“DUIN: Music an aid to teaching kids about religion”
Read a Jan. 17, 2009 Washington Times article about the incorporation of music into Sunday school programs in order to engage and reach out to the younger generations.
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“A New Model Of Teaching Religious Tolerance”
Read an Oct. 17, 2012 Huffington Post article about the importance of giving children the tools and information on multiple religions in order to give them the “baggage” for later analysis and understanding.
“The Importance Of Teaching Religion Well”
Read a May 15, 2011 Huffington Post article that says that most people renounce their childhood religion before the age of 24, which means that teaching religion to the younger generations is as important as ever.
“Millennial Generation challenges religion in America”
Read a Sept. 26, 2011 article about the growing distance between the new generations and religion, despite the fact that over 72 percent of Millennials consider themselves “more spiritual than religious,” according to a LifeWay Christian Resources survey.
“Vatican admits it doesn’t fully understand youth culture”
Read a Jan. 31, 2013 Religious News Service article about the Vatican culture ministry’s fear that the younger generations are not fully understood by the Catholic Church.
Resources
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“Summaries of General Synod Discussions and Actions on Homosexuality and the Rights of Homosexuals”
The RCA website has a backgrounder on the denomination’s history regarding homosexual issues and its current stands.
“Panel Study of American Religion and Ethnicity”
Sociologist Michael Emerson and a team of researchers at Rice University conducted a national study on multiracial Protestant and Catholic denominations. They found that more than 9 in 10 U.S. churches remain segregated. They analyzed 20 multiracial congregations in the U.S. and identified seven models for how those ethnically diverse congregations came to be.
Steve Gutow
Rabbi Steve Gutow is president and CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, president and CEO of the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life and the founding executive director of the National Jewish Democratic Council.