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Parent like your religion depends on it
By Jana Riess — April 21, 2021
(RNS) — ‘Successful religious parents don’t just drop their kid off at church and then expect someone there will take care of everything,’ says researcher Amy Adamczyk. Instead, they lead by example.
When the Bible doesn’t make sense
By Jana Riess — February 12, 2021
Kristin Swenson wants to give readers space to understand that the Bible is weird, and a box full of tools to deal with that weirdness.
More young adults are leaving religion, but that’s not the whole story, say researchers
By Jana Riess — May 19, 2020
(RNS) — More young adults are leaving organized religion, but there are also some pockets of good news, even for mainline Protestant churches.
Conservative Christians have a porn problem, studies show, but not the one you think
By Jana Riess — August 6, 2019
(RNS) — Conservative Christians in the United States have a pornography problem, though it may not be the problem you think.
New research shows that women’s ordination boosts trust and commitment among some American worshippers
By Jana Riess — June 29, 2018
Women's ordination has an effect on women in the pews, a new national study finds. Congregations that give women the potential of gender equality in leadership can increase women's trust in, and commitment to, their religious communities.
Why isn’t there a ‘War on Easter’ like Christmas?
By Jonathan Merritt — March 28, 2018
Despite their many similarities, Easter has avoided the controversy that stalks Christmas. Here's why.
“Should I marry a non-Mormon?”
By Jana Riess — August 14, 2014
A Mormon reader asks whether she should marry her Greek Orthodox boyfriend.
Polygamy “not popular” among Mormon pioneers, says new book
By Jana Riess — July 29, 2014
What was life like for Mormon pioneer women in polygamy? In an excellent new book, Paula Kelly Harline lets them tell us in their own words.
Do Mormons get fair treatment in the media? A Q&A with J.B. Haws
By Jana Riess — December 17, 2013
How is Mormonism portrayed in the media, and how has that changed over the last few decades? Do Mormons get fair treatment in the press? Today, BYU historian J.B. Haws talks about his new book, "The Mormon Image in the American Mind."
Why Mormons Have the Lowest Rates of Interfaith Marriage
By Jana Riess — May 7, 2013
Interfaith marriages now make up 36% of marriages in America. So why are Mormon interfaith marriages still so rare?
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