In America, Catholics, Hispanics, young people most likely to voice climate concerns – survey
United StatesRNS Catholics and Hispanics are among the most concerned in the US about the impact of climate change, with Gen Z and millennials more likely to take collective action on the matter, according to a new survey commissioned by the international humanitarian agency Catholic Relief Services. While a majority of Americans (81 per cent) […]
Millennials adopt digital worship, but not at the expense of IRL faith
United StatesRNS No small number of millennials were first introduced to personal technology tending to their tamagotchis during recess. Only later did the dot-com revolution, smartphones and social media invade every part of their lives, from relationships to health to music – and faith. Today, meditation podcasts, TikTok sermons and livestreams of Friday (Jumah) prayers […]
Religion a key topic for many millennial moms during pandemic – US survey
RNS Religion was an important topic of conversation between mothers and their children during the pandemic, according to an annual “State of Motherhood” survey from Motherly, a US website focused on millennial motherhood. The report, released earlier this month, showed that some 31 per cent of mothers said they had discussed religious issues with their children […]
Millennials get little satisfaction from democracy – Cambridge study
London, UKReuters Young people are less satisfied with democracy and more disillusioned than at any other time in the past century, especially in Europe, North America, Africa and Australia, a study by the University of Cambridge has found. Millennials, or those born between 1981 and 1996, are more disillusioned than Generation X, those born between […]
Postcards: How a new Australian print magazine aims to connect Millennials with “food for the soul”
JO KADLECEK speaks with Rachael Lopez about her vision for a new Australian Christian print magazine, ‘Soul Tread’, aimed at the Millennial generation…
Sight-Seeing: Leadership lessons from Gen Z
REBECCA OAKLEY, a cross-cultural missionary and Fellow of Anglican Deaconess Ministries, looks at what she’s learnt from leading Gen Z – and how those lessons can help in any form of leadership…
Is the decline in religious affiliation in the US slowing? Some scholars say maybe
RNS For the past 25 years, the number of Americans claiming no religion has steadily ballooned as more and more people quit church, synagogue or mosque and openly acknowledged being a “none.” The reality is particularly stark when looked at from a generational perspective. If 10 per cent of people from the silent generation (born […]
EVANGELISM: US GROUP NEIGHBORLY FAITH URGES EVANGELICALS TO FIND A “THIRD WAY” TO BEFRIEND MUSLIMS
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports…
“THE CONNECTED GENERATION”: SURVEY FINDINGS POINT TO ROLE DIGITAL TECH IS PLAYING IN THE LIVES OF 18 TO 35S
DAVID ADAMS speaks to Barna president David Kinnaman during his brief visit, hosted by World Vision Australia, to Melbourne last week to talk about the organisation’s landmark research into the “connected generation”…
Older US Christians being quickly replaced by young “nones” – Pew report
RNS The United States is steadily becoming less Christian and the number of people with no religion is rising. Those are the twin headlines from the latest Pew Research report released Thursday, which shows a dramatic decline in American religious habits over the course of a decade. The report, an aggregation of yearly political surveys […]