Apologia Report (July 9) an evangelical newsletter on cults and apologetics, notes that the late psychic Edgar Cayce’s Association for Research and Enlightenment (ARE) has lost nearly 80,000 members in the past 10 years and $4.5 million in the past two.” Citing a report in the Virginia Pilot newspaper, the newsletter adds that the organization also faces a […]
Faith-filled vacations gain favor among Americans
Americans are increasingly meshing their vacations with their faith, reports Beliefnet, the religion web site. While visits to shrines, retreat centers and other spiritual sites have been growing in recent years, more recently the travel industry — from religious tour books to Christian travel agents — is propelling the trend even further. Irving Hexham, the editor […]
Census figures suggest retuning, relocating ethnic ministries
Metropolitan and urban areas are becoming so diverse in the U.S. that the old models of urban and even suburban ministry don’t have much relevance. That is the major lesson that the recent Census figures suggest to religious organizations, according to the current issue of Visions (March/April), a newsletter on demography and religion. The data on changes […]
Summer conventions show old divisions, new directions
The denominational conventions held so far this summer have signaled both revived conflicts and new directions among U.S. church bodies. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) continues on a course of conflict after its recent General Assembly. In the last few years, liberals claimed they were being shut out of the church through legislation that prohibited same-sex […]
July, 2001
01: Christian futurist Leonard Sweet is practicing what he preaches on the Internet. As the godfather of the postmodern — “Pomo” to insiders — ministry movement, he advocates that Christianity must meet postmoderns where they live and speak to them in their language. While Sweet is adamant that “a spirit that loves Christ and loves […]
On/File: July 2001
01: The Center for Contemplative Mind seeks to bring its teachings on contemplation and spirituality to a diverse clientele, including social and environmental activists, prisoners, lawyers, and business people. The center, started in 1997, has attracted some of the leading corporations to its programs on “contemplative values,” including the chemical corporation Monsanto, as well as the Green Group, a group […]
Findings & Footnotes: July 2001
01: This is the first July issue of Religion Watch to come off the press in our 16 years of publishing. As might be expected, the move from a combined July/August issue to two separate issues involves more time and money. As summer is usually a dry time for new subscriptions and renewals, we welcome gift subscriptions and […]
Evangelical missions, relief groups turn to AIDS concerns
After years of ignoring or downplaying the effect of AIDS in Africa, missionary organizations and churches are joining forces in the prevention and treatment of the fast-spreading disease. Charisma News Service, (June 27) reports that those attending the United Nations General Assembly’s special session on AIDS in New York in June found many representatives from worldwide […]
Current Research: July 2001
01: Americans are as much divided by class as race when it comes to church attendance, according to a recent analysis featured in Re:Generation Quarterly (Vol. 7, No. 1). In analyzing recent General Social Surveys, Joy Borkholder finds that as Americans move up the income brackets, both blacks and whites are more likely to attend church with the other […]
Opposition to Muslims forms new Jewish-Hindu alliance?
Militant Jews and Hindus living in New York are forming a new alliance, based largely on their common antagonism toward Muslims, reports the New York Times (June 2). The unusual bond was seen recently when a Web site run by militant Hindus in the New York City borough of Queens was shut down by its service provider […]
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