About half of all Americans have switched religions at least once, according to the most in-depth survey on the topic, released Monday. And that may still be "a conservative estimate," says Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. ... [More]

Not all that long ago, the great minds of Europe predicted a future with little or no religion. Science would make us highly skeptical of miracles. Psychiatry would direct all of our awe and wonder inward. Changing roles for women would weaken the patriarchal structure that props up clerics. Whatever script for modernity one followed, it had God playing a bit role. ... [More]

The Islamist revolution, largely misunderstood by the West, is rooted in the refusal of many Muslims to accept Western secularism, Alastair Crooke said yesterday, during a discussion in Washington of his new book ... [More]

In a Washington Post op-ed article Friday, columnist Michael Gerson examines the facts related to a recent Newsweek cover story entitled "The Decline and Fall of Christian America." According to Gerson, the Newsweek story overstates the evidence for decline. ... [More]

The U.N. Human Rights Council adopted a “defamation of religions” resolution on Thursday, ignoring a mass petition signed by over 180 non-government organizations from more than 50 different countries. ... [More]

Some 200 secular, religious and media groups from around the world on Wednesday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to reject a call from Islamic countries for a global fight against "defamation of religion." ... [More]

To counter an atheist campaign currently running on city buses, religious groups are launching their own ads to spread a message that God does exist. ... [More]

It is truly dismaying that amid all the discussion about President Obama’s version of faith-based community initiatives, there has been such a widespread reluctance to question the basic assumption that government can spend money on religiously based enterprises without violating the First Amendment. ... [More]

High-profile cases involving Bible-sharing and prayer have raised concerns. But many say that reining in certain expressions of faith is a necessary compromise in a multicultural society. ... [More]

The Arkansas State Constitution currently bans any “person who denies the being of God” from holding a position in any government office or from testifying in court. ... [More]

UK nurse's suspension for praying with patients will be ended soon - employer ... [More]

"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus - and non-believers." -- President Barack Obama ... [More]

U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton refuses to remove prayers and the phrase “so help me God” from Barack Obama’s Inauguration ... [More]

Church-state watchdog group warns against school sponsored field trip to "Just for Jesus" event ... [More]

Each year, the President declares January 16th to be Religious Freedom Day, and calls upon Americans to "observe this day through appropriate events and activities in homes, schools, and places of worship." The day is the anniversary of the passage, in 1786, of the Virginia Statute of Re... [More]