This post was originally published on Trans/Missions, the USC Knight Chair in Media and Religion site. The sky is falling and apparently it’s taking organized religion with it. That’s the take-away message …

This post originally appeared at Trans-Missions, the USC Knight Chair in Media and Religion site. The recent retirement, then non-retirement, of famed Crystal Cathedral and “possibility thinking” pastor Robert Schuller, was reported …

Growing Up in America: The Power of Race in the Lives of Teens Richard Flory with Brad Christerson and Korie Edwards (Stanford University Press: 2010)           People’s experiences …

Richard Flory on Glenn Beck and Liberty University

Our ongoing project on the Los Angeles Dream Center has introduced us to many memorable people, among them, Alfred Lomas. Alfred is the director of the Food Truck ministry at the Dream …

That evangelical Christians have long been able to co-opt popular cultural forms, give them a nice (and wholesome) Christian gloss, and then turn them into forms intended to further their aims is …

According to a recent report from the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank, the number of people served by its affiliate food pantries, kitchens and shelters throughout Los Angeles County has increased 46% since …

Richard Flory, CRCC senior research associate and research associate professor, was quoted in an Associated Press article by Gillian Flaccus. The Crystal Cathedral, a megachurch founded by Robert H. Schuller Sr. is …

It is no secret that women generally get the short end of the stick, so to speak, when it comes to how they are treated and viewed in religions and religious institutions. …

Richard Flory, CRCC senior research associate, appeared on a CBS Evening News broadcast about American religious practice. The story, “Crossing Boundaries,” focused on a recent study from the Pew Forum on Religion …

There seems to be some concern among both religious leaders and the faithful, that our recent economic woes will cause significant change in the religious landscape of America.

Or maybe we could develop an alternative explanation and call it the “Spiritualization Thesis.” Americans are, apparently, as interested in religious and spiritual activities as ever, including prayer and seeking out various forms of spiritual guidance and direction.

There’s an interesting article in the Sports Section of the New York Times (August 2, 2009) on several X Games competitors who have given up life in the fast lane, of (apparently) sex, drugs and rock and roll, and have converted to Christianity of an evangelical sort.

In August 2006, a collaboration of African American clergy, community-based organizations and state and county representatives joined together to form a Public Health Reentry Task Force to address the health care needs …

Richard Flory, senior research associate and research associate professor of sociology, documents the Regional Congregations and Neighborhood Organizations (RCNO) Training Center’s public health reentry program in San Diego. The RCNO effort addresses …

Finding Faith: The Spiritual Quest of the Post-Boomer Generation Richard Flory & Donald E. Miller (Rutgers University Press: 2008)             Despite the masses still lining up to …

A Sociology of Spirituality Kieran Flanagan, editor (Routledge: 2007)             The emergence of spirituality in contemporary culture in holistic forms suggests that organised religions have failed. This …

GenX Religion Richard Flory & Donald E. Miller, editors (Routledge: 2000)             GenX Religion is the first in-depth collection on this generation’s religious experience. The contributors, mostly …