Are the Quakers Going Pagan?: The liberal end of the Society of Friends has long had members who denied God’s existence or Jesus’ divinity. Now hundreds of pagans call Quakerism home. [Christianity Today]
The Neural Buddhists: Scientists have more respect for elevated spiritual states. Andrew Newberg of the University of Pennsylvania has shown that transcendent experiences can actually be identified and measured in the brain (people experience a decrease in activity in the parietal lobe, which orients us in space). The mind seems to have the ability to transcend itself and merge with a larger presence that feels more real. [NY Times]
Churchgoing on its knees as Christianity falls out of favour: Church attendance in Britain is declining so fast that the number of regular churchgoers will be fewer than those attending mosques within a generation, research published today suggests. The fall - from the four million people who attend church at least once a month today - means that the Church of England, Catholicism and other denominations will become financially unviable. [Times]
Priests-in-training are getting older: The Catholic Church priesthood shortage is being alleviated by men embarking on second careers, who bring special wisdom — and challenges. [LA Times]
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