by Martin Marty | Oct 4, 2012 | Opinion
The column series Sightings lives week by week. In my other life as a historian for 60 years, I have lived by 250- and 500-year chunks of American life. My colleagues and I know that you cannot write religious history, the history of religions and of religious people...
by Adelle M. Banks | Dec 22, 2010 | News
(RNS) While nearly all Americans celebrate Christmas, most focus more on family than religious traditions, a new survey shows. Out of a list of 14 things people do at Christmas, the most common activity—at 89 percent—was giving gifts to family members, reports LifeWay...
by Mark Woods | Dec 30, 2009 | Opinion
The latest British Social Attitudes Survey is interesting, though perhaps not quite as informative as its compilers believe. Â Religious faith, they claim, has declined sharply in Britain over the last two decades. Now only 50 percent of people describe themselves as...