This is one of the world’s great religious debates and one of its most intense historical detective stories, and my guest this week has spent his career as a leading participant, joining the skeptical side as a New Testament scholar after growing up as a believing Christian. (Douthat, The New York Times)
Read MoreThe idea that a “vibe shift” is under way, and that young people in particular are more open to Christianity, has taken hold. A survey published by King’s College London in December found that 18 to 34-year-olds were much more likely than their elders to believe that there was a “guiding purpose in life” and to feel gratitude to God. (Davies, The Times)
Read MoreA recent national survey from Common Sense Media found that 36% of boys age 11 to 17 in the U.S. have gambled in the past year. "It's a lot of kids," says Michael Robb, the head of research at Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that promotes digital safety for kids. "A third of kids is a lot of kids." (Carrillo, NPR)
Read MoreWhile many Americans would see this as an unthinkable regression to a time when women were treated as second-class Americans, proponents of the concept believe deeply that this arrangement is what God envisioned in a marriage. (Yee, The New York Times)
Read MoreThis “tradwife” movement urges a return to traditional roles and, when researchers in the US recently set out to examine what kind of men support it, they expected to find a cohort fond of old-fashioned chivalry. The reality, they say, was rather different. (Blakely, The Times)
Read MoreWhile legend has it that the Easter Bunny is a long-eared, furry, cotton-tailed creature who hops from house to house to deliver candy-filled baskets, there's more to his history you might not be familiar with. (Fiedler & O’Sullivan, Good Housekeeping)
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