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Dear Democrats: Four religion requests from non-religious Americans

by Hemant Mehta
December 13, 2019

(RNS) — While by no means our only matter of concern, toning down talk of faith in politics would show some respect to what is rapidly becoming the largest ‘religious’ group in the country.

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Christianity as we know it is dying. Let's welcome the new life ahead.

by Amy Butler
October 30, 2019

(RNS) — A new survey confirms that people aren't leaving faith; they are leaving Christianity. Imagine if, instead of preserving dying institutions, we used our time and money to transform how we do good in the world?

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Kenyan atheist demands Quakers revoke his membership 

by fredrick nzwili
October 24, 2019

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Harrison Mumia, president of the Atheists in Kenya Society, applied to the church to cancel his membership and remove any records associated with him, since he no longer considers himself a Christian.

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Tennessee pastor posts video burning book that critiques Christian nationalism

by Aysha Khan
October 24, 2019

(RNS) — A conservative evangelical pastor in Tennessee posted a video of himself on social media burning a book by an atheist lawyer who argued the U.S. was not built as a Christian nation.

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American faith groups agree: Trump should act more presidential

by bob smietana, Jack Jenkins
October 22, 2019

(RNS) — American faith groups are just as divided as political parties — disagreeing about immigration policy, climate change and the future of the country, according to a new poll from the Public Religion Research Institute. One thing they do agree on is that they wish President Trump would act more presidential.

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Pew report: Older US Christians being quickly replaced by young 'nones'

by Yonat Shimron
October 17, 2019

(RNS) — The latest survey shows Christians have declined by 12 percentage points over the past decade.

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Secular Student Alliance has seen growth at religiously affiliated colleges

by Heather Adams
September 6, 2019

LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Two roommates are starting Fordham University’s first Secular Student Alliance chapter — one of 10 new chapters that have been started recently at religiously affiliated schools.

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Glamour and unattainability is out. Spiritual refreshment is in

by Tara Isabella Burton
August 23, 2019

(RNS) — Today’s advertisements are designed to evoke different and more numinous emotions: spiritual well-being, an inward journey, a moral sensibility. We’re buying the very things that organized religion used to provide us for free.

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Just like political parties, religious groups see their rivals as extremists

by Ryan Burge
August 9, 2019

(RNS) — White evangelicals and atheists sum up the political landscape the same way: “My party is moderate and sensible, while the other party is filled with extremists.”

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A celebrant of atheism and humanism: Susan Jacoby

by Jonathan Woodward
July 28, 2019

"When I say I don't believe in God... I don't mean that that is written on my pillow, and that's the first thing I say when I look in the ...

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Most Americans can define atheists, Easter; don’t know US share of Muslims, Jews

by Adelle M. Banks
July 23, 2019

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Jews, atheists and agnostics scored highest — with each getting answers correct more than half of the time. Evangelical Protestants also had high scores compared with other groups.

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School for missionary children in Japan investigating allegations of past abuse

by Emily McFarlan Miller
July 12, 2019

(RNS) — The Christian Academy in Japan is investigating 66 cases of alleged past abuse at the school spanning decades.

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Atheist ashram on Lord Krishna's home turf roils India's Hindu nationalists

by Priyadarshini Sen
June 19, 2019

(RNS) — Two brothers who once devoutly supported the Hindu nationalist agenda have turned to rationalism, attracting attacks from religious leaders and politicians.

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Remembering a woman of valor: 4 gifts Rachel Held Evans gave us

by Katelyn Beaty
May 4, 2019

(RNS) — Instead of throwing out God or church, Rachel Held Evans demonstrated a robust Christian faith outside the bounds of evangelicalism, making sure that that world’s gatekeepers don’t have the final say about one’s standing before Christ.

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Can the super rich help the regular rich solve their problem, asks empty tomb, inc.

by RNS Press Release Distribution Service
April 16, 2019

Christians who are super rich can provide the vision casting to help Christians who are the regular rich succeed in this matter of life and death: 3,000 children under five ...

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