by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Nov 5, 2015 | News
Religious participation in the U.S. among those who affiliate with a faith tradition has remained steady. Yet, overall religious engagement has declined due to an increase in the number of people not affiliated with any faith tradition (“nones”) who are...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Nov 2, 2015 | News
More than 5 million children have had at least one parent with whom they live be incarcerated at some point in their childhood. This estimate was part of a report published by Child Trends (CT), a nonprofit, nonpartisan research group focused on issues related to...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Oct 29, 2015 | News
The layoff of up to 800 Southern Baptist Convention mission personnel was addressed in a live webcast on Tuesday by David Platt, president of the SBC’s International Mission Board (IMB). Calling it “an opportunity to have some dialogue about what’s...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Oct 28, 2015 | News
Religion and science are in conflict, according to 59 percent of U.S. adults, a 4 percent increase from 2009. However, when respondents were asked about their personal religious beliefs vis-Ã -vis science, only 30 percent expressed a sense of divergence (a 6 percent...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Oct 27, 2015 | News
A lawsuit was filed in late September by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) against the city of Des Plaines, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, following the city’s refusal to allow a vacant office building to be used as a mosque. The DOJ’s basis for the suit...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Oct 26, 2015 | News
Leaders from four faith traditions in Burma (also known as Myanmar) have called for a fuller embrace of religious freedom and increased respect between traditions, which is vital to the well-being of children who represent the future of their nation. The statement,...
