Baylor historian Philip Jenkins predicts that in the people will think about church in terms of “BC…Before Coronavirus,” and after.
The key factor in Jenkin’s fascinating analysis is what we might call “pre-existing conditions.” In other words, in many ways, the coronavirus hasn’t so much created problems for the Church as it has revealed and accelerated them.
A new study shows that despite the decline in religiosity in America, the United States is still one of the most religious countries in the world.
A recent Pew Research Center study finds that most Americans believe that President Trump is either not all that religious or not religious at all.
In an interview earlier this month, Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg opened up about exploring his Jewish roots and becoming more religious.
Lieryn Barnett sometimes is so depressed, all she wants to do is sleep, she said.
In a new survey looking at Americans’ religious identity, “No Religion” earned the most survey votes.
A Pew research study has found that people who are regularly religiously active are happier and more engaged in civic matters than people who are religiously unaffiliated or religiously inactive.
As 2019 begins, the world is becoming more religious, not less. Faith from diverse traditions grows as population expands throughout most of the Global South. Last year, nearly 50 million more Christians were added in Africa, making it the continent with the most adherents to Christianity in the world, 631 million.
No one can deny that religion has fallen on hard times. Four in 10 younger millennials (18-29) are nones, which is four times what it was in the 1980s. In fact, the fastest-growing religion in America is … no religion at all.
There are few spots around the world where parents don’t have to drag their young adult children to worship: Ghana, a predominantly Christian county is one; Chad, a predominantly Muslim country, is another.
