Religious Institution Contemporary Trends

• Why Are There No New Major Religions? (The Atlantic)
• What does it mean to be spiritual? (The Conversation)
• Why millennials are ditching religion for witchcraft and astrology (Market Watch)
• What Drives Religious Belief? It's Not Intuition (Live Science)
• Muslims and Islam: Key findings in the U.S. and around the world (Pew Research Center)
• A Nationwide Analysis of Online Sermons (Pew Research Center)

Religion & Science

• What the “face of God” looks like, according to 500 Christians in a psych study (Vox)
• Scientists say universe shouldn’t exist—and believers in God will love one question that stumps them (The Blaze)
• Sorry, scientists. Religion is here to stay. (The Week)

Religion & Ethnicity

• Stop Saying 'Drink the Kool-Aid' (The Atlantic)

• Jonestown’s Victims Have a Lesson to Teach Us (Mother Jones)

• Black Americans are more likely than overall public to be Christian, Protestant (Pew Research Center)

• Like an invisibility cloak, Latina Muslims find the hijab hides their ethnicity — from Latinos (Los Angeles Times)
• Scientists run calculations to PROVE the existence of God (News Explored)
• Black People Are the Most Religious People In America, But What Are They Getting Out Of It? (Atlanta Black Star)

Religion & Social Class

• Low-Income Communities Are Struggling to Support Churches (The Atlantic)

Religion and Gender

• The Gender Gap in Religion Around the World (Pew Research Center)

Religion and the Family

• Share of married adults varies widely across U.S. religious groups (Pew Research Center)

• Teaching Children to Ask The Big Questions Without Religion (National Public Radio)

Religion & Generations

• Do religious tattoos promote sexual license? (ARDA)

Functions of Religion

• Why people need rituals, especially in times of uncertainty (The Conversation)
  
• Many who experience trauma of war become increasingly religious (Phys.org)
• Religion’s Relationship to Happiness, Civic Engagement and Health Around the World (Pew Research Center)

• Government vs. God? People are less religious when government is bigger (Miami Herald)
• This Buddhist Parable Can Ease Your Suffering During a Crisis (Big Think)

Protestant Ethic

• The 70-hour and four-day work weeks are both rooted in Christian philosophy (Quartz)

Religiosity

• Why Religion Is Not Going Away and Science Will Not Destroy It (Aeon, Pocket)

• Millennials Are Leaving Religion And Not Coming Back (Five Thirty Eight)

• The Diverging Beliefs and Practices of the Religiously Affiliated and Unaffiliated in the United States (Sociological Science)
• Religious people live longer than those with no affiliation (World Economic Forum)

• Attending religious services may increase lifespan (Medical News Today)
• This poll asked Americans if they believe in God. The answers were fascinating.(Vox)

Global Religiosity

• The Age Gap in Religion Around the World (The Pew Research Center)

• The Changing Global Religious Landscape (Pew Research Center)
• These are the least and most religious countries (World Economic Forum)

• Key facts about government-favored religion around the world (Pew Research Center)

• In these countries, most residents think religion does more harm than good (Market Watch)
• Candomblé, Afro-Brazilian Women, and African Religiosity in Brazil (African American Intellectual Historical Society)

Atheism

• 10 Facts About Atheists (Pew Research Center)

• Losing their religion? These are the world’s most atheistic countries (World Economic Forum)

• How many American atheists are there really? (Vox)
• Atheists and Highly Religious People Are the Least Scared of Death, Study Reveals (Science Alert)