The “fundamentalist” label has become common in everyday conversation, with Americans applying it with equal frequency to Islamic radicals, Christian conservatives, or even political ideologues of every stripe. Yet as use of the term has grown, its meaning has been obscured. That has important implications for understanding the turbulent dynamics of today’s religious and political [...]
In a nation in which upward of nine in 10 people regularly tell pollsters they believe in God or a divine power, unbelief is making an unexpectedly strong showing. While there are varying indications about whether or by how much the number of Americans who claim no belief is growing, the cultural profile of atheists [...]
The United States’ Hindu population is estimated to have tripled in just over 15 years, to around 1 million. As Hindus’ numbers grow and as new generations are born here, journalists can find rich stories to tell about the many ways Hindus are engaging in U.S. society and culture. Hinduism is the third-largest organized religion [...]
This ReligionLink guide includes more than 100 experts who specialize in such areas as civil rights, politics, foreign affairs, art, culture,cornell history, law, family issues and more. It also includes Muslim advocacy organizations, research centers and think tanks.
April 2006 marks the centennial of the modern Pentecostal movement, the spiritual resurgence that began as a local revival on Azusa Street in Los Angeles and has since spread around the globe. Many call Pentecostalism Christianity’s most notable development of the last 100 years, and its phenomenal growth could make it the biggest church story [...]
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