4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1337+ words) In an article first published on Religion News Service, author and journalist ERIKA ANDERSON says while American women are leaving organised religion at faster rates than men, some women are instead entering… Ask an evangelical what separates them from Rome,…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (213+ words) In a sermon on the Solemnity of the Assumption last month, Bishop Stefan Oster of the Passau diocese made the claim that the rise in the number of LGBTQ+ people is being caused by a general societal trend of disbelief…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (543+ words) Former tradwife Stephania Messina says she once believed, 'I don't need to work. I don't need to worry about how I'm going to afford these kids, because God's going to figure it out,' describing how evangelical teachings she later associated…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (446+ words) Researchers have long known that religious teens are less likely to engage in risky behavior. My team’s research explains why. We surveyed multiple times the religious beliefs and risk behavior of over 1,400 teens from Florida between 2010 and 2012. Although the majority…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (826+ words) Over the past decade, the secular media has told us incessantly that American Christianity is in its death throes. The number one news story on religion in recent years has been the rise of the “Nones,” or people who say…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (647+ words) The Detroit Jewish News uses data and technologies such as cookies to understand how our website is used, improve your experience, and support our services and advertising. “Emma,” a young Jewish woman who we met in 2019, didn’t belong to a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (345+ words) Perhaps the most revealing answer as to why attendance still hasn’t fully recovered was reported in a Pew Research poll. Overall, about 43 percent of people find it more convenient to watch services online, though a small number (21 percent) say they…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (618+ words) “Emma,” a young Jewish woman who we met in 2019, didn’t belong to a synagogue. She didn’t have a Jewish partner. She didn’t observe Jewish rituals regularly. On most surveys about religion, she would not seem very engaged with Judaism. But…...

3+ week, 10+ hour ago   (970+ words) 1. Zayed:Habib, our scholars deliver countless sermons, lectures, and invitations to Islam in the hope of reforming society. Yet we continue to see crime, theft, robbery, adultery, sexual violence, corruption, drug abuse, family and social infidelity, and backbiting increasing throughout…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1367+ words) The church, whose earliest accounts are recorded in the book of Acts, was established by Jesus and given a Great Commission (see Matthew 28:18-20) to continue His work in the world. Taken seriously, what would the world look like if the…...