by Good Faith Media | Jan 3, 2022 | News
Perspectives on God and faith have evolved throughout human history, and this type of development can be found even within the biblical narrative. Phases of Faith in the Biblical Story is the latest title from Nurturing Faith Books, Good Faith Media’s publishing...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jan 3, 2022 | News
The equivalent of a garbage truck worth of plastic enters the world’s oceans every minute, according to a report published Dec. 1 by The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine. Worldwide, of the roughly 2 billion metric tons (BMT) of annual waste, 242...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 30, 2021 | News
Pope Francis was the sole religious leader on YouGov’s “Most Admired” lists for 2021. He was the 16th most admired man this year – up three spots from his 2020 ranking in which he was also the only religious leader. Surveying over 42,000 people in 38 nations,...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 29, 2021 | News
There were 1,215,821 people in U.S. state and federal prisons at the end of 2020 and 549,100 in U.S. jails at mid-year 2020, according to two Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reports published in early December. This is a 15% (214,400-person) and a 25%...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 28, 2021 | News
Less than half of U.S. adults say that religion is very important to them, according to an AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research report published Dec. 14. Among all respondents, 26% said religion is extremely important in their lives, 19% said very important and...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 27, 2021 | News
Religious life in the U.S. is “showing signs of slowly returning to normal,” according to an AP-NORC report published Dec. 19 and based on a survey conducted in October. Nearly one quarter (21%) of all U.S. adults are currently attending in-person religious services...
