Surveying The Religious Landscape

Author : George Gallup,David Michael Lindsay
Publisher : Morehouse Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015048511664

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Surveying the Religious Landscape by George Gallup,David Michael Lindsay Pdf

These surveys will appeal to those who track religion professionally, but they will also be of interest to clergy, church members, and others interested in the spiritual landscape of today. A wide variety of beliefs and practices are surveyed including: belief in God, attendance at church or synagogue, religious beliefs of today's teenagers, views about the interaction between politics and religion, life after death, questions of ethics, and others. Surveys address the differences in beliefs among those of various faith perspectives, races, age groups, genders, and those in varying geographic locations.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Church membership
ISBN : OCLC:210094697

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United States Religious Landscape Survey, 2008 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Church membership
ISBN : OCLC:244000282

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U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, 2008 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Joel W. Martin,Mark A. Nicholas
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780807899663

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Native Americans, Christianity, and the Reshaping of the American Religious Landscape by Joel W. Martin,Mark A. Nicholas Pdf

In this interdisciplinary collection of essays, Joel W. Martin and Mark A. Nicholas gather emerging and leading voices in the study of Native American religion to reconsider the complex and often misunderstood history of Native peoples' engagement with Christianity and with Euro-American missionaries. Surveying mission encounters from contact through the mid-nineteenth century, the volume alters and enriches our understanding of both American Christianity and indigenous religion. The essays here explore a variety of postcontact identities, including indigenous Christians, "mission friendly" non-Christians, and ex-Christians, thereby exploring the shifting world of Native-white cultural and religious exchange. Rather than questioning the authenticity of Native Christian experiences, these scholars reveal how indigenous peoples negotiated change with regard to missions, missionaries, and Christianity. This collection challenges the pervasive stereotype of Native Americans as culturally static and ill-equipped to navigate the roiling currents associated with colonialism and missionization. The contributors are Emma Anderson, Joanna Brooks, Steven W. Hackel, Tracy Neal Leavelle, Daniel Mandell, Joel W. Martin, Michael D. McNally, Mark A. Nicholas, Michelene Pesantubbee, David J. Silverman, Laura M. Stevens, Rachel Wheeler, Douglas L. Winiarski, and Hilary E. Wyss.

Author : Elijah Jong Fil Kim
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621891932

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The Rise of the Global South by Elijah Jong Fil Kim Pdf

Global Christianity has been experiencing an unprecedented historical transition from the West to the non-Western world. The leadership of global Christianity has taken on a new face since the twentieth century. Christendom in Europe and America has experienced a great decline while there has been a rise in Majority World Christianity. Churches in the Global South have given their voices to global Christianity through their leadership, world mission movements, and theology. The phenomenal church growth has risen from the Pentecostal and Charismatic movement. Pentecostalism has become the dominant force in global Christianity today. The Rise of the Global South examines the significance this shift has had on global Christianity by going through the history of Christianity in the West and the causes of the shift.

Author : Jerome P. Baggett
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195326956

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Sense of the Faithful by Jerome P. Baggett Pdf

For this work, Jerome Baggett conducted 300 intensive interviews with members of six parishes to explore all aspects about whether American Catholics are really so nonchalant about how they integrate the ancient devotional practices of Catholicism with the everyday struggles of the modern world.

Author : Stephen P Kliewer,John Saultz
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781315343273

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Healthcare and Spirituality by Stephen P Kliewer,John Saultz Pdf

Here is a selection of multiple choice questions and care studies designed for candidates for the Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (DRCOG). The 90 multiple choice questions cove all major areas of the syllabus and are accompanied by extended answers to help the revision process. The case studies are ideal preparation for the other sections of the examination as well as for general revision. This book will be suitable not only for the DRCOG (and other examinations such as the MRCOG) but also for anyone wanting to update and test their understanding of obstetrics and gynaecology.

Author : Christopher H. Evans,Mark A. Lamport
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666731231

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Expanding Energy by Christopher H. Evans,Mark A. Lamport Pdf

This book is the seventh and final volume in the Global Story of Christianity series. The volume’s chapters, written by major scholars in the field, spotlight vital episodes and themes for understanding the historical development of Christianity in the United States and Canada. Serving as an accessible text for students and an informative volume for scholars, the book provides new insights into Christianity’s development in North America, offering fresh perspectives on topics frequently overlooked by scholars. The book situates the history of North American Christianity within broader themes associated with Christianity’s role as a global religion.

Author : Robert Wuthnow
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003-05-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0520939417

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All in Sync by Robert Wuthnow Pdf

Robert Wuthnow shows how music and art are revitalizing churches and religious life across the nation in this first-ever consideration of the relationship between religion and the arts. All in Sync draws on more than four hundred in-depth interviews with church members, clergy, and directors of leading arts organizations and a new national survey to document a strong positive relationship between participation in the arts and interest in spiritual growth. Wuthnow argues that contemporary spirituality is increasingly encouraged by the arts because of its emphasis on transcendent experience and personal reflection. This kind of spirituality, contrary to what many observers have imagined, is compatible with active involvement in churches and serious devotion to Christian practices. The absorbing narrative relates the story of a woman who overcame a severe personal crisis and went on to head a spiritual direction center where participants use the arts to gain clarity about their own spiritual journeys. Readers visit contemporary worship services in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Boston and listen to leaders and participants explain how music and art have contributed to the success of these services. All in Sync also illustrates how music and art are integral parts of some Episcopal, African American, and Orthodox worship services, and how people of faith are using their artistic talents to serve others. Besides examining the role of the arts in personal spirituality and in congregational life, Wuthnow discusses how clergy and lay leaders are rethinking the role of the imagination, especially in connection with traditional theological virtues. He also shows how churches and arts organizations sometimes find themselves at odds over controversial moral questions and competing claims about spirituality. Accessible, relevant, and innovative, this book is essential for anyone searching for a better understanding of the dynamic relationships among religion, spirituality, and American culture.

