A new study challenges the long-held notion that American voters categorically reject candidates who identify as atheists.

In his book ''Cross Purposes,'' journalist Jonathan Rauch — a Jewish atheist — explores the shortcomings of secularism and the ''disastrous choices'' made in response by conservative Christians.

But not all forms of church are on the decline – including “secular congregations,” or what many call “atheist churches.” As a sociologist of religion who has spent the past 10 years ...

and Religion in Secular Archives: Soviet Atheism and Historical Knowledge (Oxford, 2015). Dr. Luehrmann was working on a book about anti-abortion activism in the post-Soviet Russian Orthodox Church, ...