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Survey: White evangelicals oppose abortion; all other religious groups support it
By Yonat Shimron — May 6, 2022
(RNS) — US religions have wide-ranging opinions on legality of abortion. But most support legal abortion.
Atheists, spurred by growing ranks, gather for first time since start of pandemic
By Heather Greene — April 20, 2022
ATLANTA (RNS) — Despite frustrations with the current political climate, there was an overall sense of hope buoyed by the growing number of young people identifying as nonbelievers.
An awakening is coming to American religion. You won’t hear about it from the pulpit.
By Joshua Stanton and Benjamin Spratt — April 12, 2022
(RNS) — The future of American religion resides with innovative lay leaders who focus on empowerment, rather than power.
Graduate Theological Union’s GTUx is launched to spiritually equip ‘nones,’ activists
By Kathryn Post — March 11, 2022
(RNS) — Their new online learning hub for interreligious activism aims to reach new audiences.
A 300-year-old church hopes to connect with spiritual but not religious neighbors
By Bob Smietana — February 15, 2022
(RNS) — Facing a future where organized religion is on the decline, Trinity Episcopal Church hopes to offer spiritual community for the nones.
Scholar: America is still reacting to the religious right, in more ways than one
By Jack Jenkins — January 13, 2022
(RNS) — The shadow of the religious right is long, and may be hindering the ability of modern-day Christian conservatives to stifle radicalism.
Poll: America growing more secular by the year
By Yonat Shimron — December 14, 2021
(RNS) — Just 63% of Americans self-identified as Christian this year, a marked drop from 75% a decade ago.
What the ‘spiritual but not religious’ have in common with radical Protestants of 500 years ago
By Christopher Schelin — November 1, 2021
(The Conversation) — So-called Spiritualists split off from Martin Luther’s Reformation 500 years ago, but some of their ideas carry on.
If faith leaders want to reach Gen Z, meet them in the streets
By Josh Packard, William J. Barber II, and A. Kazimir Brown — October 21, 2021
(RNS) — New data show that 20% of ‘very religious’ young people say they engage in acts of protest on a daily basis.
The Sunday Assembly hopes to organize a godless future. It’s not easy.
By Bob Smietana — September 24, 2021
(RNS) — At its peak, there were about 70 congregations in the Sunday Assembly movement. About half have shut down or gone dormant.
Deconstructed. Deconverted. Not Defriended.
By Jonathan Woodward — June 9, 2021
Katelyn and Roxy reflect on friends who have left the faith. Audrey Assad joins the episode to share her own spiritual journey away from Christianity.
The hollowing out of American religion
By Mark Silk — April 5, 2021
(RNS) — Its consequences for American politics are hard to exaggerate.
Gallup: Fewer than half of Americans belong to a church or other house of worship
By Bob Smietana — March 29, 2021
(RNS) — While Americans still believe in God, a growing number have dropped out of organized religion.
The ‘nones’ are growing — and growing more diverse
By Jana Riess — March 24, 2021
(RNS) — ‘Church attendance is the first thing that goes, then belonging, and finally belief—in that order,’ says Ryan Burge, author of a new book on who is leaving religion and why. ‘Belief goes last.’
Study: Most Black ‘nones’ believe in God or higher power, fewer pray regularly
By Adelle M. Banks — March 23, 2021
(RNS) — Nones comprise about one-fifth — 21% — of Black adults in the U.S. Eighteen percent say their religion is ‘nothing in particular.’
