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Religious Trends

Calif. Court Declares Proposition 8 Unconstitutional

By sifilings on Tue, 02/07/12
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A federal appeals court on Tuesday declared California’s same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for likely consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that a lower court judge correctly interpreted the U.S.

Lame Poetry, False Dichotomies, and Bad Theology

By filingspost on Fri, 01/13/12
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“[Jeff Bethke is ] rehearsing a popular evangelical trope, that the freedom that Christians find through Jesus is freedom from structure, organization, and authority.”

Should we "feel God" at church?

By SharperIron on Tue, 01/10/12
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“Among those who attend church every week, 44% said they experience God’s presence every week and 18% do so on a monthly basis.” Barna Study: What People Experience in Churches

LifeWay Survey: Unchurched Do Not Ponder Life's Purpose, Afterlife

By SharperIron on Tue, 12/27/11
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“Half of the Americans who do not attend church also do not wonder if there is an ultimate purpose for their lives or the possibility that God has a plan for them”

Top Ten Christian News Stories of 2011

By filingspost on Wed, 12/21/11
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The Top 10 Christian News Stories of 2011

Religion newsmakers of 2011: Harold Camping, Pope Benedict XVI... and Rick Perry?

By SharperIron on Sun, 12/18/11
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  • Rick Perry ties pope, doomsday prophet in poll
  • The Religion Newswriters poll

"52 percent of Democrats seldom or never attend church"

By Filings on Wed, 11/09/11
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“A Gallup poll released Monday highlights the religious spilt … showing that 52 percent of Democrats seldom or never attend church. And the percentage of Democrats who attend church weekly has dropped two percentage points – down from 29 to 27 percent – since the first quarter of 2008.” Fewer Democrats in Church?

"70% Evangelicals in the U.S. ... say they think of themselves first as Christians rather than as Americans."

By SharperIron on Wed, 10/19/11
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Stats also on global religious freedom, changes in faith in NYC since 9/11/2001. Go Figure

"Economics and finance have not escaped the onslaught of anti-Christian thought"

By filingspost on Thu, 08/25/11
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http://www.worldmag.com/articles/18509 ]Bottom line: No discipline escapes the overall intellectual trends of our time.

"Over the last generation or so, religious belief in the U.S. has experienced a 'softening' that effects everything from whether people go to worship services regularly to whom they marry."

By SharperIron on Tue, 08/23/11
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Duke prof.: American’s religious faith waning

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