This edition offers research, statistics and stories that document-increased participation in religious groups in the US in the 21st century. New chapters chart

Impressive . . . bound to generate lively discussion--and not a little controversy--within the nation's church community.

Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses on the church door at Wittenberg in 1517. In the three years that followed, Luther clarified and defended his positi

This book offers the first modern theory of religion. A deductive theory, beginning with seven axioms about human nature and the world humans inhabit, it derive

For centuries Christians have had the concept of the priesthood of all believers firmly engrained in their minds. The prophethood of all believers, on the other