by Philip Jenkins | Nov 8, 2019 | Opinion
An otherwise well-researched Pew Research Center study became problematic for me due to how the findings were presented in news headlines. I began addressing this yesterday, explaining why claims of a “decline in Christianity” were misleading, while also noting that...
by Philip Jenkins | Nov 7, 2019 | Opinion
The Pew Research Center released a significant report in early October concerning the state of American religion. As with anything done by Pew, both the research and the analysis are exemplary, the findings convincing. I will challenge one small but important thing in...
by Philip Jenkins | Sep 14, 2018 | Opinion
Hollywood normally does a poor job of portraying religion or comprehending regular religious practice – especially Christianity. I commented on this recently, but this post concerns the dilemma of just how acute those difficulties need to be before the film or TV...
by Philip Jenkins | May 10, 2018 | Opinion
I criticized in a recent column the idea that Christians should not cooperate with the criminal justice system to the point that churches refuse to call police. That does not mean that churches should accept every aspect of contemporary ideas of crime and punishment,...
by Philip Jenkins | Aug 1, 2017 | Opinion
I recently published a piece in The Christian Century on what I called the “Baptist Exception.” Unlike virtually all Christian churches and denominations, Baptists are not witnessing a fundamental shift of numbers to the global south. Instead, they remain...
