Essay: COVID-19 sent houses of worship online. Will congregations come back in person?
RYAN BURGE, pastor, author and assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University, says – in an article first published on Religion News Service – that religious leaders can find concern and comfort in a survey about attendance at worship early in the pandemic…
Essay: How much do Americans know about the faiths around them?
RYAN BURGE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at what the data shows…
Essay: Are Democrats ‘spiritual’ and Republicans ‘religious’? It’s not that simple.
In an article first published on Religion News Service, RYAN BURGE, an assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University, looks at at what a recent survey reveals about the differences between how Democrats and Republicans identify when it comes to issues like religion…