Today’s religious identities have more to do with political decisions made centuries ago than with personal faith.

NEW YORK – A new study has found that in many countries around the world 20 percent or more of all adults have left their childhood religion, with Christianity and Buddhism being the religions ...

(Busà Photography/Getty Images) How we did this Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to examine rates of religious switching in 36 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, Latin ...

Read about where Christianity has had the largest net losses, and how those who've left Christianity now identify religiously. Pew Research Center.

Global study finds Christian decline, especially in high-income countries. Around the world, millions of people have traded the religious traditions of their upbringing for no religion at all.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) In secular countries, atheists display an intuitive preference for religious belief over atheism. This phenomenon was observed across eight countries with low ...

Churchgoers who think their religious leaders don’t believe humans are driving climate change are less likely to discuss it ...

(RNS) — The religious freedom watchdog urged the new Trump administration to appoint a new ambassador-at-large to address religious restrictions and persecution around the world. (RNS) — The U ...

New restrictions from China’s United Front ban foreign clergy from presiding over religious activities for Chinese people without the invitation of the Chinese government.

He argues that while in religious countries religion and politics are connected intimately, religion should not be reduced to a political platform. In denying the possibility of ruling by one ...

The United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has urged the US government to designate Nigeria as a "Country of Particular Concern" (CPC) due to persistent religious ...