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Religion and a California suburb that is a “blue zone”
Loma Linda, California was designated as a “blue zone,” a place where people tend to live longer. This designation is connected to the religious history of some of the residents: Photo by Juan Pablo...
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Ongoing movement of religious people from American cities to suburbs
More religious people in cities are moving to suburbs: Photo by Jonathan Meyer on Pexels.com Researchers interviewed by The Times said rising costs, rampant crime and changing racial demographics have...
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Making the sacred profane and the profane sacred at the Super Bowl
The Super Bowl itself may qualify as a religious event given all of its pageantry and symbolism. But, yesterday’s game included at least a few more explicit mentions of religion beyond the patriotism,...
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Religion, work, and Silicon Valley
A new sociology book looks at how a number of Silicon Valley leaders embraced religion as they also created a unique work culture: Photo by Fox on Pexels.com Author and sociologist Carolyn Chen calls...
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Suburban lawns and religious alternatives
With religious motivation, the suburban lawn can be transformed into an area of biodiversity: Photo by Anna Shvets on Pexels.com Mr. Jacobs is an ecologist and a Catholic who believes that humans can...
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Rituals to mimic the valuable aspects of a commute (without the actual travel...
COVID-19 has disrupted the work patterns of many and this included the commute to and from work. Even as some relished the opportunity to work from home and avoid the time and hassle of a commute, the...
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Religion and civil religion in two Inauguration songs
Inauguration Day and the surrounding activities can contain plenty of opportunities for analyzing religion and civil religion. As I took in some of the proceedings, two songs blurred the lines between...
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Seeing modernization and religious change in one small suburb
One way to approach the significant social changes of recent centuries is to examine broad patterns at a societal level. Another way to understand these changes is to look at what happened in a...
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Aiming “to bring spiritual richness to corporate America”
Spiritual consultants look to bring spiritual practices and approaches to the American workplace: Photo by fauxels on Pexels.com In simpler times, divinity schools sent their graduates out to lead...
View ArticleA declining American belief in God, country, and family
Pollsters and sociologists find a shift away from three American values: The nuclear family, religious fealty, and national pride—family, God, and country—are a holy trinity of American traditionalism....
View ArticleRahm Emanuel on what divides people and how art can bring people together
Toward the end of an interview about the arts during his tenure as Chicago mayor, Rahm Emanuel briefly discussed factors that divide people and bring them together: I think Lori and Amy know that the...
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Linking secularization and wealth
Political scientist Ryan Burge summarizes part of the sociological conversation about secularization and wealth at a national level: If you take a course in the sociology of religion at any college or...
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“Distinctive behaviors of the actively religious” across countries
Pew analyzed international data and found that individuals who are actively religious have different behaviors than others in their nation in a number of countries: It appears that religiosity affects...
View ArticleWhy is football “the sport that most closely aligns itself with religion”?
NFL player Arian Foster is out as a non-religious player: Arian Foster, 28, has spent his entire public football career — in college at Tennessee, in the NFL with the Texans — in the Bible Belt....
View ArticleStudy finds college education not related to less religiosity
Adding to several other studies from recent years, a new study suggests education is not a hindrance to religiosity: His study of 38,251 people found that college-educated folk born after 1960 are no...
View ArticleThe real estate market for religious buildings in America
American religious buildings continue to change hands as different denominations and groups lose or gain members: The handover in houses of worship across the country is not a straightforward case of...
View ArticleDespite “info gap,” good number of Canadians still believe in life after death
A sociologist and a researcher note that although people have little information about life after death, a good number of Canadians still believe in it: Our surveys confirmed the hunch. Close to 40 per...
View ArticleIs more Internet use correlated to a decline in religious affiliation?
A new study suggests using the Internet more is correlated with lower levels of religious affiliation: Downey analyzed data from the General Social Survey, a well-respected annual research survey...
View Article“Half of American fans say ‘supernatural’ forces are in play during sports...
Around half of American sports fans, particularly football fans, think that the supernatural influences are at play on the field/court/ice/pitch/playing surface. “Just ahead of the 2014 Super Bowl, 50...
View ArticleBigger gap in viewing race between white and black Christians
A new study looks at how white and black Christians in America view race – and the two sides are still far apart: “The new findings … lay bare the dramatic and growing gap in racial attitudes and...
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