Facebook Faith Works for Tim Tebow; But Is It for Everyone?
Social media is an effective vessel for New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow to carry his religious message. When he quotes Scripture or wishes people a good night with God’s blessings, he has an...
View ArticleDiversity rising: Census shows Mormons, nondenominational churches, Muslims...
The U.S. religious landscape is shifting, and no one may be more thankful than GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney. The 2010 U.S. Religion Census, released today on the Association of Religion Data...
View ArticleSex and the church: U.S. congregations struggle with gay, lesbian issues
A Pentecostal pastor lays down a saw at a residence for homeless people with AIDS, raps on wood and expresses pride in being able to look out in his church and see two pews filled with people with HIV....
View ArticleThe power of language: Does the term Islamist increase understanding or...
Motivated by her faith, she was a powerful advocate for radical political and social change. Upon meeting her, President Abraham Lincoln reportedly said “So this is the little lady who made this big...
View ArticleTake this job and love it: Faith plays role in workplace satisfaction
Pay. Benefits. Opportunities for advancement. These are some of the major considerations people take into account in choosing where to work. Now, employers can add another factor: Faith. After...
View ArticleA religion scholar who changed lives: The grace of Deborah Bruce
In a world where humility is considered more a weakness than a virtue, she was self-effacing and dedicated to serving others. In a profession where information can be guarded to serve institutional or...
View ArticleThe high cost of service: Student debt burdens religious workers
As long as the money from federal loans rolls in, many seminarians find it hard to think ahead to how they are going to pay back their huge chunks of a national student debt tab that has reached $1...
View ArticleParting with treasure easier said than done: Churchgoers give far less than...
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. –Matthew 6:24 Churchgoers...
View ArticleAmid violent protests and provocative films, religion journalists create...
Prince Charles Dickson goes to work each day knowing the price paid by colleagues for independent reporting in Nigeria. Colleagues such as news editor Nansok Sallah found lying face down in a shallow...
View ArticleInvesting in faith: Religion helps retirees stay mentally fit, studies indicate
Retirement planning is not all about money. It may be just as important for aging Baby Boomers to have invested in their spiritual lives as in their 401K plans, new research shows. The benefits of...
View ArticleBelief in miracles climbs in the age of Oprah
These days, it may seem like a miracle that people still believe in miracles. But even as more people appear to be turning away from organized religion, a new study finds that the number of Americans...
View ArticleAs religious tensions cross borders, nativist fears fuel global hostilities,...
The killing of a guru in a Sikh temple in Vienna leads to riots across the Punjab region of northern India. An anti-Islamic video produced in California results in global protests. Immigrants from...
View ArticleCounting Catholics: ‘Church of immigrants’ poised for growth
There is only one U.S. religious group, propelled in part by an enthusiastic group of young followers, that is expected to grow to 100 million adherents by the middle of the century. Yet to hear some...
View ArticleKey to benevolence: Experiencing divine love may be gift that keeps on giving
“Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.” –Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Spending quality time with God appears to make benevolent love possible for many...
View ArticleThe ties that may not bind: Race, religion and marriage
In a scene from the movie “Lincoln,” a Democrat arguing against passage of the 13th Amendment derisively mentions the idea of interracial marriage to ridicule the legislation that would abolish...
View ArticleReligion and gun control: The possibilities for change
You can learn a few things about religion and politics listening to flea market dealers in Indiana. For starters, sociologist Arthur Farnsley writes in his new book “Flea Market Jesus,” it is a...
View ArticleFive hopeful signs for U.S. congregations
The number of Americans with no religious affiliation continues to rise. Fewer young people are going to church. And the effects of recession have placed greater burdens on religious institutions in a...
View ArticleThe next pope, Pentecostalism and the Global South
Superstar personalities are no small part of the supernova of Christian growth in the past century – the Pentecostal and charismatic renewal movements. In the U.S., think of Oral Roberts or Bishop T.D....
View ArticleReligion and mercy: Who is most likely to forgive?
“Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” Maybe a caveat should be added before saying this line from The Lord’s Prayer, asking a second round of forgiveness for failing...
View ArticleThe Final Four, travel teams and empty pews: Research on sports and religion
The Rev. Stephen Fichter understood just how dominant a role sports has assumed in the culture when a family told him they would be out of town Good Friday to Easter Sunday to attend their child’s...
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