New US study suggests thinking about God can make people more generous to outsiders
United StatesRNS Religion is often seen as a source of conflict – giving insiders a source of community and support while drawing boundaries against outsiders. A new study suggests religion can also prompt people to be generous to outsiders, even those from groups they distrust. PICTURE: Igal Ness/Unsplash/Creative Commons For the study, entitled Thinking About […]
Essay: When numbers reflect what we value
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This Life: A heritage of generosity
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This Life: Her social media post gave me “God bumps”
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This Life: Give generously with God’s provision
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Essay: Australian generosity to global neighbours ignored in new government budget
PETER KEEGAN, director of advocacy at Baptist World Aid Australia, says Australia’s Federal Budget, handed down on Tuesday night, contains nothing new to celebrate in terms of foreign aid…
“SACRIFICIAL GENEROSITY”: STEWARDSHIP MARKS 10 YEARS OF LENTEN CAMPAIGN 40ACTS
DAVID ADAMS reports on 40acts 10th anniversary and how the campaign helped to encourage one UK man to donate his kidney…
THIS LIFE: THE PARADOX OF GENEROSITY
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published by ASSIST News Service, writes about what it means to be generous…
Strong link found between worship attendance and religious giving
RNS The more frequently a household attends worship services, the more likely its members donate to religious institutions, and give generously, new research shows. “Most strikingly, those attending religious services once a month or more make an average annual religious contribution of $1,848, while those attending religious services less than once a month donate $111,” […]
Generosity declines worldwide but Africa saves the day: global survey
Thomson Reuters Foundation The world’s poorest continent continued to grow more generous according to a yearly index of charitable giving released on Tuesday, bucking the trend of otherwise declining signs of charity worldwide. Africa was in a 2016 survey the only continent to report a continent-wide increase of its index generosity score when compared to […]