My Take: The Batman killings and the evil that we do
Editor's Note: Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of "The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation," is a regular CNN Belief Blog contributor. By...
View ArticlePew: Many Americans don't know religion of either presidential candidate
By Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Religion Editor (CNN) – Americans have limited knowledge of the presidential candidates’ religious faith, but their concerns about the candidates’ respective religious beliefs...
View ArticleMy Take: Obama is not a Muslim (and Romney is a Mormon)!
Editor's Note: Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of "The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation," is a regular CNN Belief Blog contributor. By...
View ArticleMy Take: GOP's non-Protestant ticket changes meaning of 'values'
Editor's note: Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of "The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation," is a regular CNN Belief Blog contributor. By...
View ArticleDoes a candidates' faith matter? Answer hinges largely on race
By Dan Merica, CNN Washington (CNN) – A survey released Thursday shows striking racial and religious divides over the role of religion in presidential politics. More black and Hispanic millennials –...
View ArticleSurvey: One in five Americans has no religion
Editor's note: CNN recently won four first-place reporting awards from the Religion Newswriters Association. Read more about the awards here. By Dan Merica, CNN Washington (CNN) – The fastest growing...
View ArticleSurvey: Catholics divided on political issues, as adherent numbers decline
By Dan Merica, CNN Washington (CNN) – As important as the Catholic vote is in the 2012 election, a new survey finds that the group is far from monolithic and is not largely focused on the issues that...
View ArticleMy Take: I've got my money on the Church of Nate Silver
Editor's note: Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of "The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation," is a regular CNN Belief Blog contributor. By...
View ArticleMy Take: 7 Ways religious diversity played in the election
Editor's Note: Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of "The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation," is a regular CNN Belief Blog contributor. By...
View ArticleMy Take: 113th Congress looks like old America
Editor's Note: Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of "The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation," is a regular CNN Belief Blog contributor. By...
View ArticleMy Take: The pope is irrelevant
Editor's note: Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of "The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation," is a regular CNN Belief Blog contributor. By...
View ArticleSurvey: Most religious Americans support a pathway to citizenship
By Dan Merica, CNN Follow @DanMericaCNN Washington (CNN) – A majority of all major religious groups in the United States, according to a survey released Thursday, support a pathway to citizenship for...
View ArticleMuslims in North Caucasus concerned about ‘extremism'
By Dan Merica, CNN Follow @DanMericaCNN Washington (CNN) – A majority of Muslims (57%) in Russia’s North Caucasus – including Chechnya, Dagestan and five other Russian jurisdictions – are either “very...
View ArticleFive takeaways from Pew’s comprehensive study on Islam
By Dan Merica, CNN Follow @DanMericaCNN Washington (CNN) – A Pew Research Center study released Tuesday takes an in-depth look at Islam, including how Muslims around the world view extremism, sharia...
View ArticleStudy: American Jews losing their religion
By Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog Co-editor Follow @BurkeCNN (CNN) - The number of nonreligious Jews is rising in the United States, with more than one in five saying they are not affiliated with any...
View ArticlePoll: American Catholics agree with pope about culture wars
By Dan Merica, CNN Follow @danmericaCNN Washington (CNN) - American Catholics overwhelmingly support newly installed Pope Francis, according to a poll released Friday, and agree with his statements...
View ArticleFor some fans, Super Bowl has supernatural twists
By Daniel Burke, Belief Blog Co-editor Follow @BurkeCNN (CNN) - Before he watches his beloved Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl this Sunday, Kyle Herman has some important rituals to perform. Just as he...
View ArticleStudy: Young Latinos losing faith
By Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog Editor Follow @BurkeCNN (CNN) - Young Latinos are leaving the Catholic Church in droves, according to a new study, with many drifting into the country's fastest-growing...
View ArticleStudy: Americans want more religion in politics
By Sara Grossman, Special to CNN Follow @saragrossman (CNN) – On Sunday, pastor Jim Garlow of Skyline Church in California stood before his congregation of more than 2,000 and told them he would be...
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