U.S. Christianity is Dead, Long Live U.S. Christianity
In the cluster of comment on the recently released report on the changing American religious landscape from…
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From the “God Beat” to the “None Beat”
What reporters get, and don’t get, about the latest Pew report on religious identity.
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5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Overthink the New Pew Data’s Impact on Politics
There are two big takeaways in the Pew Research Center’s new Religious Landscape Survey, its…
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Elephant Orphans and Ecological Spiritualities: An Earth Day Reflection
It is a mild Kenyan day. With temperatures in the 70s, I smile with some Lutheran guilt because I know I am missing the worst of Minnesota’s frosty brunt of the so-called “polar vortex” (climate change in action). At this moment, instead of curling up with blankets…
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YOU Are Spiritual But Not Religious: The Secret Spiritual History of the Choose Your Own Adventure Books
The decision comes on page 8. The sound of screaming is coming from behind a…
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David Brooks’ Rant on Emptiness of Secularism is Poppycock
New York Times columnist David Brooks is way behind the curve when it comes to post-theistic…
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How to Become an Atheist in Twelve Short Months
Ryan Bell no longer believes in God, exactly. Bell is the former Seventh-Day Adventist pastor who last January made…
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The “Nones” Are Here… And Have Been for Over 100 Years
In recent posts about religious “nones,” or individuals without a religious affiliation, Mark Silk and Chris Stedman at the…
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Adding a bit more context to my post from this morning: Pew has analyzed the…
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Monstrous Futures: Dungeons & Dragons, Harbinger of the “None” Generation, Turns 40
This year, 2014, is the 40th anniversary of the game Dungeons & Dragons, the pen-and-paper…
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