American Culture

“The combination of ignorance, fear, and hatred wielded against conservative Christians in progressive quarters is disturbing.” - David French

“A monologue from Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson has provoked vigorous debate among Christian thought leaders and writers, particularly about populism and the breakdown of the family in America.” - CPost

“Among both Christians and Americans more broadly, 84 percent perceive nurses as having “high” or “very high” honesty and ethical standards….Doctors and pharmacists, as well as police officers and accountants, also outrank pastors.” - CToday

“In the open-ended question, Americans are mostly likely to say family is an important source of meaning (40 percent), and in the closed-ended question they’re most likely to report they find “a great deal” of meaning in spending time with family (69 percent)….almost a fourth (23 percent) find meaning in finances and money.” - Acton

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“The average American man dies five years before the average American woman, in part because of increased death rates among males from opioids, alcohol, and suicide.” - Intellectual Takeout

“The data… show that alcohol-related deaths have climbed steadily from the 19,469 deaths recorded in 1999. Deaths from misusing alcohol did not decline at any time since that period, and they included not only alcohol poisonings but also alcoholic liver disease and cirrhosis.

“While similar numbers disagreed in 2014 and 2018 (18 and 19 percent respectively), the percentage who said they were unsure if Christmas should be more about Jesus jumped from 3 percent four years ago to 16 percent today.” - Baptist Standard

Review of The Devil’s Music: How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock ’n’ Roll - Christianity Today

“Pew Research Center found 59 percent of college-educated individuals have considered making changes in their religious congregation. However, only 38 percent of the participants who completed high school or lower types of education did the same.” - WRN