Bradley Wright – Kruse Kronicle

Saturday Links

Aug 3, 2013

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in Demography, Ecclesia, Generations, Health and Medicine, India, Links – Saturday, Race, Religion, Sociology, Technology (Energy), Trends: Social

1. Meaning Is Healthier Than Happiness People who are happy but have little-to-no sense of meaning in their lives have the same gene expression patterns as people who are enduring chronic adversity. 2. Blacks, Hispanics more optimistic than whites … After years of economic attitudes among whites, blacks and Hispanics following similar patterns, whites' confidence…

Is the world getting better?

Mar 9, 2012

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mwkruse

in Christian Life, Demography, Ecclesia, Economic Development, Great Divergence, Human Progress, Politics, Public Policy, Sociology, Theology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Dallas Morning News: Is the world getting better? Centre College professor Beau Weston operates an interesting blog, the Gruntled Center. He put up a post last week that draws from a lecture he recently gave at his Kentucky college. In the post and lecture, Weston, a Presbyterian, makes the argument that the world has gotten…

Upside: Surprising GOOD NEWS About the State of Our World – Book Review

Sep 6, 2011

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in Books, Demography, Economic News, Human Progress, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Hunger and poverty are increasing, people are working longer hours, crime is worsening, and violence worldwide is rising. In short, the world is going to hell in a handbasket. So goes the common wisdom. But the common wisdom is wrong. Long-time readers of the Kruse Kronicle who have read my series on American Social Indicators…

New Book: “Upside: The Suprising Good News About the State of Our World” by Brad Wright

Jul 19, 2011

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in Books, Demography, Economic Development, Education, Great Divergence, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, International Affairs, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

Bradley Wright's Weblog: My new book, Upside, is now available My second book has been released. It’s entitled Upside: Surprising Good News about the State of Our World, and it’s available on Amazon, Christian bookstores, and various other places… if there are any left 😉 The guiding question for this book is whether the world…

Christians question divorce rates of faithful

Mar 21, 2011

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in Christian Life, Demography, Sociology

USA Today: Christians question divorce rates of faithful It's been proclaimed from pulpits and blogs for years — Christians divorce as much as everyone else in America. … When Wright examined the statistics on evangelicals, he found worship attendance has a big influence on the numbers. Six in 10 evangelicals who never attend had been…

“Christians Are Hate-Filled Hypocrites…and Other Lies You’ve Been Told” – Book Review

Aug 18, 2010

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mwkruse

in Books, Christian Life, Ecclesia, Politics, Public Policy, Religion, Trends: Social

Church attendance is plummeting. The youth are abandoning their Evangelical heritage in droves. The church has become too feminized, and men are leaving the church. Evangelicals behave no differently than the rest of the culture. You've undoubtedly read similar headlines recently, but are they true? Enter Christians Are Hate-Filled Hypocrites…and Other Lies You've Been Told:…

Bradley Wright Interviewed About His Book “Christians Are Hate-Filled Hypocrites…and Other Lies You’ve Been Told”

Aug 6, 2010

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in Christian Life, Demography, Ecclesia, Poverty, Public Policy, Religion, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Click here for the video. Click here for the book.

How American Congregations are Changing (and Staying the Same)

Apr 23, 2009

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mwkruse

in Demography, Ecclesia, Trends: Social

Bradley Wright's Weblog: How American Congregations are Changing (and Staying the Same) From 1998 to 2006-2007 … 1) Churches use a lot more technology than they used to. They are much more likely to use e-mail to communicate with their members and web pages to advertise themselves in the community. … 2) Worship services have…

Religion and Global Wealth

Oct 2, 2008

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mwkruse

in Economic Development, Religion, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income

Bradley Wright's Weblog: Religion and Global Wealth Here's an interesting table from a Pew study (and found in this article). This graph shows a strong linear trend such that the richer the country, the less importance its citizens place on religion except for–you guessed it–the U.S. … As Bradley asks, why is this so?

What is beautiful is good stereotype

Dec 12, 2007

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mwkruse

in Culture, Sociology

Bradley Wright's Weblog: What is beautiful is good stereotype Like many people, you want to get ahead in life… have a successful career, be well-liked, you know, all that good stuff. So, you go to school, work hard, treat others well, and hope for the best. Well, you’re forgetting something, and that is to look…

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