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Muslims in America, Fifty Years Later: New Poll Shows Pride and Optimism In the Face of Bias

By Edward E. Curtis IV

…murders in the United State since 9/11. Yet counter-terrorism remained the number one priority of the FBI, which spends several billion dollars annually to prevent and prosecute Muslim terrorists. Is this myopic focus on Muslim terrorists doing all of us more harm than good? Finally, citizens and policy-makers must grapple with its never-ending war on terrorism abroad. For a significant portion of the country, the war on terrorism is, by definitio…

Creeping Shari’ah… Ahem, Excuse Me… Biblical Law

By Julie Ingersoll

…th based programs by increasing the number of programs from four to six. While inmates in these facilitates choose the faith based programs over other options, it’s not, as proponents like to argue, fair to say that they choose to be there. Opponents of the plans argue that inmates in faith based programs enjoy a number of perks and better facilities than other inmates. But whatever the case, Scott’s plan would turn more of the state’s obligation…

Forget Right or Wrong

By Elizabeth Drescher

…w believers live out their faith will have much impact. Beyond that, they will fail to honor the richness of spiritual practice that seems still to be an enduring feature of American life, despite its secular leanings. And, if social researchers want to understand the depth and diversity of contemporary religious life, they must expand the categories of religious practices they study so that formerly “alternative” practices can begin to be studied…

The Episcopal Church ‘Takes a Flying Leap’ into Controversies Old and New

By Elizabeth Drescher

…al Christianity and perhaps religion in general. Others have strained mightily to see glimmers of hope even in the confusion and controversy that swirls such gatherings. We of course have no idea how it will all play out. However, within the nearly five hundred resolutions brought before the deputies and bishops at General Convention, emerging theologies mingled with ancient traditions. New practices encouraged some and rankled others. Resolutions…

PRRI’s Robert P. Jones Discusses Authoritarianism, Christian Nationalism, and What the 2024 Election is Really About

By Daniel Schultz

…ied within one of our two political parties. Ten percent of Americans is still 35 million people. Yeah, right. You can do a lot of damage with that. Some of these measures have actually dropped since you last measured them. The Child-Rearing Authoritarianism Scale score in particular stood out. Do you have a sense of what drives those shifts? I can only conjecture here, but the threat of violence in the United States and political terms is no long…

What’s in a Name? Religious Nones and the American Religious Landscape

By Richard Flory

…d “atheists, agnostics, those with ‘no preference,’ [and] those with no affiliation,” but it also included members of small groups that were not otherwise classified into a larger religious group. He proceeded to analyze the beliefs, experiences and affiliations of people within the Nones category. Vernon then argued that this category needed more analysis and actually suggested an alternative term for Nones (which obviously never caught on): “rel…

RD News Round-Up—Oct.14, 2008

By Bill Berkowitz

…te Philly, “charitable giving reached an all-time high of $306 billion.” While philanthropists, corporations and foundations continue to award grants, the situation related to charities is likely to “take six months to be felt,” and when that happens, it could spell disaster to those charities dependent on those grants and from charitable donations of ordinary Americans. Wake up, the boycott’s over: On October 9, Donald Wildmon’s American Family A…

How a Powerful ‘Ex-Gay’ Pastor is Chasing the Latino Vote

By Katherine Stewart

…ine around the idea of racial inclusiveness. Like Watchmen On the Wall, Family Research Council’s pastors network, Church United holds gatherings in which the organization is introduced to pastors across the state. The aim is to get them to engage with political leaders and persuade their congregations to vote their “biblical” values. A substantial number of Church United gatherings are conducted in the Spanish language, and the organization has s…

Rome Has Spoken and Rome Is Finished: The Vatican’s Sexual Abuse Summit ‘Failed Miserably’

By Mary E. Hunt

…ting policy, the more the survivors garnered credibility and sympathy. A skilled facilitator would have invited the survivors into the hall, paired them each with a bishop, and invited them together to lay out constructive next steps for the church. Alas, no such forward-looking person was in a position to do so, least of all the much-touted and deeply disappointing pontiff. Instead, the official meeting featured videos of survivors at yet one mor…

Economy Yields Too Few Prophets

By Peter Laarman

…e challenged my focus on the continued and seemingly bottomless taxpayer bailout of too-big-to-fail financial institutions as obsessive, even cranky. The criticisms fall into three categories: (1) they know what they’re doing-you’re not an expert; (2) why would you care how they revive the economy, as long as they get things moving again?; and (3) Shhhh-it’s Obama: don’t give ammunition to his enemies. Here’s my answer. There is no such thing as “…