Tag: The Christian Century
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Religion and reconciliation in Bosnia
This Protestant man doesn’t receive Communion in the Catholic Church – except when a Bosnian Franciscan priest offers it.
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Yesterday’s Language
“The new English translation of the Roman Catholic Order of Mass, mandated by the Vatican to be inaugurated this Advent, wounds not only many of my Catholic friends but also me.” – Gail Ramshaw
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Essential theology books of the past 25 years
The Christian Century asked eight theologians to name five essential theology books of the past 25 years.
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No shows: mainline worship attendance
Many people assume that there has been a steady decline in worship attendance for all the mainline denominations since the mid-1960s—the era when most of them began to see their memberships decline. But trends in attendance—usually thought to be a better indicator of church vitality than trends in membership—have actually followed their own patterns.
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MTD: Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
Christian Smith and Melinda Denton, investigators for the National Study of Youth and Religion, see an alternative faith in American teenagers, one that “feeds on and gradually co-opts if not devours” established religious traditions: Moralistic Therapeutic Deism.