Tag: feature story
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Sociologist: It’s called ‘culture war’ for a reason
On May 2nd, 2022, the Haven, Kansas city council voted to remove decals from police cars that said “In God We Trust.” They did so in a sensible effort to recognize the separation of church and state. Sixteen days later, after an intense backlash from conservative citizens in Haven, the city council reversed that decision.…
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Maybe religion isn’t dying, but it’s definitely not well
In their recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, Byron R. Johnson and Jeff Levin, referring to a paper they recently published in the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion (IJRR), argue that religiosity is not declining in the US but rather, “Americans are becoming more religious, and religious institutions are thriving.” This claim is incredible in…
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A bridge too far: The failure to capture ‘spiritual fitness’ in the US military
After massive resources have been spent trying to assess spiritual fitness in the military, scholars now admit it is not a meaningful concept.