Tag: Michael Peppard
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Chrétiens d’Orient, 2000 Ans d’Histoire: A Major Exhibit in France
by Michael Peppard | ελληνικά I spent over an hour there, in that small rotunda, about twenty feet across. Display cases of manuscripts in Coptic, Syriac, Arabic, and Armenian encircled me, the only one of the museum’s patrons to linger so long in that spot. The rest of the exhibit, outside this temporary cloister, was equally worthy […]
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Why “Nones” Are Leaving the Church
by Michael Peppard This essay originally appeared on dotCommonweal on September 23, 2016. The most significant demographic trend in American religion today is the rapidly growing numbers of “unaffiliated” or “nones.” The data has spoken clearly for years, with a rise from about 5% in 1972 to about 25% in 2016. More importantly, almost 40% […]