Religion

Church Attendance: Steeples’ Long Descent

For people of faith, the times are growing more uncertain.
Pontifex Sex Vex

An increasingly dark cloud of sex-abuse scandals gathers over the Catholic church.
[Mood Riffs] Fewer “Nuns” Down Under

Australia’s 2016 national census found a revealed a startlingly unholy statistic.
[Mood Riffs] Fall in the Faithful, Rise in the “Nones”

“These declines aren’t happening fast, but the signs are now unmistakable.”
[Mood Riffs] Religious Identity Gets Weaker

How did positive social mood downsize America’s protestant core?
[Article] A Tale of Two Moods

Chuck Thompson outlines twelve notable social expressions of these contrasting mood trends.
[Article] Global Mood Gets Darker

Global cyber wars. Independence referendums. Border restrictions. Nuclear weapons. Impeachments. Fringe candidates.
[Mood Riffs] Kentucky Freed Christian

A county clerk in Kentucky – defied several court orders and refused to issue marriage licenses.
[Article] A Seven-Decade Secular Shift: How Positive Mood Downsized America’s Protestant Core

Alan Hall explains that a long-term positive social mood trend has contributed to this secular shift.
[Mood Riffs] Tolerance, Religion, and Drugs

Over 600 Christian churches call for an end to the War on Drugs.

Church Attendance: Steeples’ Long Descent