We challenge Shaker’s recent letter, in which he says that criminal behaviour cannot be excused in the name of activism.1 Firstly, the climate crisis is not the “personal belief” of a few activists ...

Brandon Chrostowski‘s belief that everyone deserves a second chance grew from his own scrapes with the wrong side of the law as a teenager in Detroit. After a judge suspended the 10-year sentence he ...

ZAKA — a renowned search, rescue and recovery organization in Israel — has played a key role in the response to the Oct. 7 ...

The great American Beaux-Arts sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens was commissioned in the 1880s to create a memorial statue to Deacon Samuel Chapin, a pious mover and shaker (not that kind ... Puritans ...

The Shakers were a radical Christian group known for their ecstatic worship, communal living, and strict celibacy. Founded by Mother Ann Lee in the 18th century, they believed she was the second ...

Ann Lee, the founder of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, a Christian sect commonly known as the Shakers, is born in Manchester, England. In 1770, "Mother" Ann broke from ...

A sweeping census on the state of American religion reveals a less sensational tale of Christianity in decline and a rise of the religiously unaffiliated compared to a decade ago. Pew Research ...

Americans’ overall perceptions of religion tilt positive, according to the survey, but appear to have cooled since 2014. Overall, 51% express mostly positive views of religious institutions ...

nonreligious Americans, and narrowing gender gap. A sweeping census on the state of American religion reveals a less sensational tale of Christianity in decline and the rise of the religiously ...

A major new study from Pew Research Center offers an in-depth look at the American religious landscape and how it’s changed over time. Researchers determined that the share of U.S. adults who ...

Organized religion was out of favor, “none of the above” was in, and houses of worship across the country were too busy dealing with aging congregations and rising building costs to find successful ...