Christian Studies is an expansive, interdisciplinary field that critically examines the historical, theological, cultural, and educational dimensions of Christianity. Research in this area ...

Sociology can help us see neglected drivers of religious beliefs. But it shouldn’t lose focus on the beliefs themselves. You should read Religion for Realists: Why We All Need the Scientific Study of ...

If Jesus does return, you don’t think he could return as artificial intelligence? AI could absolutely return as Jesus.” The ...

On Wednesday afternoon, Russell T. McCutcheon had a Zoom call with the chair of a religious-studies department who wanted to get ahead of what has come to seem like an existential crisis in the field.

A new account of faith in higher education adds some neglected themes to more familiar story lines. Many scholars have written about the history of secularization in American higher education. But ...

The Pew study finds the decline of Christianity in the United States has slowed and may have leveled off. The Pew Research Center's third Religious Landscape Study finds 62% of U.S. adults describe ...

Material Christianity -- Piety, art, fashion: the religious object -- The Bible in the Victorian home -- The religious symbolism of Laurel Hill Cemetery -- Lourdes water and American Catholicism -- ...

One year, for Hanukkah, my grandmother gave me the Book of Mormon. She was not trying to convert me. She was not a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was Jewish, though a ...