Nearly half of young adults in England and Wales now say they believe in God or a higher power according to new figures—a striking turn that runs counter to decades of declining belief across Western ...

The president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference (CEE, by its Spanish acronym), Archbishop Luis Argüello, opened the conference’s 127th plenary assembly this week with a deep analysis of Spain’s ...

The bishops of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) held their spring assembly this week in Italy, a meeting in which they considered the European Union’s vocation ...

The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) is a crucial and challenging exam that medical school applicants must take. It tests the knowledge, skills, and problem-solving abilities that are essential ...

Galen Watts is an Associate Director of the Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures based jointly at St. Jerome's University and the University of Waterloo. He receives funding from the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The multiplicity of theories of secularization can be grouped into three general theoretical orientations: those which point to loss of bases ...

In the classic narratives of adultery, such as those of David and Bathsheba or Lancelot and Guinevere, infidelity was viewed as a profound transgression against divine law and moral order. Adultery ...

The story of religion in Canada in the first part of the 21st century is about people leaving it. Across all demographics, people are disaffiliating from religious groups and no longer attending ...

A symposium 25 years on. On June 1 and 2, 1990, the Pew Charitable Trust sponsored a major academic conference at Duke University on the subject of secularization in modern higher education. Those of ...

In this competent survey, sociologists Cragun and Smith (co-editors of Secularity and Nonreligion in North America) examine the wave of secularization that has been rising across America since the ...

All About America explores American culture, politics, trends, history, ideals and places of interest. A decadeslong trend toward secularization, which has come more slowly to America than many other ...