Twice this month I’ve had cause to wonder what’s happening to my native state. The Todd Akin flap, in which the suburban St. Louis congressman revealed a less than adequate grasp of human ...

Protestantism did not spring fully formed from the minds and mouths of the Reformers. When Martin Luther nailed his famed 95 theses to the door of Wittenberg’s Schlosskirche in 1517, he was ...

Does Christianity have a future in the United States? David Hollinger poses this question in his important new book. Few people are more qualified to answer it than Hollinger, who over the course of ...

With its narrow focus, this book may not reach a large audience. But I suspect it will, in years to come, be referred to as groundbreaking. Margaret Bendroth is clearing a path on which others will ...

Some Protestant Sunday schools, as recently as five years ago, were still teaching that the Catholics were “papists” and “enemies of the Gospel,” and that the Jews had suffered through ...

The Religious Landscape Study is a comprehensive survey of more than 35,000 Americans’ religious identities, beliefs and practices that’s been conducted in 2007, 2014 and 2023-24. Pew Research Center.

The Religious Landscape Study is a comprehensive survey of more than 35,000 Americans’ religious identities, beliefs and practices that’s been conducted in 2007, 2014 and 2023-24. Pew Research Center.

How poor Irish Catholics were forced to choose between converting to Protestantism or starvation during Ireland's Great Hunger and how "take the soup" became etched in Ireland's psyche. As we ...

"If you think properly of the Gospel, please don't imagine that its cause can be advanced without tumult, offence and sedition... The word of God is a sword, it's war, ruin, offence, perdition and ...

A creed is a short statement of key Christian beliefs. Creeds express and make clear the most important Christian beliefs, including the nature of God. The congregation often recites them during ...