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Podcast: Ross Douthat and Meir Soloveichik on the State of American Belief
By Tikvah Podcast at MosaicCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
American Religion
Latest Mosaic Content for American Religion
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When It Comes to Apostasy, America Is Somewhere in the Middle
Around the world, most people who lose their old faith don’t replace it with a new one.
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How America Lost Its Sense of Sin
The decline of the Catholic practice of confession and changing attitudes toward morality.
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The Decline of American Religiosity Has Come to a Halt
And Jews still outnumber Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus.
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Podcast: David Bashevkin on Orthodox Jews and the American Religious Revival
By Tikvah Podcast at MosaicCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Most Americans Want God, but Not Politics, at the Superbowl
But He doesn’t have a favorite team.
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Thoughts of a Rabbi Addressing His President
And video of the first rabbi to give an inauguration prayer.
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Wokeness Isn’t a Religion, but a Rejection of the Secular American Creed
To today’s progressives, no one can pull himself up by his bootstraps.
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How the Lack of a Default Religion Shaped American Culture
A Christian turned Jew reflects on a Jew turned Christian.
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Americans Who Read the Bible Give More to Charity
To both religious and secular philanthropies.
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Secularizing the Remembrance of World War II
A visit to Pearl Harbor.
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UFOs, Biblical Giants, and the Post-Religious World
A cultish obsession that isn’t a substitute for religion.
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San Francisco’s Religious Revival
After seeking spirituality everywhere else, some techies are looking for it in church.
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Church May Be Exactly What Young American Men Need
Making sense of the religion-gender divide.
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Young American Men Are Getting Religion
The end of a longstanding pattern.
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Declining Religiosity Threatens American Philanthropy
“Religious practice is the behavioral variable with the strongest and most consistent association with generous giving.”
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The Religious Life of Richard Nixon
And the time a rabbi showed up to speak with the ex-president.
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How the Hebrew Bible Shaped the American Tongue
And the American soul.
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To Attract Followers, Religion Has to Offer Something Not Found Elsewhere
Why liberal Christian denominations are shrinking.
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The Rabbi Who Was the First Non-Christian to Pray at the Republican National Convention
From Samuel Sale to Harmeet Dhillon.
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After Disaster Strikes, Religion Provides Communities with the Best Path to Recovery
A new study’s surprising results.
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The Difficulty of Being a Spiritual Leader Today
As religion in America declines, the toll on the nation’s clergy can be immense.
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America’s Pagan Politics
The American people can retain great virtue even amid their challenges.
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The Confounding Market for Religious Real Estate
Empty houses of worship can’t be easily refilled.
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The Hollowing Out of the American Church, and What It Means for Our Future
The end of the mainline.
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Religious Institutions Lead the Fight against Urban Decay
Sects and the city.
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In American Sports, the Bible Is Ever-Present
Athletes have quoted their favorite verses since the 1880s.
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In America, Even Believers Are Worshipping Less
But the glass is half full.
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Americans without Religion Often Believe in God
An expert tells the nones to go to church.
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Capitalism Isn’t Just for Secular Humanists
In search of a “morally enlightened” defense of free markets.