First Congregational Church on East Broad Street in downtown Columbus. How religious is Ohio? And how does the state compare to the rest of the county? This is a question not answered by the U.S.

Doc Bradley grew up in rural Oklahoma and finished his doctorate in Las Vegas before joining the University of Vermont as a professor of politics and religion. When he began teaching here, he was ...

A major new study on religious views in the United States finds – as Americans’ connection to organized religion continues to fade – there are deep divides over the appropriate role for religion in ...

America’s religious identity continues to evolve, and recent Gallup polling from 2025 put a spotlight on a sizable shift ...

The longer-term trend shows an even steeper drop—between 2007 and 2023-24, the share of adults in the Midwest who said they ...

Recent polling data has found that Americans’ religious affiliations have not greatly changed since 2020, appearing to stabilize following decades of substantial shifts. Data collected by the polling ...

About 21 percent of Catholic hospitals don’t disclose information about their religious affiliation online, according to a study published March 19 in JAMA. Researchers from the University of Colorado ...

Nearly three quarters of Czech adults do not identify with a religious group, and roughly two thirds say they do not believe in God. That's quite a statement for a nation that sits in the heart of ...

In a region known for its tumultuous change, one idea remained remarkably consistent for centuries: Latin America is Catholic. The region’s 500-year transformation into a Catholic stronghold seemed ...

BACKGROUND Religion and religiosity are known as important determinants of health and mortality. Previous studies on the interrelation between religion and mortality have relied on survey data and ...