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June 20, 2011
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The national news media yawned over the Baylor Survey’s findings that the number of American atheists has remained steady at 4% since 1944, and that church membership has reached an all-time high. But when a study by the Barna Research Group claimed that young people under 30 are deserting the church in droves, it made headlines and newscasts across the nation—even though it was a false alarm. |
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Less than a year to go until the first presidential election in which Tea Party activists, who speak of the ideals of the American Revolution, will play a large role—but what were those ideals? Basic Books has just published Thomas Kidd’s Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots, a biography of the man known as "the voice of the American revolution." |
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January 27, 2012 Jan. 3, 2012 Follow us on Twitter:@BaylorUMediaCom Humble people are more likely to offer time to someone in need than arrogant people are, according to findings by Baylor University researchers published online in The Journal of Positive Psychology. “The findings are surprising because in nearly 30 years of research on helping behavior, very few studies [...]
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January 26, 2012 January 26, 2012, 1:00 PM (cst) Byron R. Johnson is interviewed by Kerby Anderson and Point of View Radio Talk Show. Point of View is a two-hour, issues oriented live Christian talk radio program heard daily nationwide. Dr. Johnson talks about his book, More God, Less Crime: Why Faith Matters TO HEAR THE PODCAST CLICK [...]
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January 23, 2012 This story was published August 7, 2011 Prejudices of secular and religious groups alike stand in the way of successful crime reduction efforts. We now have data confirming what objective and open-minded observers already knew: that religious commitment and faith-based approaches, as well as the transformative power of faith itself, can be central in reducing [...]
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