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Religion Links

Apr 17, 2014

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in Christian Life, Culture, Ecclesia, Gender and Sex, Links – Religion, Politics, Public Policy, Religion, Sociology, Trends: Social

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…

Religion Links

Sep 30, 2013

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in Ecclesia, Health and Medicine, Links – Religion, Politics, Public Policy, Religion, Sociology

1. First the Nones, now the Spirituals … Earlier this year, Barry Kosmin and Ariela Keysar, my colleagues over at Trinity's Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture, decided to find out. In an email survey of nearly 2,000 students at 38 colleges and universities across the country, they asked, "In general…

Rise of the “Nones” is Greater for Older Americans

Mar 11, 2013

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in Christian Life, Ecclesia, Generations, Missio Dei, Religion, Sociology, Trends: Social

Black, White, and Gray: Trends in the Religious Unaffiliated, the "Nones," by Age – Brad Wright A lot has been written recently about the rise of the "Nones," people expressing no religious affiliation. Sociologist Brad Wright offers a fascinating insight by looking at the percentage of people at various stages of life who report affiliation.…

Gallup chief sees signs of religious revival

Jan 30, 2013

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in Christian Life, Ecclesia, Presbyterian Church, USA, Religion, Trends: Social

Christian Century: Gallup chief sees signs of religious revival Despite a deep drop in the number of Americans who identify with a particular faith, the country could be on the cusp of a religious renaissance, says Frank Newport, editor-in-chief of the Gallup Poll. Grounded in more than a million Gallup interviews, Newport’s new book, God…

Democrats: Losing their Religion

Nov 6, 2012

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in Christian Life, Politics, Religion

Black, White and Gray: Democrats: Losing their Religion Mark Regnerus was running some numbers using New Family Structure Study (NFSS) data when he found out this about people disassociating from religion: … The most dramatic shifts, however, appear around personal politics. Political affiliation—a one-measure, 1-5 scale of just how politically conservative or liberal our respondents…

Fewer than half in USA are Protestant

Oct 9, 2012

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in Religion, Trends: Social

USA Today: Fewer than half in USA are Protestant As Protestants decline, people with no religion, "Nones", are rising in number. Protestants are less than half of Americans, while Nones are one in five. For decades, if not centuries, America's top religious brand has been "Protestant." No more. In the 1960s, two in three Americans…

Most religious groups in USA have lost ground, survey finds

Mar 10, 2009

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in Ecclesia, Religion, Trends: Social

USA Today: Most religious groups in USA have lost ground, survey finds When it comes to religion, the USA is now land of the freelancers. The percentage. of people who call themselves in some way Christian has dropped more than 11% in a generation. The faithful have scattered out of their traditional bases: The Bible…

To church or not to church

Oct 22, 2008

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in Ecclesia

Presbyterian News Service: To church or not to church PC(USA) researcher studies the ‘spiritual but not religious’ LOUISVILLE — One of the first and most frequent statements Americans hear when conversation turns to religion is “I’m spiritual but not religious?” Growing alienation of young people from organized churches and the general decline in church membership…

More Americans’ faith defies easy labeling

Sep 12, 2006

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in Culture, Ecclesia, Religion, Sociology

From the Kansas City Star: More Americans’ faith defies easy labeling In the ever-intensifying push by politicians, journalists and marketers to analyze Americans’ religiousness down to its last molecule, did 10 million people get misplaced? That is the argument posited by sociologists at Baylor University, who on Monday released research that said the last 15…

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