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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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February 3, 2012 Feb. 3, 2012 The Baylor University Institute for Studies of Religion will host a lecture by Philip Jenkins, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of History and co-director for the Program on Historical Studies of Religion, who will speak on “Laying Down the Sword: Coming to Terms with Violent Scriptures” at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, in Kayser [...]
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February 2, 2012 2/2/2012 Misquotations of famous people have always been with us, but social media websites have created a vast twilight zone of historical misinformation. Take patriot leader Patrick Henry, for example. Of course, one can find legitimate Henry quotations on social media sites, such as “give me liberty or give me death,” the Henry saying that [...]
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February 1, 2012 By Joseph Walker, Deseret News Published: Wednesday, Feb. 1 2012 5:00 a.m. MST The life and faith of an LDS sister missionary is explored in great detail this week on the Research on Religion podcast. The podcast, which is sponsored by the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion and hosted by Anthony Gill, a senior [...]
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