baby boomers
The key lesson we’ve forgotten in our rush to beat old age (COMMENTARY)
By Carol Orsborn — September 30, 2015
(RNS) There's a new theory of aging in which older adults embrace rather than reject or deny the shadow side of aging. It's called the spirituality of aging.
Americans don’t cite ‘God, family, country’ quite like the cliche goes
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — March 20, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) When it comes to how Americans rank the factors that shape their self identity, religion ranks near the bottom — if at all.
A case for church from a self-described “commitment phobe”
By Jonathan Merritt — March 16, 2015
Erin Lane is stuck in a lover's quarrel with the church, but she hopes to inspire other Millennials to keep searching for a place to belong.
Suicide rates higher among baby boomer men, study finds
By Kathleen O'Brien — August 20, 2014
(RNS) Among the reasons for the higher rates of suicide: Boomer men are more likely to be living alone than previous men their age. And they are less religious.
Losing religion at college? New study flips the common wisdom
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — August 7, 2014
(RNS) A college degree used to mean people were more likely to lose religion. Now, people are losing religion whether they went to college or not.
Up ahead? Massive social change, experts say
By Sharon Jayson — February 27, 2014
(RNS) Experts say societal changes will accelerate on issues such as same-sex marriage, interracial marriage, legalization of marijuana and childbearing among the unwed. One reason? Younger people are more liberal and less conventional.
Aging expert Vern Bengtson: Boomers will return to church
By Janice Lloyd — November 22, 2013
(RNS) Baby boomers might not be that different from the Greatest Generation when it comes to religion, says aging expert Vern Bengtson.
COMMENTARY: It’s time for baby boomers to cede control
By Tom Ehrich — September 10, 2012
(RNS) As baby boomers start clicking the senior citizen box on travel fares, I want to say a word to my generation and to the one that preceded us. It is time for us to get out of the way. By Tom Ehrich.
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