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Four in 10 Americans see Jesus’ return by 2050
(RNS) Four in 10 Americans believe Jesus Christ will return to earth by 2050, while a slightly larger portion (46 percent) don't believe they'll see a Second Coming by mid-century, according to a new survey.
As part of Smithsonian Magazine's 40th anniversary issue, 1,546 adults were a...
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Kibbutz-style living fills a void for young Jews
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio (RNS) Raychel Bone, Sam Selker, Naima Cohn and Taliesin Haugh sat on their front porch and mulled the surprising successes of the venture that teaches young Jews how to live together, laugh together, split the rent and, above all, share the faith.
Movie night i...
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Hope College stands by homosexuality statement
HOLLAND, Mich. (RNS) Hope College alumni who had urged their alma mater to remove a controversial policy on homosexuality say they are deeply disappointed after the Board of Trustees denied their petitions.
"This is just the beginning (of a fight) because this is discriminatory," said...
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Libraries scramble to rescue sacred books
SALEM, Mass. (RNS) Inside a locked reading room atop a staircase at the Salem Athenaeum, hundreds of theological books -- including some that are nearly 500 years old -- are once again stirring up debate.
It's not the subject matter that's contentious this time, since most modern-day...
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College cancels spring break mission trips to Mexico
HOLLAND, Mich. (RNS) Hope College has canceled spring break mission trips for the first time, fearing that students would not be safe in Mexico after three Americans were killed by suspected drug gang hitmen.
Hope's Campus Ministries Office had planned to send 22 students for trips to...
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10 Minutes with ... Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
(RNS) A famous atheist who harbors a secret soul. A 6-year-old Hasidic mathematical genius. A pompous and increasingly loony college professor with delusions of divine grandeur.
These are the characters that populate Rebecca Newberger Goldstein's recent novel, "36 Arguments for the Ex...
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Survey: College grads take dim view of Ten Commandments
(RNS) College graduates are more likely to consider the Ten Commandments irrelevant, and reject the Bible as the word of God, than those with no college degree, according to a recent study.
A "distinct shift" occurs after college regarding beliefs and opinion, said Richard Brake, dire...
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Are atheists and liberals smarter?
(RNS) Are people with high IQs more likely to be liberal, atheist and monogamous?
They are, according to a recently published paper by Satoshi Kanazawa, an evolutionary psychologist from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
In a controversial article in the March issu...
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Study: Catholic students more prone to `hook up’ at college
(RNS) Women at Catholic colleges engage more frequently in sexual "hook ups" than women at secular colleges, a new study shows, and researchers suspect alcohol may be the reason.
The study defines a "hook up" as "a physical encounter between two people who are largely unfamiliar with...
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