Tag: church attendance
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Religion Links
1. Huffington Post: Understanding Why Americans Seem More Religious Than Other Western Powers Many Western Europeans think of Americans as hopelessly, bafflingly, and dangerously, religious. Many Americans think of Western Europeans as distressingly, inexplicably, and unrelentingly, secular. In 2009, the German sociologist Hans Joas observed that “it is widely accepted that the United States is…
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Saturday Links
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…
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Who’s filling America’s church pews
Christian Science Monitor: Who's filling America's church pews In PurItan New England, Protestant and Catholic churches are declining while evangelical and Pentecostal groups are rising. Why the nation's most secular region may hint at the future of religion. This is a lengthy article that is hard to summarize. Here are a few interesting excerpts: ……
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Church Attendance Falling Among Less-Educated Whites: Study
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Huffington Post: Church Attendance Falling Among Less-Educated Whites: Study While overall church attendance has declined slightly in the United States in recent decades, a new study says attendance at religious services among white Americans who did not go to college has fallen more than twice as quickly as it has among more highly educated whites.…
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Young adults aren’t sticking with church
USA Today: Young adults aren't sticking with church Protestant churches are losing young adults in "sobering" numbers, a survey finds. Seven in 10 Protestants ages 18 to 30 — both evangelical and mainline — who went to church regularly in high school said they quit attending by age 23, according to the survey by LifeWay…
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Europe’s Christian Comeback
Foreign Policy: Europe’s Christian Comeback (HT: Presbyweb) Alarmist pundits prophesize that a secular Europe risks being overcome by its fast-growing Muslim population. Yet for all we hear about Islam, Europe remains a stronger Christian fortress than people realize. The West is awash with fear of the Islamization of Europe. The rise of Islam, many warn,…