Prophecy and Prosperity are Keys to Republican Christian Nationalism According to New Poll
This morning, PRRI released a new study on religious change in the US with implications…
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For Better or Worse: The Rise of the Professional Wedding Celebrant
“Morning Joe” co-anchors Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough made headlines when they announced their recent…
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Catholic Citizenship: Massimo Faggioli on the Role of Public Theologians Today
Massimo Faggioli’s new book, Catholicism and Citizenship: Political Cultures of the Church in the Twenty-First Century,…
Read MoreAnglican Bishops Punish Episcopal Church Over LGBT Inclusion; Secularization’s Role in Moving Latin America ‘Beyond Machismo’; Greek Orthodox Bishop Says Gays Deserve Respect; Global LGBT Recap
Anglican Communion: Episcopal Church ‘Suspended,’ Anti-Gay Bishops Not Satisfied We reported last week that…
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Dispatches from the Beltway: The New Public Face of Religion
The surprising results of the latest Pew survey on religion in America.
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Seeing the Future: Can Religion Evolve and Survive in a Changing World?
Since the fall of Secularization Theory, which claimed that belief in God would slowly recede in the face of science and technology, we still must ask: Is there a future for formal, organized, institutionalized religion as we presently recognize it in rapidly globalizing, postindustrial and postmodern world? Here’s what religion will have to do for humans to survive and flourish.
Read MoreThe President as Sovereign Leader
Though it may be unhelpful to draw comparisons between the administration and fascist regimes, it’s important to recognize the “family resemblances” in their political reasoning and self-conception.
Read MoreBloody Religious Conflict on the Way Out?
Revisiting the secularization hypothesis and Alan Wolfe’s Atlantic essay.
Read MoreThe Religious Right Goes Global with “Demographic Winter”
Fears erupt over the extinction of the white, Christian West.
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