“The Apotheosis of Washington,” painted in 1865 by Constantino Brumidi, is a fresco of the first president of the United States ascending to the heavens. The goddesses of Victory and Liberty, along ...

This Pew Research Center analysis looks at reasons why people identify as Protestant or switch into or out of Protestantism. It is part of a broader report that focuses on patterns in religious ...

How Christian discipleship affects household income. Before World War I, German sociologist Max Weber famously linked the work ethic of Protestant Christians to the economic development of Europe. The ...

They worship the same God, but the principles of their faith are different, even at Christmas: An overview of the differences in faith between Protestant and Catholic Christians. But what does differ ...

ALTHOUGH HE WASN'T MARRIED himself, Jesus had some rather clear teachings on the subject. Adultery was sin, he declared, and that included even lustful looks at another woman. He was tough on divorce, ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

"If you think properly of the Gospel, please don't imagine that its cause can be advanced without tumult, offence and sedition... The word of God is a sword, it's war, ruin, offence, perdition and ...

How Ambrosio Gonzales encountered the Word of God and blazed the trail for future Latino converts. For centuries, the Catholic church was the only religious presence in the Spanish colonies. In the ...

Welcome to the post-Protestant Reformation. By Ross Douthat Opinion Columnist “Our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith,” Dwight Eisenhower said in ...

This is one of an occasional series of posts on black Americans and religion. Unlike Americans of European descent, most black Americans trace their ancestry to areas of Africa that, centuries ago, ...

About half of the 40 million Irish Americans are Protestant according to the General Social Survey (GSS), a national survey that collects data on demographics and attitudes, while only one third are ...

DUBLIN — The Rev. Ian Paisley, the divisive Protestant firebrand who devoted his life to thwarting compromise with Catholics in Northern Ireland only to become a pivotal peacemaker in his twilight ...