The Sunday Assembly: Time for a Religion Free Megachurch Revival?
Becky Garrison explores what’s really going on with the growth of atheist churches. Continue Reading →
Tag: Pew
Mormon, Schmormon
Things we love about the new Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life poll on “Mormons in America?” So glad you asked:
Substitute your own word in here: “Many _____ feel they are misunderstood, discriminated against and not accepted by other Americans as part of mainstream society.” Continue Reading →
Global Evangelicals: Prudes vs. Oppressed
Abby Ohlheiser: As some in the media try to speculate on the role of religion in the GOP primaries and the 2012 elections, Pew and Gallup are polling for a clue. But a separate Pew poll last week caught my eye: a survey of 2,196 leaders (representing 166 countries) of evangelical leaders from the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization. The leaders, mostly male, middle-aged (only 5% were under the age of 30), and college educated, were asked questions that seemed intent on creating a clearer picture of what global “evangelical” Christianity is by qualifying the cluster of practices and beliefs in their most amorphous form. Continue Reading →
Breaking News: Americans Don't Know Much About Religion
Elissa Lerner: If you’re reading this you a) are likely aware of Laurie Goodstein’s hot-button column yesterday digesting the Pew Forum’s recent survey about America’s religious ignorance and b) probably scored abnormally highly on the 6-question pop quiz. (Overachievers, here is the Pew’s 15-question quiz.) Congratulations! As frightening (and unsurprising) as these findings may be, there are some other issues to address here. Are we really still referring to “Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism” as “world religions” and neatly separating them from Christianity? Could Pew really not find enough statistical significance of Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist American responses to this survey? Continue Reading →
Breaking News: Americans Don’t Know Much About Religion
Elissa Lerner: If you’re reading this you a) are likely aware of Laurie Goodstein’s hot-button column yesterday digesting the Pew Forum’s recent survey about America’s religious ignorance and b) probably scored abnormally highly on the 6-question pop quiz. (Overachievers, here is the Pew’s 15-question quiz.) Congratulations! As frightening (and unsurprising) as these findings may be, there are some other issues to address here. Are we really still referring to “Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism” as “world religions” and neatly separating them from Christianity? Could Pew really not find enough statistical significance of Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist American responses to this survey? Continue Reading →
Breaking News: Americans Don’t Know Much About Religion
Elissa Lerner: If you’re reading this you a) are likely aware of Laurie Goodstein’s hot-button column yesterday digesting the Pew Forum’s recent survey about America’s religious ignorance and b) probably scored abnormally highly on the 6-question pop quiz. (Overachievers, here is the Pew’s 15-question quiz.) Congratulations! As frightening (and unsurprising) as these findings may be, there are some other issues to address here. Are we really still referring to “Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism” as “world religions” and neatly separating them from Christianity? Could Pew really not find enough statistical significance of Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist American responses to this survey? Continue Reading →
Magic Numbers
Just released: The Pew Internet and American Life Project‘s survey on “Faith Online.”We’re especially delighted to announce this goldmine of data and analysis because it’s authored by Center for Religion and Media (another Pew Continue Reading →
Pew's Centers of Excellence
The Revealer is published by New York University’s Center for Religion and Media, one of the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Centers of Excellence. Pew’s Centers of Excellence, located on many of the Continue Reading →
Pew’s Centers of Excellence
The Revealer is published by New York University’s Center for Religion and Media, one of the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Centers of Excellence. Pew’s Centers of Excellence, located on many of the Continue Reading →
The "God Gulf" at The New York Times
In a bold attempt to coin a new catchphrase, Nicholas Kristof of The New York Timeswrites of the “God gulf” between liberal and conservative Americans. A “red state/blue state divide,” he claims, “overlaps an evangelical/secular Continue Reading →