Ahead of the Trend • North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Michigan saw drops in total religious adherents of at least 10%. Some Idaho counties became more religious. (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Father Martin Diaz, pastor of Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, celebrates […]
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(RNS) — For the most part, religious Americans say their LGBTQ neighbors should be free of discrimination when they are at work, in public or at home. This is true even among groups that oppose same-sex marriage. One place they disagree is over whether businesses — such as cake bakers […]
Amazingly, irrespective of a war in Ukraine, labor shortages in the US, biting inflation for customers, a looming financial debt-ceiling showdown and an intense eight interest charge hikes in a calendar year, America’s economic engine is buzzing together. Even though that may possibly seem like great news for Most important […]
(RNS) — Boston University religion professor Stephen Prothero doesn’t believe in fate. Or in divine providence. But about a decade ago, the universe tapped him on the shoulder and gave him a job to do. Prothero, who lives on Cape Cod, was at a Labor Day party when Judy Kaess, […]
JACKSON, Tenn. — When he looked to the future, Grayson Hart always saw a college degree. He was a good student at a good high school. He wanted to be an actor, or maybe a teacher. Growing up, he believed college was the only route to a good job, stability […]
(RNS) — A single of the definitely exceptional attributes of the United States is its unbelievably various religious landscape. A county or region dominated by a one religious team is the exception, not the rule. Students have pointed to this religious levels of competition as a single of the factors religion […]