I thought this was an interesting article. Religion and politics is a fraught topic these days, particularly in Turkey where there’s tension between the secular and Muslim voices. So perhaps this makes Istanbul the ideal setting for a spirited 90-minute discussion on Tuesday among five international experts. Full Story
The new members include, among others, Bishop Charles E. Blake, presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ; the Rev. Peg Chemberlin, president-elect of the National Council of Churches USA; and Harry Knox, director of the Human Rights Campaign’s Religion and Faith Program.
Notably absent from the list, meanwhile, is…Full Story
Explore this interactive graphic showing data collected over 18 years from the American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS). Click Here
The 2008 results, to be released today, are based on 54,000 interviews with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.5%. It finds that, despite population growth and immigration adding nearly 50 million more adults, almost [...]
A wide-ranging study on American religious life found that the Roman Catholic population has been shifting out of the Northeast to the Southwest, the percentage of Christians in the nation has declined and more people say they have no religion at all. Full Story
A recent poll of more than 350,000 Americans on the importance of religion revealed that the nation is separated into enclaves of widely divergent viewpoints on faith, with some states and regions clearly religious and others significantly secular. Full Story
Compared to the rest of the U.S. population, which is generally considered highly religious, African-Americans engage in religious activities more frequently and express higher levels of religious belief, Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life highlighted in a report released in time for Black History Month.
The center’s U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, conducted in [...]
The following article was posted by Newsweek this past Friday. It discusses the need of a country to return to God-by Franklin Graham. Full Article-Newsweek
Check out this interesting Forbes article on money and religious leaders over the past 20 years. All you business people will get a kick out of this. Forbes Article
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America remains a nation of believers, but a new survey finds most Americans don’t feel their religion is the only way to eternal life — even if their faith tradition teaches otherwise. Full Story MSNBC
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
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