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Parent like your religion depends on it
By Jana Riess — April 21, 2021
(RNS) — ‘Successful religious parents don’t just drop their kid off at church and then expect someone there will take care of everything,’ says researcher Amy Adamczyk. Instead, they lead by example.
More young adults are leaving religion, but that’s not the whole story, say researchers
By Jana Riess — May 19, 2020
(RNS) — More young adults are leaving organized religion, but there are also some pockets of good news, even for mainline Protestant churches.
Teach your children well: Viral tweet sparks debate over passing on faith
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 14, 2020
(RNS) — A viral tweet sparked a conversation among Christians about the morality of parents passing on the faith to their children.
I just paid my Mormon tithing. Why don’t I feel better about it?
By Jana Riess — December 3, 2019
(RNS) — I don't mind being held accountable in my giving, which I view as an important part of a Christian life. But I want the church to be accountable too.
Utah and Mormons are the most generous givers
By Jana Riess — November 29, 2016
(RNS) Utah residents give 6.6 percent of their income to charity -- and have the most volunteer hours of any state. A good deal of that generosity is due to the state's heavily Mormon population.
Can you question the Virgin Birth and still be a Christian?
By Kimberly Winston — December 23, 2014
(RNS) Why is the Virgin Birth the lynchpin of Christianity? Was it miracle or metaphor? And can you call yourself a Christian if you can't accept the idea of the Virgin Birth?
Religion survey babble confuses 103% of readers. Here’s why
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — November 18, 2014
(RNS) It used to be that figuring out what Americans think about pretty much anything was relatively simple. No more. Here's why.
Pay tithing, be happy?
By Jana Riess — September 5, 2014
I feel uncomfortable when Mormon teachers and leaders suggest that greater health and happiness will follow when we pay tithing. But a new sociological study says it's at least partly true.
Is the growth of the nonreligious good or bad? Americans are divided
By Kimberly Winston — July 5, 2013
(RNS) Some observers caution there's a difference in asking about an increase in the nonreligious rather than a decrease in the religious.
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