Mississippi is the most "overall religious" state, according to Pew's map, with 50 percent of adults who are "highly religious," followed by South Carolina with 46 percent of "highly religious" adults ...

Defining religion isn’t as simple as it seems. Is it belief in God, a system of rituals, or a cultural tradition? Scholars have debated this for centuries, offering competing definitions from ...

Many religious “nones,” which include atheists and agnostics, hold religious and spiritual beliefs in the 22 countries ...

Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our ...

Negative views of religion’s influence on society are fairly common among religious “nones,” which include atheists and agnostics, in the 22 countries we analyzed.

After Mahmoud v. Taylor, the latest in a string of court cases offering substantial protections for certain people’s free exercise of religion, many questions remain. Among them is this one: What can ...

The White House policy covers religious expression by federal employees, but it could have implications for all U.S. workers.

The policy lays out the ability of individuals who believe their religious rights have been violated to seek a claim in court ...

My article, Religious Hiring Beyond the Ministerial Exception, argues that religious groups have six potential legal defenses when they fire a non-minister (like a secretary or janitor) for violating ...