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Global Flourishing Study Maps the Topography of the Human Experience

Global Flourishing Study Maps the Topography of the Human Experience Global Flourishing Study Maps the Topography of the Human Experience by Baylor University Media & Public Relations Generational, financial, geographical and spiritual differences top flourishing findings Media Contact: Lori Fogleman, 254-709-5959Follow us:  on X and LinkedInWASHINGTO...

How NOT To Count American Religious Extremists - Philip Jenkins, Anxious Bench

How NOT To Count American Religious Extremists The current Atlantic has an interesting piece by Stephanie McCrummen with the scary title “The Army Of God Comes Out Of The Shadows.” As the subtitle

Of Lone-Wolf Terrorists, Jihadis, and N***s - Philip Jenkins, Anxious Bench

Of Lone-Wolf Terrorists, Jihadis, and N***s After the recent horrors in New Orleans, we have heard a huge amount about lone wolf terrorism and self-radicalization, with many debates about when and

Jimmy Carter and the Great Presidency That Never Was - Philip Jenkins, Anxious Bench

Jimmy Carter and the Great Presidency That Never Was In the wave of obituaries for Jimmy Carter, the common theme is that as president, he was a decent and honorable man who faced near-impossible

How Missionaries Built A Modern American Empire - Philip Jenkins, Anxious Bench

How Missionaries Built A Modern American Empire Empires are a very hot issue in historical scholarship right now, and missions and missionaries are an important part of the subject. That goes far beyond

How America’s Late Imperial Wars Reshaped Religion At Home - Philip Jenkins, Anxious Bench

How America’s Late Imperial Wars Reshaped Religion At Home During the 1980s, Central America was the setting for brutal revolutions and civil wars that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. The United States was

Faith And Reconciliation After A Horribly Bitter Election - Philip Jenkins, Anxious Bench

Faith And Reconciliation After A Horribly Bitter Election Did you hear about the election they just had in the US? It actually got quite a bit of coverage. So is there anything new to say about it? Well, I might

New article from Jeff Levin and ISR co-authors: "Association between Jewish religious observance and mental health among Israeli adults: Findings from the Global Flourishing Study"

Association between Jewish religious observance and mental health among Israeli adults: Findings from the Global Flourishing Study - Jeff Levin, Matt Bradshaw, Byron R. Johnson, 2024 Objective This study investigates the association between Jewish religious observance and several indicators of mental health and psychological well-being among...

Will Prabowo’s Election End Indonesia’s Era Reformasi? - Paul Marshall

Will Prabowo’s Election End Indonesia’s Era Reformasi? The current situation has some disturbing parallels to pre-1998 Indonesia, especially given Prabowo’s connections to Suharto.

The Faiths of - Philip Jenkins, Anxious Bench

The Faiths of #VastEarlyAmerica As I outlined in my last post, contemporary scholarship on early America stresses its “vast” quality, in terms of the need to expand beyond traditional

Coming next week! ISR's virtual conference on "Evangelicalism and Missions" - free registration here

Events | Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion Evangelical missions have been a major phenomenon of the modern world. Missionaries have traveled from land to land supported by a mass public at home. They have translated scripture, taught hymns and shared testimonies, often changing their methods of spreading the gospel and their understanding of...

Freemasons, Catholics, and American Religious Politics - Philip Jenkins, Anxious Bench

Freemasons, Catholics, and American Religious Politics Much of European and American politics over the past two centuries has involved a running and often bitter confrontation between Masons and Catholics.