by EthicsDaily.com Staff | May 22, 2019 | News
U.S. Protestants offered mixed views when LifeWay Research inquired about the extent of sexual abuse by clergy in local congregations. When asked if they “believe many more Protestant pastors have sexually abused children or teens than we have heard about,” 37%...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | May 21, 2019 | News
A majority (61%) of the U.S. supports the legalization of same-sex marriage, according to a Pew Research Center report published May 14. Those favoring legalization first surpassed those opposing in 2011, seeing a steady increase of support beginning in 2009. Current...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | May 20, 2019 | News
A million animal and plant species are now at risk of extinction, according to a soon-to-be-released report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). This represents an average of around 25% of the world’s...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | May 15, 2019 | News
Aidsand F. Wright-Riggins is a minister and public servant seeking to practice radical hospitality at home and in the world. Where did you grow up? South Central Los Angeles. What is your favorite verse, book or story in the Bible? Why? Luke 15. There, I...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | May 14, 2019 | News
The U.S. prisons population declined again in 2017, continuing a multiyear trend, according to a Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report published in late April. At the end of that year, the U.S. prison population was nearly 1.5 million people (at the state and...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | May 13, 2019 | News
The U.S. is an outlier in a global trend of prayer decreasing as national wealth increases, according to a Pew Research Center analysis published May 1. Drawing on previous data from 2014-15 global surveys, Pew observed a correlation between a nation’s per-capita...
