Mark I. Wallace
Mark I. Wallace is a professor of religion at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pa. He is the author of Finding God in the Singing River: Christianity, Spirit, Nature, among other titles.
Faith: Christianity
Resources for American Christianity
Resources for American Christianity is a website funded by the Lilly Endowment that “seeks to assist leaders and participants in Christian communities, scholars and other interested publics in better understanding the impact, trends and trajectories of Christianity in American society.” Under the “Economics” category, the site has a series of excellent studies, papers and experts. They […]
Sarah McFarland Taylor
Sarah McFarland Taylor is an associate professor of religion at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She is the author of Green Sisters: A Spiritual Ecology, about the growing number and strength of environmentally activist Roman Catholic nuns. She is co-editor of Religion and Outer Space, a volume exploring religion in and on the final frontier. She […]
“How Religious Affiliation Affects Charitable Giving”
Read an Aug. 21, 2012, article from Time magazine about the correlation between religion and the amount of money people give to charity.
Jame Schaefer
Jame Schaefer is an associate professor of theology at Marquette University in Milwaukee. She specializes in the intersection of Christian, and especially Catholic, theology and the sciences, including environmental science.
“Declining donations force Dallas-area churches to adjust strategies”
Read a May 22, 2010, article from the Dallas Morning News about the impact of decreasing church donations on church spending.
David M. Rhoads
The Rev. David M. Rhoads is a professor emeritus of New Testament at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. He is the editor of a collection of sermons called Earth and Word: Classic Sermons on Saving the Planet and director of the Green Congregation Program, which works to help Lutheran congregations in the Midwest become […]
“Report says church giving on the rebound”
Read a March 27, 2012, article from Religion News Service (posted by The Washington Post) about an increase in church spending.
Steven Bouma-Prediger
Steven Bouma-Prediger is the author of For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision for Creation Care. He is a professor of religion at Hope College in Holland, Mich., where he leads the environmental studies program.