The latest Gallup Poll to look at the religiosity of Americans shows that Americans trust religious institutions at level not seen since the last low in 1970 while at the same time Americas appear to want what religion offers more than ever.
General Seminary announced that one its professors received a grant to conduct a series of lay-led, learner-centered, parish-based scripture studies this Summer and Fall.
Dylan Matthews at the Washington Post looks at charitable giving in the US and finds that only a third of all giving actually goes to the poor. Is that a bad thing?
If you need a modern day martyr and theologian to bolster your cause (or beat up your enemies) no one is more popular that Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Kevin Rudd, the former Prime Minister of Australia, found that out the hard way.
Grace Montessori School was at the heart of a local partnership that created of a labrynth in downtown Allentown, Pennsylvania, on property owned by Grace Episcopal Church.
Earlier this week, the Council of European Episcopal Conference and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople met to commemorate Edict of Milan of 313.
As the on-going scandal about the IRS’ scrutiny of conservative groups grinds on, the underlying issue–the fuzzy logic that leads to poor enforcement–is almost never discussed.
Journalist Naomi Schaefer Riley criss-crossed the country asking about what it is like for married couples of different faiths and describes what she found in a new book ’Til Faith Do Us Part.”
The Pew Research Global Attitudes Project says a country with an advanced economy will also have less food deprivation. Except in the United States, which has the richest economy but where, according to the survey, 24% of Americans have trouble putting food on the table.
Recent research indicates that same-sex unions are happier than heterosexual marriages. So what might gay and lesbian couples teach straight ones about living in harmony?”