mainline Protestant decline
Jonathan Franzen’s literary liberal Protestantism pushes limits on where God is found
By Jacob Lupfer — February 8, 2022
(RNS) — With 'Crossroads,' Franzen has elevated a rarely explored form: the Protestant Christian novel.
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.’
Why mainline Protestants might fear COVID-19 the most
By Ryan Burge — March 11, 2020
(RNS) — If COVID-19 becomes a true global pandemic, it would deeply affect mainline Protestant churches, seven of which rank in the 10 religious traditions in the United States with the oldest, and therefore most vulnerable, members.
Postcards from the Protestant decline in America
By Jana Riess — December 10, 2019
(RNS) — A weekend trip to my hometown makes the statistics more personal (and painful): Only about 1 in 5 young adults were Protestant in 2018, compared with twice that when I was in high school.
On Madison Avenue, an Episcopal priest blesses passersby
By Yonat Shimron — June 27, 2019
NEW YORK (RNS) — The Rev. Adrian Dannhauser is well aware most of the people she blesses will never enter the 155-year-old Episcopal sanctuary in the Murray Hill neighborhood — let alone sign up for membership. But that's not the point.
1 in 5 Americans Now Says No to Religion
By Jana Riess — July 30, 2012
According to a Pew survey released this month, 19% of Americans can be classified as "nones," confessing no religion. People in the church have responded with predictable handwringing and frustration to the idea of secularization, while secular "free thought" blogs are crowing that the end of affiliation in America means the death of faith. Both sides are wrong.
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