According to a new report, "American Nones: The Profile of the No Religion Population," current demographic trends indicate that within…
The growing “religious none” category
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Dramatizing belief
Guardian contributor Theo Hobson appeals for a more theatrical Protestantism.
ISA now fielding sociology of religion papers
The International Sociological Association's Research Committee on Sociology of Religion has issued acall for papers for the World Congress of Sociology,…
Nick Spencer on “Darwin’s complex loss of faith”
In the Guardian, Nick Spencer tries to paint a more complex picture of Charles Darwin's break with Christianity than have…
Agents of God and the Chicago school of economics
Reporting from the 9/12 rally in Washington D.C. this past weekend, Lisa Lebo pries into the unholy alliance of religious…
Jewish identity beyond borders
Dimi Reider writes in the Guardian that, much to the chagrin of organizations promoting a vision of purified cultural and…
“Randism” on trial
Senior New Republic editor Jonathan Chait assails the the religion of Rand, evidently one of the fastest growing confessions in…
Debt and devotion
Manya A. Brachear reports in the Los Angeles Times on one major obstacle standing between monasticism and modern life.
Curiosity: vice or virtue?
Stanley Fish assesses the contending conceptions of curiosity in Christian and Enlightenment thought.
John Milbank and the theology of human rights
John Milbank, in his recent essay "Against Human Rights" (PDF), contends that Christian thought demands a notion and practice of…