A sign in Alabama, 2018. (Michael S. Williamson / The Washington Post via Getty Images) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Nearly 15 years ago, I had the chance to ask Christopher Hitchens, one of the world’s most prominent critics of religion, a simple question: “What do you think ...

For decades, social scientists, demographers and Christians themselves have told a familiar story about the state of Christianity in the United States: The country was rapidly secularizing. The ...

The cross, and the empty tomb. Both Christian symbols are bookends to the Easter story. One symbolizes the tragic execution of Jesus while the other represents the Christian belief in his resurrection ...

Seven years ago, during the Republican Presidential primary, Donald Trump appeared onstage at Dordt University, a Christian institution in Iowa, and made a confession of faith. “I’m a true believer,” ...

The decline of Christianity in the U.S. has slowed over the past few years and now appears to have bottomed out, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center released this week. The number ...

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Young people contributed to the shift. “If you’re a young white male these days and you think of yourself as conservative, then being religious is a part of that.” By Ruth Graham Ruth Graham covers ...

IKITSUKI, Japan — On this small island in rural Nagasaki, Japan ’s Hidden Christians gather to worship what they call the Closet God. In a special room about the size of a tatami mat is a scroll ...

There is a range of estimates for the number of Christians in China, partly because different researchers use varying sources and methods, and partly because some analyses make adjustments to account ...