Emerging Trends in Religious Belief and Religion

[Sacredstar]

As mentioned on another thread the world and its religions are changing.

I did a search on current polls on belief and found this link, it as some very good links at the bottom of the page on current research documents that are available over the net.

It seems Angels are IN and the Devil is Out. These results were also surprising.

Unexpected religious beliefs:

Only 42% of adults know that the Sermon on the Mount was preached by Jesus.

58% of adults believe that the Bible is totally accurate in all that it teaches.

More born-again Christians believe in channeling , astrology and reincarnation than non born-again Christians.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_poll4.htm

I would be interested in your views on how the world religions are changing and modernising also any other good links of research and polls. From what i have read on these links if religion is to survive it certainly does need a complete revival for its long term existence. Once the older generation pass on the whole picture is going to look very different indeed.

being love

Kim xx

[Sacredstar]

This website as some interesting articles on the futures of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim religions.

http://www.wnrf.org/cms/index.shtml

[Kaldayen]

SS,

You have to agree that the visitors on a religioustolerance website aren't a good sample of the general population when it comes to religious knowledge and tolerance That would explain the unexpectedness...

May I ask what's a "born-again christian"? If it's christian who believes he was born again in this world.. no wonder he believes in reincarnation...?
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Kal

[Vajradhara]

interesting... i've read it before, but interesting nonetheless.


i would be quite interested in a more modern data set and what it reveals... probably not a lot of change from 2001, but still...

[Sacredstar]

Dear Kaldayen

Well the research was not done by the website but were just a few points taken from independent research. I would be interested in the Princeton research but the link did not work.

Dear V

I agree but I feel the trends are obvious.

being love

kimxx

[Sacredstar]

A summary of research carried out in the UK by the BBC on which they based a whole TV series called the 'Soul of Britain' sadly I missed it due to no TV.

"Belief in a personal God has fallen from 41 per cent in 1957 to 32 per cent in 1990 and 26 per cent now. Just 23 per cent said the Bible was the unique word of God, while 28 per cent said it was a holy book like others, and 24 per cent regard it as part of the country's cultural heritage, like the plays of William Shakespeare. While most people believe in Jesus, they are less orthodox when it comes to his status, with only 34 per cent saying they believe he was the son of God. Most people - 61 per cent - now believe him to have been mortal or a character in a story.

Some 32 per cent said they believe in the Devil and 28 per cent in hell - figures that have changed little over 20 years."

http://news.telegraph.co.uk/htmlCont.../nbelif28.html