Position Title: Postdoctoral Fellow (Boston, MA) Bryn Mawr College: President's Office Location: Bryn Mawr College Campus Job Description: Bryn Mawr College invites applications for a one-year Postdoc...

The Center for Religion and the Human invites applications for a postdoctoral scholar to serve as managing editor for the project American Religion in 100 Objects.The Center for Religion and the Human...

Highlighting some findings from the 16th annual American Values Survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI).

The Department of Religious Studies is recruiting for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Religion and Science. Candidates should have broad training in their field of expertise, a commitment to int...

A vast literature in the social scientific study of religion demonstrates that religious people are made not born. More specifically, researchers have shown that becoming religious is something that ...

Nonreligion and Secularity at Cultural Crossroads 8-10 September 2025 Venue: Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ilkovicova 6, Bratislava, Conference Book of Abstracts c…

You’ve got a Ph.D. in criminology and teach at Purdue—what led you from the world of true crime to writing fiction? I read a lot of murder mysteries during my Ph.D. program. Especially classic whodunn...

The Claremont Prize for the Study of Religion

Christians remain the largest religious group, and Muslims grew the fastest from 2010 to 2020. Read how the global share of Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and the religiously unaffiliated changed, according ...

Is that Canada in the corner? In the spotlight? Are we losing our religion?  The census found that 12.6 million people reported no religious affiliation in 2021, more than 1/3 of Canada's population. ...

Latest figures from Pew Research Center show that the share of religiously unaffiliated Americans, or “nones,” after a rapid rise, has leveled off for now.

Americans have stopped leaving Christianity. And the country is overwhelmingly spiritual, a new report found.

Abstract. It is widely accepted that the growth of “non-religious” identification and “non-belief” in God(s) in many societies is linked to changing religi