by Starlette Thomas | Mar 11, 2025 | News
According to a new study from Lifeway Research, one in four Americans (26%) surveyed observe Lent, while 74% skip the 40-day observation before Easter, which is traditionally marked by fasting. The two groups most likely to say they participate in Lent are Catholics...
by Starlette Thomas | Mar 10, 2025 | Opinion
“Was that ‘The Color Purple’?” I turned to my teenage cousin and asked as the lights in the theater came on. “Yes,” she said. I couldn’t believe what I had seen. I was six years old when the film adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning epistolary novel...
by Starlette Thomas | Mar 7, 2025 | Feature, Feature|News|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
The second edition of “African Americans and Religious Freedom: New Perspectives for Congregations and Communities” was released on February 28. A new preface ushers in a collection of essays rich and dynamic in religious practices, political cultures, and knowledge...
by Starlette Thomas | Mar 6, 2025 | News
The Pew Research Center shares its Religious Landscape Study (RLS) and finds Christianity in the United States, which has been on a steady decline, is stabilizing. The percentage of those who identify as “religiously unaffiliated” has increased. Over the past 17...
by Starlette Thomas | Mar 4, 2025 | News
A new Gallup poll finds global philanthropy in significant decline. While a surge in charitable activities was noted in 2021 and 2023, last year, the numbers of people donating, volunteering and helping strangers were all down. In 2024, more than half of adults...