Author : Kay Kotan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 195089925X

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Journey Preparation by Kay Kotan Pdf

Before we head in any direction, we must first have a starting point. What does the ground under our feet look like? Are we trying to hike mountains in flip flops? Do we have a desire for something really cool to happen in the life of our church, but we do not have enough people willing to roll up their sleeves to make it happen? Is honoring history and tradition more important than anything else? Has method become the true north rather than the mission? Is there a key influencer, matriarch, patriarch, or family in control of "their" family chapel? In the life of the church, I like to refer to this as the current reality.The church has become distracted by the latest bells and whistles, personal preferences, lack of accountability, and being program-driven rather than missionally driven. If what the church is doing and spending its resources on is not making disciples, then why are we doing it? Yet, so many churches continue to do what they are doing (working really hard at it) without ever evaluating the effectiveness of their "doing." We have fooled ourselves into thinking that as long as we are a "busy" church then we must be an effective church. But, the real question to ask is if our busy-ness is fulfilling the mission.How would you rate your church's missional effectiveness currently? How effective is your church in its mission of making disciples who disciple others? How often is your council or board asking this foundational question? How are the leaders of your church trained to know the purpose of the church and to continue to ask the question and evaluate? How many adult professions of faith did your church have this year? Last year? Two years ago? In Journey Preparation, Kay Kotan will lead the reader into a deep dive into a congregational assessment to ascertain the current lay of the internal land of his/her congregation.

Author : David S. Dockery,Ray Van Neste,Jerry Tidwell
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433673429

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Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Future of Denominationalism by David S. Dockery,Ray Van Neste,Jerry Tidwell Pdf

Are church denominations necessary; do they even have a future? Such questions are explored in Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Future of Denominationalism, based on a conference of the same name held at Union University where Evangelical and Southern Baptist scholars addressed challenging issues of theology, polity, and practice. Contributors include: Ed Stetzer ("Denominationalism: Is There a Future?") James Patterson ("Reflections on 400 Years of the Baptist Movement") Harry L. Poe ("The Gospel and Its Meaning") Timothy George ("Baptists and Their Relations with Other Christians") Duane Liftin ("The Future of American Evangelicalism") Ray Van Neste ("Pastoral Ministry in Southern Baptist and Evangelical Life") Mark DeVine ("Emergent or Emerging") Daniel Akin ("The Future of the Southern Baptist Convention") Michael Lindsay ("The Changing Religious Landscape in North America") Jerry Tidwell ("Missions and Evangelism") David S. Dockery ("So Many Denominations") Nathan Finn ("Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation") R. Albert Mohler Jr. (title essay)

Author : David W. Miller
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195314809

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God at Work by David W. Miller Pdf

In the 1980s, Miller shows, a complex set of independent developments gave rise to what is known as the Faith At Work movement. He analyses the history of the movement, examines membership profiles and modes of expression, and constructs and proposes a new framework for discussing the movement.

Author : Tina Block
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780774831314

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The Secular Northwest by Tina Block Pdf

The image of a rough frontier – where working men were tempted away from church on Sundays by more profane concerns – was perpetuated by postwar religious leaders troubled by the decline in church involvement. Tina Block debunks the myth of a godless frontier, revealing a Pacific Northwest that rejected organized religion – but not necessarily God. Not just working men but also women, families, and middle-class communities helped to shape the region’s secular identity. Drawing on oral histories, census data, newspapers, and archival sources, Block launches this exploration of Northwest secularity and the independent spirit of those who chose to live irreligiously.

Author : Thomas Banchoff
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0198041977

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Democracy and the New Religious Pluralism by Thomas Banchoff Pdf

Religious pluralism is everywhere in today's politics. Increased immigration flows, the collapse of communism, and the globalization of communications technologies have all fostered a wider variety of religious beliefs, practices, and organizations within and across democratic societies. This is true in both the United States and Europe, where growing and diverse minority communities are transforming the political landscape. As a result, controversies over such things as headscarves and depictions of Mohammed are unsettling a largely secular Europe, while a Christian majority in the US faces familiar questions about church-state relations amidst unprecedented religious diversity. Far from receding into the background, religious language pervades arguments around established issues such as abortion and capital punishment, and new ones such as stem cell research and same-sex marriage. In Democracy and the New Religious Pluralism, leading scholars from multiple disciplines explore these dynamics and their implications for democratic theory and practice. What are the contours of this new religious pluralism? What are its implications for the theory and practice of democracy? Does increasing religious pluralism erode the cultural and social foundations of democracy? To what extent do different religious communities embrace similar -- or at least compatible -- ethical and political commitments? By seeking answers to these questions and revealing religious pluralism as both a source of animosity and a potent force for peaceful engagement, this book offers a revealing look at the future of religion in democratic societies.

Author : Edward J. Blum,Jason R. Young
Publisher : Mercer University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0881461369

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The Souls of W.E.B. Du Bois by Edward J. Blum,Jason R. Young Pdf

The Souls of W. E. B. Du Bois is a collection of articles that treat Du Bois on the subject of religion by reintroducing his life and work to an audience that may be familiar with his work generally but may never have seen analyses of his study of religion. Because the project includes articles that examine both Du Bois's personal religious life along with his examination of religion, the editors seek to add not only to our knowledge of Du Bois's scholarly contributions but also hope to shed light on his personal life and religiosity. Also, in treating the biography and career of a thinker whose work covers much of the twentieth century, the editors intend this work to address larger issues related to religion in the United States over the course of the century.