With all the animosity and arguments currently tearing at our country, are Americans increasingly confused on fundamental questions of faith? Recent figures gathered for the authoritative General Social Survey by the University of Chicago,...
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In recent years, the percentage of Americans who describe themselves as religiously “unaffiliated” has radically increased, even while Christian believers maintain their disproportionate domination of the United States Congress. In...
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This Friday, Jews around the world will celebrate the holiday of Purim – the most joyous day of our ancient calendar. Oddly enough, this year’s festival sends messages with special relevance to the fraught, anxious American moment we...
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The Netflix series TIGER KING drew 35 million viewers in its first 10 days of release, likely qualifying as the most successful documentary in television or movie history. Producer-director Eric Goode presents a rich cast of indescribably...
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— By Diane Medved — In the midst of the frightening coronavirus crisis, I saw so many heartening acts of kindness: Two neighbors brought folding chairs and sat in a driveway 10 feet from an elderly woman living alone,...
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I recently received an e-mail from a thoughtful listener who challenged my commitment to faith and God. “You’re a smart person,” she wrote, “who emphasizes evidence and logic. How then, can you give such importance in your life to...
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For sixty years, Gallup has asked about public attitudes toward faith, giving respondents a clear choice: “Do you believe that religion can answer all or most of today’s problems, or that religion is largely old-fashioned and...
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Liberals regularly attack the Republican Party as too white, too rich, too male and too old. But the New York Times recently slammed Congressional Republicans as much too Christian. Of 293 Republicans in the House and Senate, 291 identify...
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A recent New York Times headline clearly intended to alarm readers. “The New Congress is 91% Christian,” the newspaper declared. “That’s barely budged since 1961.” Since “the percentage of Christians among the United States...
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For 30 years, social science has shown that religion is good for sex: long-term couples who attend religious services regularly and say they are serious about scriptural teaching, report that they enjoy both more active and more satisfying...
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