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Tuesday December 18, 2007
Religion Trends:
Jennifer Porter, who teaches religious studies at Memorial University in St. John’s, was struck by the religious overtones at the Orlando, Fla. theme park – so much so that she’s starting a course on it in January, with the tongue-in-cheek title Religion and Disney: Not Just Another Mickey Mouse Course.
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Monday October 1, 2007
Religion Trends • Witchcraft:
Witchcraft was once treated lightly in sitcoms such as Sabrina, The Teenage Witch and Bewitched, or demonised in horror films, but it is becoming increasingly mainstream.
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Wednesday September 26, 2007
Islam • Mormonism/Mormon Church • Religion Trends:
Most Americans know little about the faiths but say their own beliefs have little in common with them, a poll shows.
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Monday September 3, 2007
Religion Trends:
Nearly half the British think that religion is harmful, according to a poll carried out by YouGov. Yet more than half also believe in God “or something”.
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Sunday August 26, 2007
Religion Trends:
When it comes to spirituality, American young people also are remarkably tolerant — nearly 7 in 10 say that while they follow their own religious or spiritual beliefs, others might be true as well.
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Monday August 20, 2007
Islam • Religion Trends:
Europe remains divided by attitudes to Muslims and to religion in general. Two issues stand out, both highlighted by a new poll carried out for the Financial Times.
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Monday July 16, 2007
Islam • Religion Trends:
The world’s most ancient Christian communities are fleeing their birthplace.
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Monday July 2, 2007
Religion Trends:
Promising prosperity, miracle cures and life-changing spiritual experiences, the “born again” faiths that are the staple of America’s multi-millionaire televangelists are fast taking over the world’s poorest continent.
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Saturday May 5, 2007
Christianity • Religion Trends:
In an era when arena-sized churches seem all the rage, there’s another, quieter movement afoot. House churches are springing up around the world, across the country and even in Colorado Springs, a place where megachurches seem to grow like kudzu.
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Christianity • Religion Trends:
Americans are increasingly designing their lifestyles in ways that meet their needs more efficiently. This is true even in the spiritual realm, as evidenced by the rapid growth of participation in house churches across the nation.
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Wednesday May 2, 2007
Internet • Religion Trends:
Confession websites have become popular places to post your sins — or to read about the transgressions of others.
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Thursday April 26, 2007
Religion Trends:
The growing numbers of Hispanic people in the United States, and that population’s embrace of charismatic styles of worship, are reshaping the Roman Catholic Church and the nation’s religious landscape, according to a study of Hispanics and faith released Wednesday.
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U.S. Hispanics view religious and political life as intertwined, often worship in ethnic congregations and embrace a spirit-filled, charismatic style of Christianity, a new survey says.
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Tuesday April 24, 2007
Christianity • Religion Trends:
Most of the switchers who changed their house of worship without making a residential move (58%) say their old church failed to engage their faith, or put their talents to work, or it seemed hypocritical or judgmental.
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Sunday April 22, 2007
Religion Trends:
Some churches are dropping the word ‘Lord’ from their worship services. Here’s why.
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Wednesday April 18, 2007
Buddhism • Religion Trends:
Buddhism is back. With more than a hundred million followers the ancient faith is being rediscovered by young people who hitherto were happy with personal success.
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Monday April 16, 2007
Religion Trends:
A wave of research shows that increasing percentages of Latinos are abandoning church, suggesting that along with assimilation comes a measure of secularization.
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Christian comedian and blogger Chris Elrod recently wrote in his blog: “Musically (men) want AC/DC and we give them Celine Dion. Lyrically (men) want Tom Clancy and we give them Danielle Steel. Spiritually (men) want ‘Braveheart’ and we give them ‘Sleepless In Seattle.’”
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Wednesday April 4, 2007
Christianity • Religion Trends:
The majority of us believe in God, pray and think of ourselves as Christian, despite not going to church. But if you cut out the middle man, isn’t it cheating?
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Christianity • Religion Trends:
Two-thirds of those polled in the UK had not been to church in the last year, except for baptisms, weddings or funerals – but 53% identified themselves as Christian.
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Sunday March 25, 2007
Islam • Religion Trends:
Experts estimate that 30 percent of the 6 to 7 million Muslims in the U.S. are black, with only South Asians making up a larger number at 33 percent.
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Monday March 19, 2007
Christianity • Religion Trends:
The survey by the BBC shows unprecedented disquiet among church-going Britons amid claims they increasingly face prejudice in the media, the workplace and even in their own communities.
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Friday March 16, 2007
Internet • Religion Trends:
Despite the fact that religion is always in the news, visits to religious websites in the U.S. are declining rapidly.
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Internet • Religion Trends:
The Internet has become a hub of religious worship for millions of people around the world. For many cyber-worshipers, online religious life conducted at home or in an Internet cafe has replaced attendance at traditional churches, temples, mosques and synagogues.
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Monday March 12, 2007
Books • Religion Trends:
Largely ignorant when it comes to knowledge about religions, how effective can Americans be as citizens confronting a Sunni-Shiite civil war in Iraq, Bush’s term “Islamofacism,” debates on intelligent design, rulings about “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, a so-called “war on Christmas” and community arguments over Christmas displays on public property?
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