Benedictine nuns are pictured in 1900 before the completion of St. Anthony's Hospital in Bemidji, Minn. The image appeared in a 2011 documentary titled "Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America," ...

Theology and religious studies are often confused, but they represent distinct academic approaches to religion. Theology typically engages questions raised within a specific faith tradition, such as ...

Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to provide a detailed portrait of religiously unaffiliated adults in the United States. Much of this profile comes from a survey we conducted July 31-Aug. 6 ...

On balance, U.S. adults are more likely to view religion as helpful than as harmful: 44% say religion does more good than harm, while 19% say it does more harm than good. About one-third think it does ...

(RNS) — President Donald Trump, during his inaugural address last month, proclaimed unambiguously, “As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there ...

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 ...

This video explains the core difference between theology and religious studies. Theology engages questions raised within a faith tradition, often from an insider perspective. Religious studies ...