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Go Figure

Religion coverage in the primary season, the difference between “churched” and “unchurched” America, and the abortion decline.

1.9%   Media coverage in the presidential primary season that focused on religion.

2.1%   Media coverage that focused on race or gender.

80.8%   Media coverage that focused on campaign strategy and other “horse-race” elements.

(Source: Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life)

40%   “Unchurched” Americans (those who say they don’t regularly attend services) who actually attend on occasion.

37%   “Churched” Americans (those who say they are regular attenders) who don’t attend at least weekly.

(Source: Ellison Research)

35%   Likelihood in 1990 that a pregnancy in a U.S. woman under 18 ended in abortion.

29%   Likelihood in 2004.

46%   Drop in the pregnancy rate among women under 18 between 1990 and 2004.

(Source: National Vital Statistics Reports)

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Creating Culture

Hope for Troubled Times

When a Professor of Aramaic Meets Hollywood

The Ironic Faith of Emergents

McLaren Emerging

My Top 5 Books on Food

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Looking for Home

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Girls on Display

Missionary Myths

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The Father of Faith-Based Diplomacy

Should I Fish or Lay Low?

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Richard Foster on Leadership

A Life Formed in the Spirit

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Debauchery and Crucifixes

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Quotation Marks

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Prayer at the Pump

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Going to Bat for His Neighbors

Choosing Celibacy

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Sunday Drivers

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For the Love of Lit

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The Other Kind of Angels

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No More Shortcuts

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Re-Imagining Reality

Crouch and Culture

Cultivating Where We're Planted

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Caesar's Sectarians

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Healing ORU

Missional Misstep

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'Dead Sea Scrolls on Stone'

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Translation Tiff

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Leaving Lakeland

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Undue Attention in Algeria

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The Party of Faith

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Salvation through Buddhism?

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