By York Moore In the same way that ‘life’ was a battlefield concept in the so-called culture wars in the past several decades, the concept of ‘love’ is now. There is no single more fought-over concept in Western culture than love. What is love? Who gets to love who? What is the extent of love? Continue Reading
Losing Their Religion: When Muslim Immigrants Leave Islam
By Darren E. Sherkat A tide of immigrants from the Islamic world is altering Europe’s landscape. The continent’s demographic profile is changing thanks to relatively open immigration policies and much higher fertility rates among immigrant communities. And the continent’s religious profile could Continue Reading
5 Good Ways to Welcome Strangers
By Dale Hanson Bourke Like many congregations, my church struggles with how to welcome strangers into our midst. We have visitor cards and welcome badges and the greeters at every door, but we stop short of translating information into another language or specifically serving the large immigrant Continue Reading