American religion

Study: It’s easier to be a ‘none’ in Canada than in the US

By John Longhurst — May 21, 2019
(RNS) — In Canada, there is 'less of a social stigma' attached to leaving one's religion, says one of the authors of a forthcoming book on the differences between American and Canadian nones.

Is American religion exceptional? Maybe, maybe not

By Yonat Shimron — November 19, 2018
(RNS) — Dueling sociologists can't agree on whether the most intensely religious segment of the American population is shrinking.

Religio-secular … again

By Martin E. Marty — April 26, 2017
How “religious” are the “religious” when they make political or consumer choices? How “secular” are the “secular” when they want to do justice to American culture and society by simply overlooking religion and the religious?

Success and truth in religion

By Martin E. Marty — August 18, 2016
Conservative churches – not just liberal ones – are also seeing a decline in membership. We might now once again need to observe that “success does not certify truth” in church life.
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