US clergy favour medical treatment for depression study finds
United StatesRNS About 21 million adults in the US have had at least one major depressive episode, the National Institute of Mental Health reports. A new study now finds that those who have gone to a priest or pastor for advice will most likely have been encouraged to seek out mental health professionals and take medicine […]
Study: Liberal congregations in US more politically active than conservative ones
RNS White evangelicals who comprise US President Donald Trump’s core base have attracted the lion’s share of attention for their political clout these past few years. But a new study of 1,262 congregations across the United States shows it is liberal congregations, and particularly Black churches, that have become substantially more engaged in political activity […]
Is American religion exceptional? Maybe, maybe not
RNS America is more religious than Europe, almost everyone agrees. Two-thirds of US Christians pray daily, compared with a median of just 18 per cent of Christians across 15 countries in Europe, to cite just one recent survey. But there is disagreement brewing among sociologists over whether the intense religious devotion that has long characterised a […]