American Culture

“Some people are misusing ‘civilizational moment’ as a fancy word for the present moment. No, it has a real definition. A civilizational moment is that period, not a day, a period when a civilization loses touch with what made it great.” - Os Guinness

“After peaking in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the divorce rate has been falling in recent decades. In fact, the divorce rate has hit a 50-year-low. Since the 1980s, each cohort of married couples has seen their risk of divorce decline, as the figure below indicates.” - IFS

“In 2022, trust fell to 31% of Americans and has been at 32% the previous two years. For the first time since 2020, however, the church has experienced a significant jump in trust.” - Lifeway

“This book is particularly powerful because it was written by Ivy League elites and published by an Ivy League press. This isn’t an outsider critique. It’s a case compiled and a judgment rendered by individuals who occupy space among American elite culture.” - TGC

“Our statistical analyses found that supernatural beliefs in the United States tend to group into four types. The first represents what many consider ‘traditional religious beliefs.’ These include beliefs in God, the existence of angels and demons….

“Historically and currently, cultural anthropologists identify three primary subcultures: Folk, high, and popular/mass. According to musicologists, these subcultures also identify the three main musical genres.” - P&D

“How a Supreme Court case aimed to change marriage but redefined family instead.” - Breakpoint

“Arguments started on July 10, 1925, at the Rhea County Courthouse. The trial may have begun as a determination of whether Scopes had violated the Butler Act, but both sides soon focused on debating the relative merits of biblical cosmology versus Darwinian theory.” - The Conversation

“From 2000 to 2017, the share of Protestants in the U.S. fell from 57% to 46%, and Catholics dropped from 25% to 21%, while religious nones jumped from 8% to 20%. Since that time, however, each group has remained within a few percentage points of its share. Currently, Protestants are at 45%, Catholics are at 21%, and the unaffiliated are at 22%.” - Baptist Press

“While reporting relatively low levels of attendance at Mass, almost half of US adults (47%) say they have a personal or family relationship to Catholicism, a new Pew Research Center survey finds.” - RNS