Christians lose ground, ‘nones’ soar in new portrait of US religion, study shows June 4, 2015 The United States is a significantly less Christian country than it was seven years ago. That’s the top finding — one that will ricochet through Read More
Nebraska passes bill to end death penalty June 4, 2015 Nebraska lawmakers passed a bill May 20 to abolish the death penalty by a big enough margin to override a threatened veto by Gov. Pete Read More
Poll: Americans say there’s no turning back on gay ‘marriage’ April 21, 2015 The Supreme Court will hear arguments next week in a landmark case on gay “marriage,” but most Americans already have made up their minds: There’s Read More
National values Presidential campaign focuses on moral issues September 7, 2014 In the midst of the most prosperous U.S. economy in history, the 1000 presidential campaign hinges in large part on the concern, shown in poll Read More
More Generation X college grads staying in church, study finds August 14, 2014 You do not need a doctoral degree to think higher education leads people away from organized religion. That has been common wisdom for decades. Now Read More
Megachurch pastors leave Reformed evangelical network amid child abuse scandal June 5, 2014 Two pastors have left a Reformed evangelical group after a pastor from the Maryland megachurch they oversaw confessed to covering up sex abuse claims, the Read More
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules to keep ‘under God’ in Pledge May 9, 2014 The highest court in Massachusetts upheld the legality of the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance on May 9, dealing a blow to Read More
Radio host who predicted world’s end dies January 2, 2014 Harold Camping, the radio preacher who convinced thousands of followers that Jesus would return on May 21, 2011, to usher in the end of the Read More