The percentage of people who grew up in non-religious families is growing. These folks tend to remain non-religious and fewer of them are marrying people who are religious. This means that we entering the second, perhaps the third generation, of people who have no first-hand familiarity with the basic function or teachings of religion.
Almost half of the respondent in a recent poll by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life say that the declining influence
Deana Naal has written a column in the Columbia (Tenn.) Daily Herald about the angry faith in which she was raised. She writes:
Americans apparently hate to call themselves “religious.” Instead they like to think of themselves as “spiritual,” “faithful,” or “holy.” But why they hate religion varies dramatically.
Love this hymn. Happy Fourth of July. (Video from St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City.)
Janie Stevens ponders at the buildfaith.org why we celebrate the Fourth of July:
Byron Rushing, vice-president of the House of Deputies, sends these words of wisdom for Independence Day: Greetings! Let me again take this opportunity to remind
Ordinary members of religious groups tend to be more accepting than their leadership when it comes to accepting gay and lesbians, but this gap varies among denominations and religions.
As Bruce W. Gray (@brucewgray_indy), canon to the ordinary in the Diocese of Indianapolis, has suggested on twitter, congregations may be the natural homes of Death Cafes. What do you think?
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case barring protesters from disrupting services at St. John’s Cathedral in Denver. A few years ago,