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Mar 12, 2026
Conservatives who attend church weekly are the least likely to have ever been diagnosed with a mental health condition. Liberals who have low attendance are the most likely to have a...
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Mar 5, 2026
In 1965, the Catholic Church had 179,000 sisters in America. Today: 33,000. That's an 82% collapse in 60 years. Priests have declined as well, but not as severely. 59K down to 35K....
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Feb 27, 2026
One of the defining features of American religion and politics is the “God Gap.” This is the idea that Republicans depend on the votes of Christians (particularly white...
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Feb 12, 2026
I’ve been thinking a whole lot about social isolation recently. It’s probably because it’s this unspoken concept in a lot of the work that I do and many of the...
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Jan 29, 2026
No term takes me back to my graduate school days like the “Culture War.” And for good reason: It was one of the biggest methodological debates in political science. Two...
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Jan 21, 2026
Buckle up, readers, because we’re about to do a deep dive into an important but difficult-to-grasp concept in the social sciences. It’s called age-period-cohort (APC)...
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Jan 16, 2026
It’s the most important feature of American religion and politics that I wish more people understood: The God Gap.
Simply put, religious people tend to gravitate toward a...
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Jan 12, 2026
There’s this well-worn phrase you hear in Christian circles: “Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a...
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Jan 9, 2026
The most important piece of data analysis in that post came from the Nationscape survey — a weekly study conducted between 2019 and early 2021. The total sample size was over...
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Jan 6, 2026
The most persistent story about American religion in 2025 was the possibility of revival among Generation Z. It’s a narrative that has somehow made its way into the zeitgeist...
