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  • February 2008
    • More Americans Cut Church Ties

      More Americans Cut Church Ties

      (Newser) - Americans are swapping  religious affiliations at an accelerating rate, with 50% choosing  a different denomination than the one they were raised in, and 16%—double the number 20 years ago—saying the have no ties to a particular church, a new survey of religious life finds. That doesn't mean they're atheists, the Pew Forum report released yesterday concludes; only 1.6% say they are non-believers. More »

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      religion   immigration   Catholic Church   evangelicals   America   secularism   faith   Latinos   churchgoers

  • January 2008
    • Shunning Makes a Comeback in US Churches

      Shunning Makes a Comeback in US Churches

      (Newser) - In an effort to reclaim their churches' role as moral authority, many Protestant ministers have reinstated the all-but-lost practice of shunning unrepentant sinners from their congregations. And while nobody's yet had to pin a scarlet "A" to their Sunday best, the consequences of the puritanical revival have weighed heavy on some so-called sinners, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      megachurches   confession   pastor   Protestants   Baptists   churchgoers   moral authority

  • September 2007

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