Tag: Religion in America

The “spiritual but not religious” people in society, while not growing as a percentage of society, do seem to be driving a marked increase in

To look at the way religious views form public opinion here in the United States, it seems pretty clear that conservative Protestants and Roman Catholics

With the final stages of this year’s presidential election starting in earnest, Clay Farris Naff sees a profound reason to be concerned in the way

These so-called mega-churches are led by charismatic pastors with the skill set of corporate marketers; they sell not just the word of God but also the utility of God’s teaching in an era of atomization and economic change. What would Jesus do about long-term unemployment, school bullying, and Facebook? These churches help worshippers figure it out.

Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) shared their survey of college-age Millennials (Americans ages 18-24) concerning faith, values, and the 2012 election. The survey was jointly

When a religious leaders sign their names to a statement, does that signature imply that they speak for their community? How do they make it clear, if it doesn’t, that they aren’t? Such an issue has recently occured in the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh.

In a response to a study that finds that the an overwhelming majority of religious voices in the media come from groups opposed to marriage equality or any tacit acceptance of LGBT people into the Church, Susan Russell writes that it matters that the voices of the acceptance are missing.

Cathy Lynn Grossman at USA Today looks at the people who go back to the church of their youth. They are not converts, she calls them “reverts.”

Worship in a bar? It’s become commonplace to here of congregations holding meetings or bible study groups in coffee shop, but Sunday service in working bar? While the bar is still open?