Sociologists explain the data behind the gender gap in STEM careers.

In over 200 interviews, sociologist Christian Smith and his colleagues discovered a striking degree of consensus on the fundamentals of bringing children to faith.

A sociologist explains a congregation's contributions to the local economy.

Declining fertility rates and environmental crisis challenge our understandings of family, stewardship, and being a good neighbor.

The income gap in the US corresponds with a church attendance gap.

A new study suggests that the rite doesn’t bind young Christians to a certain level of faith commitment, but to a faith community.

Scripture warns against sloth—and against using it to explain away oppression.

A faith-based marriage campaign in Jacksonville appears to have driven divorce rates down. Can the model be replicated?

Malcolm Gladwell’s new book leans too much on private interpretations of truth.

American twentysomethings have their frustrations with the church, but they are far more faith-friendly than commonly supposed.

Two new books push back on Chicken-Little narratives of evangelical decline.

We can take pride and joy in the historic, biblical view of human sexuality.

A new study suggests that both men and women who seek spiritual intimacy view the Bible more literally.

Sociological data suggests that churchgoing men engage pornography at a vastly lower rate than others.

A recent report suggests that highly religious couples have better relationships and better sex. Domestic violence, however, is the same for them as their less religious neighbors.

Many Christians affirm evolution once researchers leave room for God's role in it.

Australian worship movement flourishes in both post-communist Budapest and post-church Seattle because it confronts the historical establishment.

Sociologists: The sick and poor are more likely to seek blessings through Bible-reading.