In 'Why Religion Went Obsolete: The Demise of Traditional Faith in America,' Christian Smith argues that traditional institutional religion has lost its grasp on America—at least among Americans under the age of 50.

Paul Eli'e's 'The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex and Controversy' investigates pop culture’s crypto-religious, uncanny symbols of immanence and transcendence.

The patron saint of 'America' is Edmund Campion, S.J.—for several different reasons.

Walter Brueggemann's influence in the academy reached across denominations and traditions.

The Rev. David Tracy, who died on April 29, was a monumental figure in American Catholicism, renowned as a teacher, scholar, writer and mentor to thousands of theologians.

The genre of the crime-solving priest or religious might be a niche one, but it's been around on the page and the screen for more than a century.