Rising Spiritual Openness in America
"three out of four (74%) say they want to grow spiritually. Additionally, the same proportion (77%) say they believe in a higher power." - Barna
"three out of four (74%) say they want to grow spiritually. Additionally, the same proportion (77%) say they believe in a higher power." - Barna
"The book is called Nonverts: The Making of Ex-Christian America, by a British sociologist named Stephen Bullivant. It’s not just an important book, it’s the best-written and most readable work of religious sociology that I’ve read in a very long time." - David French
"...nons? They’re nondenominational Protestants whose local congregations are wholly self-governing and independent of traditional denominations" - GetReligion
"In 2020, the British Social Attitudes Survey used a more precise question about Christianity.... In that survey, 53% of UK respondents claimed no religion and only 37% claimed Christianity" - CPost
"Several million people did not randomly, suddenly have several million individual changes of heart in the space of 40-odd years. Kudos to Bullivant for his cultural history, summarized in six clear statements at the end of the chapter." - CToday
See also: Why Americans are leaving their churches - RNS
"USRC said the SBC registered 17,649,040 adherents and had the largest number of congregations among all denominations.... with nearly 5,000 more congregations identifying as nondenominational, Christian adherents in the group swelled to 21,095,641." - CPost
"Most teenagers around the world have a positive perception of him. About half of all teens, across faith groups, describe Jesus as 'loving' (49%) and believe he offers hope to (46%) and cares about people (43%)." - Barna