Far from being the century in which religion went away, for both Christianity and Islam, the 20th century was numerically the most successful century since Christ was crucified and Muhammad gave his farewell sermon on Mount Arafat.
The new God-fearers (formerly known as the Nones) and where to find them
The spiritual-but-not-religious subset of Nones haven’t given up on God (whoever or whatever they conceive God to be). Their search for the divine has simply broadened beyond traditional churches.
President Obama, Memorial Day and Hiroshima
Certainly I want to be sympathetic toward those who lost loved ones while in military service. And, yes, I want to be sympathetic toward those whose loved ones died while in military service for other countries.
Baylor places values ahead of victories
Baylor University has risen to the ideals of its Texas Baptist heritage, thanks to the courage and commitment of its board of regents.
The Sanders insurgency: A return to the ‘secular sacred’?
The Sanders phenomenon is ostensibly secular, but it has a lot in common with what historian Steve Fraser calls the “secular sacred” moral center of 19th-century resistance to capitalism’s amoral despoilers.
Rob Bell: podcaster, bestselling author, performer and, yes, pastor
Conjure up an image of a former mega-church pastor and you will almost certainly not envision Rob Bell.
Briles fired, Starr reassigned in Baylor shakeup
Ken Starr, previously chancellor and president, will now be chancellor and professor. Head coach Art Briles has been fired, while athletic director Ian McCaw has been place on probation.
Iona Christian community in ‘serious jeopardy’
A Christian community which attracts pilgrims from around the world to contemplate and pray amid the wild beauty of the Hebridean island of Iona is in “serious jeopardy.”
Women are leaving church, and the reason seems clear
The years that women’s church attendance began to decline are the very years when religious leaders in the Catholic Church and the evangelical movement fused religion with the culture wars.