A new Pew Research survey finds that one-third of Americans — both those who say they believe in God and those who say they don't — trust in a higher power or spiritual force. This group has a looser ...

I hear from readers from across the religious and irreligious spectrum. They ask all kinds of questions and voice all manner of opinions. However, more than anything else, I seem to hear from people ...

Most people in the U.S. have a high regard for the Bible and consider it a spiritually important book. According to a recent ...

May 16 (UPI) --Fewer than one in four Americans believe the Bible is "the actual word of God, and is to be taken literally, word for word" -- a record low in 40 years of surveys conducted by Gallup.

Americans’ confidence in the Bible’s veracity is at an all-time low, Gallup Inc. reported Wednesday, with just 20% professing a belief that the religious book is the literal word of God. For the first ...

Americans hold a wide range of beliefs about spirits and related matters. Some views that may be considered spiritual – such as belief in God or another “higher power” – are very common across all ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a SpokaneFāVS series on how sacred texts are used in various religious traditions. Catholics believe that the Bible isn’t just one book but a collection of unique books.

In the 2025 State of the Bible study, American Bible Society homed in on issues of identity among Americans, because research ...

Philip C. Almond does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Though the word Bible comes from the Greek word biblios, meaning “scrolls,” the Bible was actually the first book to be printed by movable type (instead of being written by hand). Johann Gutenberg ...

(RNS) — Among the so-called 'nones' — a broad category of atheists, agnostics and those who answer 'none of the above' on questions about religion — 72 percent believe in a higher power of some kind. ...