More than a quarter of Americans (27 percent) say they are spiritual but not religious, according to Pew Research. That’s up from 19 percent in 2012.
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Why the Scarlet Letter Remains and How the Church Can Help Mend Broken Marriages
Moral values in America are changing fast. But it seems there’s one issue almost everyone, Christian or otherwise, still agrees is unacceptable: adultery.
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Away With the Manger: More Americans Look for a Secular Christmas
While 9 in 10 Americans say they celebrate Christmas, less than half (46 percent) say they see it as a religious holiday—down 5 percentage points since 2014.
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What Do Americans Know About the Reformation?
Most Americans could tell you some facts about the Protestant Reformation. Just don’t ask them about the doctrines behind the event.
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What Are the Most Churched (and Unchurched) Cities in America?
According to Barna Research, Chattanooga, Tennessee, has the highest percentage of its population who are very active in church. Almost 6 in 10 residents (59 percent) are regular churchgoers.
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What Does the Growth of Nondenominationalism Mean?
The future of American religion is increasingly being driving by the nones and nons—the religiously unaffiliated and the denominationally unaffiliated.
A new Gallup study finds the percentage of Americans who identify with a specific Protestant denomination has fallen from 50 percent in 2000 to 30 percent in 2016.
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