The jokes practically wrote themselves as an eclectic group of progressive pastors, imams and a rabbi walked into a room, finding their seats around a table to talk about religion and politics. Though ...

For most of human history, religion served as far more than a personal belief system. It shaped laws, influenced governments, guided moral codes, explained natural phenomena, and provided a framework ...

Americans’ engagement with others is not one-dimensional. Instead, they sort into four distinct groups that reflect different patterns of participation in society.

President Donald Trump said at a June faith conference that “religion is back in our country, bigger and stronger than it has been in many, many years” and “it’s going up." The statement is misleading ...

Is it any wonder the country is revisiting faith? Credit...Iris Legendre Supported by By Lauren Jackson On Sundays, I used to stand in front of my Mormon congregation and declare that it all was true.

Are you a spiritual person or a religious person? People are inclined to think that these two lifestyles are the same, and on the surface they are. What they both have in common is connecting to ...

Take a drive down Main Street of just about any major city in the country, and—with the housing market ground to a halt—you might pass more churches for sale than homes. This phenomenon isn’t likely ...

Editor's note: Daily Universe senior reporters Andrea Cabrera and Sydnee Gonzalez interviewed individuals in Utah and Washington, D.C., to see how politics and religion intersect in the United States.