New Book Says America Is Growing More And More ‘Churchless’

The Number of Churchless Americans Has Jumped by Nearly One-Third in Just 20 Years. A new book, 'Churchless: Understanding Today's Unchurched and How to

Ebola Nina Pham UMC Animation

Prayers and Poems: How Churches Help the Battle Against Ebola

Nina Pham appreciates the prayers from her church. United Methodist Communications spreads awareness and information on Ebola with an emotional animation. Since the beginning

Catholic Church And Gays

Pope Francis Offers Gay Community Compassion Amid Conservative Catholic Backlash

Pope Francis and the Vatican issued a statement about same-sex couples, but after conservative Catholics criticized it, the document was relabeled as a draft.

Illinois Mom Does First Hajj

Illinois Mom Converts to Islam and Bravely Travels Her First Hajj

Kristin Szremski, 53-year-old award-winning journalist, converted from Christianity to Islam and took the pilgrimage to Mecca, her first Hajj. The Hajj is a mandatory

Twitter Data Mining

American Muslims and Atheists are the Most Active on Twitter; Christians and Jews the Least, Study Reveals

Data mining done on the social network has some surprising results. A recent study led by Lu Chen from Wright State University in Dayton,

Guy Consolmagno, Vatican Astronomer

This Vatican Astronomer Thinks Religion and Science are Compatible

In modern society, an individual is almost forced to side between science and religion. However, some people, including the Vatican Astronomer, feel that religion

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The Evolutionary Tree of Religion Map by Simon E. Davies

The origins of spiritual awareness mapped on "The Evolutionary Tree Of Religion Map." This chart outlines the origins of spiritual awareness (e.g. shamanism &

Secular 2014 Conference to Focus on the Religious Right, Secularism and Civil Rights

Secular 2014 Conference to Focus on the Religious Right, Secularism and Civil Rights

“Secularism is probably the one big issue for our century. This century is not, as many still think, marked by a religious or spiritual

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Human Rights Commission: “Christian business owners should leave religion at home!”

In a controversial decision, the Lexington Kentucky Human Rights Commission has sent a clear message to Christian business owners who refuse service to LGBT

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Kansas State Geographers Map The Bible’s ‘Seven Deadly Sins’

A team of Geographers from Kansas State University plotted the 7 deadly sins on a map of the U.S. The darker the map area