01: The U.S. is becoming a more secular country judging by the decreasing amount of time Americans spend on religious activities, including Sunday worship, according to a recent study. Drawing on time-use data (which is obtained through respondents recording their own daily activities) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, researchers Ariela Keysar, Barry Kosmin, and Benjamin […]
Christian reconstructionism — declining and rising?
Although Christian reconstructionism has declined as a movement, it is still having influence on a new generation of evangelical activists, according to the Public Eye (Fall), a left-of-center newsletter monitoring the Christian Right. Christian Reconstructionism, which teaches that America should be a Christian nation run by biblical law, has often been cited by critics of the Christian […]
‘Business as mission’ as the new frontier of evangelization
Missions and business are forming an alliance as Christian-based companies around the world are seeking to play a new role in evangelization. Christianity Today (November) reports that the phenomenon has gone by different names–from Business as Mission (BAM) to marketplace missions–but such mixing of businesses with Christian proclamation is seen as the “next great wave of evangelization.” […]
Romney’s evangelical strategy weakening Mormon base?
As Mitt Romney is making some headway in appealing to evangelical Protestant voters, he may be weakening his own Mormon base in the process, reports The New Republic magazine (Nov. 19). Romney has already angered a vocal minority of Mormons who protest that he is soft-pedaling his faith in the hopes of currying the favor of the […]
Liberation theology’s secular reincarnation?
Liberation theology may have been forced out of the front door of the Catholic Church in Latin America only to make an appearance at the back door, influencing the region’s political culture. In fact, “wherever the left has come to power in Latin America,” one finds a connection between liberation theology and secular politics, writes […]
On/File: November 2007
01: The Gospel Coalition is a new network of conservative evangelical leaders seeking to restore a firmer doctrinal identity to evangelicalism while engaging contemporary issues. The coalition, which is spearheaded by 40 prominent theologians and pastors, recently met to hammer out a confessional statement with a broadly Reformed or Calvinistic orientation. At the same time, those involved […]
Findings & Footnotes: November 2007
01: The Fall issue of the journal Nova Religio is devoted to the question ofwhether Islamic jihadism can be considered a “new religious movement” (or NRM). Increasingly, both specialists in terrorism and anti-cult and new religious movement scholars have been exchanging and borrowing ideas and concepts to deal with the terrorist threat. The issue opens with an overview […]
Gay rights and Africa’s own culture wars
African Anglican and other mainline churches’ opposition to the gay rights activism of American denominations, such as the Episcopal Church, is well-known, but such attitudes are not merely a carryover from the U.S. culture wars, writes Philip Jenkins in the New Republic magazine (October 8) Jenkins writes that Africa’s highly competitive environment, where mainstream churches such as […]
Central Asia’s search for alternative forms of Islam
Islam in Central Asia still bears the marks of the Soviet legacy, with the destructions and shrinkage of religious knowledge as well as the exclusion of religious life from public. This, however, also meant that the region has had no experience of the trend of ideological Islam, which developed during the same period in some […]
Armenia — A powerful church and low religious practice
Despite a low level of religious practice, the weak legitimacy of other institutions in Armenia has allowed the Armenian Apostolic Church to assume a significant role in the post-Soviet republic, according to one specialist. Ani Sarkissian (Michigan State University) presented her research at a panel on religion and identity in Armenia at the 8th Conference […]
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