Patheos.com wraps up its summer Future of Religion series with 11 summary reflections on the overall future of religion.David Crumm, founder of ReadtheSpirit.com and who recently completed a 40-day tour of the United States, finds plenty of evidence of flourishing spirituality in America: "First and foremost, it's obvious that this ...
Patheos.com invited authors and scholars to submit articles about Humanist alternatives to faith to wrap up its summer series on the Future of Religion. Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the American Humanist Association, describes Humanism as "an ethical philosophy that posits you can be a good person without believing in ...
Patheos.com, in its summer Future of Religion series, invited authors and scholars to write about the Future of Paganism this week. According to Patheos.com's overview, Paganism represents "a wide variety of traditions that emphasize reverence for nature and a revival of ancient polytheistic religious practices." The article notes, "some Pagan ...
Patheos.com, in its summer Future of Religion series, invited authors, scholars and Muslim community leaders to write about the Future of Islam this week. The essays address a wide range of issues facing Muslims today, including the intensified focus on the Islamic community in recent years.Arsalan Iftikhar, an international human ...
Mormonism, one of the world's fastest growing religions, is the topic of Patheos.com's Future of Religion series this week. This faith tradition, recently profiled on AnnArbor.com, faces the challenge of continuing to grow while maintaining its central authority and emphasis on strong communities.Michael Otterson, managing director of Public Affairs for ...
Patheos.com, in its summer series on The Future of Religion, is featuring essays from authors and experts on the Future of Evangelicalism this week. They received so many responses that the essays will be released in several segments according to the following themes: Transforming the Church: Monday Transforming Culture: Wednesday ...
Patheos.com, in its summer series on The Future of Religion, explores many questions this week on the Future of Mainline Protestantism."Mainline" Protestants include the largest branches of Presbyterians, Lutherans, Methodists, Episcopalians, and other traditional denominations. Patheos invited Protestant thinkers to explore how traditional denominations will "retool" themselves for a new ...
Patheos.com, a religion and spirituality information website, is running a summer series on the Future of Religion. The series invites leading scholars and writers from a variety of religious traditions to talk about the future of religion, including trends, challenges, controversies and reforms.Last week, 14 contributing scholars and authors discussed ...