“About a quarter of U.S. adults (27%) now say they think of themselves as spiritual but not religious, up 8 percentage points in five years,” Pew Research Center reported… Read: “The religious right isn’t doing much for religion” from SFGATE
Read MoreSomeone wrote recently that “Discussion forums are dead,” now that Facebook and Twitter have become such huge magnets for online social discourse. Is that so? Is there really no longer a place on the internet for an entirely public forum, where anyone can pose questions and engage with others on topics that are of significance to them? Enclaves of Private Groups One could argue that Facebook and Twitter are not actually...
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“How many of you God loving, or fearing, Christians get high before going to church? No, really, I’m asking. You don’t have to answer me, but the folks at addictions.com did in fact inquire about Christians and their cannabis, and other drug, habits. The results were quite fascinating, at least for this non-Christian academic religion egghead.” Read more: “Drugs, Spirituality, and Scoring in Church” from Huffington...
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”According to polling by the Pew Research Center on Religion & Public Life, roughly one-quarter of all U.S. adults now define themselves as spiritual but not religious.” “But what defines spirituality? What is spiritual practice? Must it be attached to a religion? At Lancaster Theological Seminary on Tuesday, a small gathering of seminary guests discussed spirituality — what it means and how it is manifested.” Read more: “The...
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