America is not digging religion

A new Gallup poll says that confidence in organized religion — though not Roman Catholicism — has hit a new low of 42 percent. (Confidence among Catholics has steadied after some rough hits around the church sexual abuse scandal of the ’80s-’90s.)

American’s confidence in religion is at a new low — but not for Catholics

A new Gallup poll says Americans’ confidence in the church and organized religion has fallen dramatically over the past four decades, hitting an all-time low this year of 42%. Confidence in religion began faltering in the 1980s, while the sharpest decline occurred between 2001 and 2002 as the Roman Catholic Church grappled with a major …

How do religious women feel about the birth control mandate? Pretty OK, actually.

A University of Michigan study says that support for religion and birth control actually can mix when it comes to the Affordable Care Act’s (Obamacare) birth control mandate. In fact, the proportion of Protestant and Catholic women who believe employers should cover contraception are similar  — 66 percent and 63 percent, respectively. And although my …

The Protestants have lost the soul of America

Leftover sends this (we share a love of this kind of stuff) from PRRI, “10 Things the American Values Atlas Teaches Us About America’s Religious Landscape.” Mostly? For our purposes, there’s this: 1. For the first time ever, America is not a majority Protestant nation. Only 47 percent of America identified as Protestant in 2014. …