A 2012 survey by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life reports that for the first time the Protestant share of the population in the United States has dipped significantly below 50%, and the number of those with no religious affiliation has risen to nearly one-in-five. In addition, the report summarizes the leading scholarly theories for the increase in those unafiliated. We invite you to read and comment.

With perhaps the biggest sporting event of the year taking place last weekend, Barna Group looks at the influence of athletes and the role faith plays in American sports.

Earlier this month, NBC did something rare. In fact, it’s happened on average only once every two and a half years years since 1972. The network included an abortion plotline in a recent episode of its Tuesday night drama Parenthood.

Obamacare’s contraceptive mandate forces businesses to cover abortion-inducing drugs for employees. It has sent several evangelical and Catholic business owners to court to fight for their religious liberty— with varying degrees of success

From its place in schools, to the public square, to people’s individual lives, the current and future role of the Bible in U.S. society is an often-debated topic. A new release from Barna Group shows how this debate plays out regionally and takes a look at how 96 of the largest cities in the nation…

In a culture of gangs and poverty, Brad Beier has met fatherless children, confused young men, and single moms just trying to make it.

Seeking to highlight a phenomenon that has become so common that it’s often overlooked by clergy, a new analysis of data about children of divorce reveals that kids raised in happy, intact marriages are twice as likely to worship later in life than children whose parents divorce amicably.

The percentage of Americans who believe homosexuality is a sin has decreased significantly in a year, according to a survey by LifeWay Research.

Faith and religion—primarily Catholicism—remain strong influences on millions of Hispanics, but they are a group in transition. This is true of Hispanics even more so than other Americans. Some of these dimensions of transition include Hispanics’ willingness to change denominations or faiths, their transitory connections with congregations and the softening allegiance of Millennials to Catholic…

The grief of what happened in Newtown, Connecticut has no boundaries.