Barbara Brown Taylor Once you have given up knowing who is right, it is easy to see neighbors everywhere you look. Lately I have begun to notice how my holy envy of friends in other traditions moves around the circle back to me. An observant Jewish friend tells me that he…
Uncategorized US Muslims gave more to charity than other Americans in 2020 Muslim Americans gave more to charity in 2020 than non-Muslims, a new study found. They are also more likely to volunteer, we learned. https://theconversation.com/us-muslims-gave-more-to-charity-than-other-americans-in-2020-170689
Brian McLaren What makes religious doubt so challenging What makes religious doubt so challenging is that in almost every religious community, the box of normative beliefs contains beliefs of each kind - personal, historical, aesthetic, scientific, moral, and…
Brian McLaren When the meaning and belonging modules are out of alignment Now when it comes to intellectual doubt, you’re dealing primarily with your meaning module, the part of your brain committee that thinks critically and analytically. But your meaning module’s independent…
Uncategorized White Christian Nationalism in the United States: An Online Mini-Conference https://raac.iupui.edu/programs/events/white-christian-nationalism-in-the-united-states-an-online-mini-conference/
Amanda Henderson We have minimal experience or historical perspective As an American society, we have minimal experience of or historical perspective on the vast diversity of religious beliefs, practices, histories, and cultures present in the United States. We have…
Brian McLaren When a paradigm fails For many of us, faith is our map of reality, our map of the universe. It tells us where we are, where we’ve been, where we’re going, where to turn.…
Robert P. Jones The path to herd immunity runs through America’s faith communities Residents of many of the most vaccine-hesitant areas in the United States turn out to be remarkably receptive to faith-based interventions. By Robert P. Jones and Eboo Patel https://religionnews.com/2021/05/24/the-path-to-herd-immunity-runs-through-americas-faith-communities/
Religion News Service The Fulton Supreme Court decision could increase discrimination against religious minorities While most of the analysis of this case has centered on the possible impact on LGBTQ Americans, we should also be aware of how a potential ruling could affect religious…
Uncategorized What We Believe About History by Kristin Kobes Du Mez https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/27/special-series/kristin-kobes-du-mez-what-we-believe-about-history.html
Uncategorized 3 Confessions Of A Recovering Ex-Evangelical Pastor by Dr. Jeff Burns https://www.patheos.com/blogs/jeffburns/2021/05/3-confessions-of-a-recovering-ex-evangelical-pastor/
Religion News Service Study: Multiracial Methodist churches draw and keep more people than their white counterparts from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/04/16/study-multiracial-methodist-churches-draw-and-keep-more-people-than-their-white-counterparts/
Uncategorized Can the Meritocracy Find God? from the New York Times Opinion section The secularization of America probably won’t reverse unless the intelligentsia gets religion. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/opinion/sunday/religion-meritocracy-god.html
The Guardian ‘Allergic reaction to US religious right’ fueling decline of religion, experts say Alison Gill, vice-president for legal and policy at American Atheists, who authored a report into the creep of Christian extremism in the US, warned that the drop-off in religious adherence…
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons Why I’m going to church for Easter by Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/03/opinions/easter-jesus-gallup-poll-church-decline-graves-fitzsimmons/index.html
Religion News Service Study: Americans overwhelmingly support LGBTQ nondiscrimination laws The 2020 American Values Atlas study from PRRI finds that at least 60% of every U.S. religious group favors laws that would protect LGBTQ people from discrimination. But religious leaders…
Brian McLaren Secular Today’s guest quote is by Brian D. McLaren, from Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road?: “What we call the secular is actually the realm or domain…
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons Conservatives opposing the Equality Act don’t speak for most people of faith, and they know it by Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons Most Americans, including religious ones, support LGBTQ people's right to nondiscriminatory treatment. So conservative fearmongers switched tactics. https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/conservatives-opposing-equality-act-don-t-speak-most-people-faith-ncna1258910
Religion News Service Want to understand Black experience? Learn about African American faith, survey finds from Religion News Service - A significant percentage of Black church attendees — 69% — agree that pastors of Black congregations are the African American community’s most important leaders. https://religionnews.com/2021/02/19/want-to-understand-black-experience-learn-about-african-american-faith-survey-finds/
Diana Butler Bass Three Views of Jeep’s Bruce Springsteen Commercial from Diana Butler Bass: https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/a-better-middle?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copy from Jeffrey Salkin: https://religionnews.com/2021/02/09/super-bowl-jeep/ from Amanda Tyler https://religionnews.com/2021/02/11/dear-jeep-christian-nationalism-cannot-unite-us/
Religion News Service National unity isn’t just possible, it’s worth working for The question is not really whether we can achieve national unity. It is whether we are willing to do the work. https://religionnews.com/2021/02/02/national-unity-isnt-just-possible-its-worth-working-for/
