More investors acting on faith
Faith in the investment markets is taking on a whole new meaning as religious funds and advisers are attracting money like never before. As religion enters more and more cultural touch points, from novels to films to politics, it’s rather logical that it would enter the world of finance in a similar way — and by that I mean big!
marketwatch.com

AMERICA’S STRUGGLE OVER VALUES
The most striking findings are: 1) a majority of Americans across the board (74 percent) believes that America has suffered a moral decline in the past 20 years; and 2) a majority (64 percent) believes that the news and entertainment media are a major influence in that decline.
fredericksburg.com

Religion rocks…
…When pride in religion comes minus any prejudice against other faiths
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Next generation embraces traditional values
A new, unprecedented ethnic-mix of youths in California yearn for the traditional values of family, safe neighborhoods and religion, according to a poll.
contracostatimes.com

The religion of money
Yuppies, you’re also fanatics, slaves to money and status. You despise people who have chosen to live modestly for reasons of ideology.
ynetnews.com

Hispanic values detailed in poll
U.S. Hispanics view religious and political life as intertwined, often worship in ethnic congregations and embrace a spirit-filled, charismatic style of Christianity, a new survey says.
stltoday.com

God(s) in the House: from faith to hopeful citizenship
In fact, everyone brings their faith to the public square, as well as to other areas of life: work, school, family, the media and so on. If religion is understood as one’s ultimate commitment, then it cannot be confined to private life, or particular rituals or institutions. Such ultimate commitments are not restricted to formally recognized religions; liberalism, humanism and capitalism are also religious value systems. People place their ultimate commitment in the forces of the market, or the state, or human rights, or the scientific method.
canadianchristianity.com

Thais Debate Making Buddhism the State Religion
“Placing Buddhism in the Constitution is all about power, and people will have to respond to the issue in terms of power. This is not realistic. It’s not Buddhist,” said Surichai Wun-Gaeo, a member of the junta-appointed legislature who heads Chulalongkorn University’s Center for Social Development Studies. “We need a more diversified platform to have broader discussions and think about real issues. This is a non-issue.”
asiasentinel.com

Interfaith Harmony In A Globalized Society
India is where four of the world’s great faiths — Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism — were born, and four others came to us from West Asia and have flourished for centuries — Judaism, Zoroas- trianism, Christianity and Islam.
indiatimes.com

Evolutionary theories addressed at ecumenical round table
‘Can evolution make more progress than previous theoretical frameworks in making sense of religion?’
episcopal-life.org