White House’s Melissa Rogers affirms religious diversity as interfaith group expands
Washington DC, US RNS Interfaith leaders, including a top White House official, gathered at Georgetown University on Tuesday to affirm engagement across faiths and urge more multireligious action to enhance democracy and diminish polarisation. “Especially at a time of deep division and threats to our constitutional democracy, governmental leaders, for one, must demonstrate both in […]
Religious diversity: Corporate obstacle? Or asset?
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports on how some US companies are embracing religious diversity as good for people and for business…
Most white US evangelicals don’t want to live in a religiously diverse country – study
RNS Should America be a nation made up of people from a wide variety of religions? A growing number of religious and non-religious Americans say yes, according to a new study from Public Religion Research Institute. But there’s one religious group that stands out: White evangelical Christians; 57 per cent indicate they’d prefer the US be a […]
In the US, white mainline Protestants outnumber white evangelicals, while ‘nones’ shrink – survey finds
RNS White Christian decline has slowed. Mainline Protestants now outnumber white evangelicals. New York is home to several of the most religiously diverse counties in the US. These shifts and findings are among some of the notable revelations documented in a sweeping and exhaustive survey of the US religious landscape by the Public Religion Research Institute. The […]
Study: New Congress showcases religious diversity but is still mostly Christian
Washington DCRNS When the 116th Congress was sworn in on Thursday, it became one of the most religiously diverse delegations in American history, with more than a few lawmakers expected to take the oath of office while placing their hands on books other than the Christian Bible. Still, according to a new survey from Pew […]