The Los Angeles Times quoted Richard Flory, CRCC director of research, about the effectiveness of the idea of the rapture as a tool for religious conversion. Richard Flory, a USC sociologist who …

Zócalo quoted Richard Flory, a senior research associate at the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture, about how faith builds stronger communities in a section called “Answering the ultimate questions.” Specifically, …

The LA Times quoted Richard Flory, CRCC research director, in this article about the bankrupt Crystal Cathedral. “They are totally outdated,” Flory said. “They are so committed to a plot of land …

Daily Variety quoted Richard Flory’s blog in an article about Super Bowl commercials. Richard Flory, a professor of sociology at USC, recently wrote about “The New Politics of Fear,” which have “begun …

NPR quoted Richard Flory, CRCC director of research and research associate professor, in a report about the ongoing financial woes of the Crystal Cathedral in Orange County. The Crystal Cathedral, a megachurch …

This post originally appeared at Trans/Missions, the USC Knight Chair in Media and Religion site. The past tumultuous few years for the Crystal Cathedral have included the retirement (and un-retirement, then subsequent …

Shocking! According to the New York Times, there are gay and lesbian students at evangelical colleges, and they actually want to be recognized by their schools for the people they are, not …

The challenges facing the Los Angeles region in the coming years are immense, and we are just beginning to understand them. For example, the economy is slowly recovering from the recession of …

Currently, faith groups in Los Angeles exhibit five different, although sometimes overlapping, approaches to meeting the needs they see in the public sphere: 1) Charity in the form of volunteerism and service …

This post originally appeared at Trans/Missions, the USC Knight Chair in Media and Religion site. Several recent reports suggest that the evangelical Christian world, as we have come to know it over …

With the recent retirement of Cardinal Roger Mahony, many assessments of both his accomplishments and shortcomings have–and will–be written. But any appraisal of Mahony’s contributions to the civic culture of Los Angeles …

While the faith community is not equipped to solve the current economic crisis, to bring about immigration reform solely on its own, or to address all the problems associated with a large …

A variety of events and political developments since 1995 have served to motivate the faith community to become more active in a public way. Beginning with former President Clinton’s Charitable Choice/ welfare …

Immediately following the civil unrest of 1992, faith groups began to work toward creating a more unified city, with informal partnerships or covenant relationships being a prime expression of the desire to …

As the population of Los Angeles has grown, so have the many religious congregations and other faith- based nonprofits. Since 1990 the number of religious congregations has grown substantially, and since 1995, …

Executive Summary In the nearly 20 years since the 1992 civil unrest, the Los Angeles faith community has significantly expanded its role in the public sphere. The social response to the Rodney …

This post originally appeared on Trans/Missions, the USC Knight Chair in Media and Religion site. Although there are still some lingering questions from last November about the role that values-voters played in …

This post originally appeared on Trans-Missions, the USC Knight Chair in Media and Religion site. With the recent midterm election now behind us, reporters are beginning to speculate about potential Republican challengers …

This post originally appeared on Trans/Missions, the USC Knight Chair in Media and Religion blog. What is particularly striking in the aftermath of Tuesday’s historic election is that there is no consistent …

Guest blogger Hannah Cohen describes a recent tour of Pentecostal sites in Los Angeles.