What Americans really believe : new findings from the Baylor surveys of religion /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Waco, Tex. :
Baylor University Press,
[2008]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the stability and diversity of American faith
- pt. I: Congregations. Church-going : labels matter
- Church growth : competing for members
- Strict churches : the reasons for their popularity
- The "scattered" church : traditional congregations are not going away
- Megachurches : supersizing the faith
- pt. II: Beliefs and practices. Religious experiences : God told me to go to church
- Gender : women believe more, pray more
- Heaven : we are all going
- God : love, anger, and commitment
- Evil : Did sin cause the hurricane?
- Spirituality : religion and spirituality are not mutually exclusive
- Giving : the rich, the poor, and the widow's mite
- Personality : Are we hardwired for God?
- pt. III: Atheism and irreligion. Atheism : the godless revolution that never happened
- Credulity : Who believes in Bigfoot?
- New Age adherents : well-educated, formerly irreligious elites
- The irreligious : simply unchurched, not atheists
- pt. IV: The public square. Faith and politics : Is there a secret plot of evangelicals to take over the American government?
- Merry Christmas, Jesus : it's okay to put sacred symbols in public space
- Incivility : talking about faith in public
- Religious-media consumption : the Da Vinci code effect
- Civil participation : faith as social capital
- Going to college, getting a job : what happens when mom and dad take their kids to church
- Epilogue : Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR) at Baylor.