EPISODE · Dec 29, 2021 · 30 MIN
Ridgewood Religion
from Mister Radio · host Marshall Katzman
According to a recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes, and trends shaping the world, currently about three in 10 U.S. adults or 29%, are religious “nones”, that's spelled N-O-N-E-S, or people who describe themselves as atheists, agnostics, or nothing in particular when asked about their religious identity. This is only one of the challenges facing religious leaders today. COVID, social media and politics are also in the mix. To discuss these and other issues. I reached out by telephone to three faith leaders in the village of Ridgewood, New Jersey, a suburban bedroom community of New York city located approximately 20 miles Northwest of Midtown Manhattan. I opened my interview with the results of the recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, as well as a series published by The Record on religion and suburban houses of worship in Northern New Jersey, which have lost between 40 to 50% of their congregations and asked my guests, if they had noticed a drop in their membership as well. A pdf. transcript for this show is on this link: https://fantasypuppettheater.com/Religion_Transcript.pdf
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According to a recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes, and trends shaping the world, currently about three in 10 U.S. adults or 29%, are religious “nones”, that's spelled N-O-N-E-S, or people who describe themselves as atheists, agnostics, or nothing in particular when asked about their religious identity. This is only one of the challenges facing religious leaders today. COVID, social media and politics are also in the mix. To discuss these and other issues. I reached out by telephone to three faith leaders in the village of Ridgewood, New Jersey, a suburban bedroom community of New York city located approximately 20 miles Northwest of Midtown Manhattan. I opened my interview with the results of the recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, as well as a series published by The Record on religion and suburban houses of worship in Northern New Jersey, which have lost between 40 to 50% of their congregations and asked my guests, if they had noticed a drop in their membership as well. A pdf. transcript for this show is on this link: https://fantasypuppettheater.com/Religion_Transcript.pdf
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