NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

6 charts that illustrate the surprising financial strength of American houses of worship

  • Written by David King, Assistant Professor of Philanthropic Studies, IUPUI
Organized religion is faring better than it may appear.James Kirkikis/Shutterstock.com

Religion accounts for the largest share of the approximately US$425 billion Americans give away every year.

Even so, the charitable dollars channeled to churches and other houses of worship have slowly declined as a percentage of overall giving for decades. In...

Read more: 6 charts that illustrate the surprising financial strength of American houses of worship

More Articles ...

  1. Catholic activism, not repentance for sexual abuse, is what forces clergy to resign
  2. Evangelical gangs in Rio de Janeiro wage 'holy war' on Afro-Brazilian faiths
  3. Transgender homeless Americans find few protections in the law
  4. Why Congress would keep working during a government shutdown
  5. US-China trade deal: 3 fundamental issues remain unresolved
  6. In impeachment spotlight, dueling views of professionalism appear
  7. Impeachment is better than exile
  8. Kids aren't getting enough exercise, even in sporty Seattle
  9. Memo from a historian: White ladies cooking in plantation museums are a denial of history
  10. When Trump calls someone a dog, he's tapping into ugly history
  11. Margaret Morse Nice thought like a song sparrow and changed how scientists understand animal behavior
  12. Butterfly lovers become citizen scientists by logging sightings on eButterfly
  13. Uber's data revealed nearly 6,000 sexual assaults. Does that mean it's not safe?
  14. Asking people with memory loss about past holidays can help them recall happy times
  15. As rural Americans struggle for health care access, insurers may be making things worse
  16. The Earth needs multiple methods for removing CO2 from the air to avert worst of climate change
  17. 'Organic' label doesn't guarantee that holiday ham was a happy pig
  18. The dangers of depicting Greta Thunberg as a prophet
  19. Why are whales big, but not bigger?
  20. How old should kids be to get phones?
  21. ‘Richard Jewell’ is only the latest film to depict a female journalist trading sex for scoops
  22. Supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy may have a friend
  23. Winter is coming: 5 essential reads about snow and ice
  24. Myths around mental illness cause high rates of unemployment
  25. Slave life's harsh realities are erased in Christmas tours of Southern plantations
  26. School resource officers aren't arrested often – but when they are, it's usually for sexual misconduct
  27. Myanmar charged with genocide of Rohingya Muslims: 5 essential reads
  28. Examining how primates make vowel sounds pushes timeline for speech evolution back by 27 million years
  29. USMCA: The 3 most important changes in the new NAFTA and why they matter
  30. Mexican Mennonites combat fears of violence with a new Christmas tradition
  31. Like 'Little Women,' books by Zitkála-Šá and Taha Hussein are classics
  32. We calculated emissions due to electricity loss on the power grid – globally, it's a lot
  33. Not every campus is a political battlefield
  34. 5 new ways for schools to work with families
  35. What happens when black Americans leave their segregated hometowns
  36. 'Robotic blacksmithing': A technology that could revive US manufacturing
  37. Paul Volcker helped shape an independent Federal Reserve – a vital legacy that's under threat
  38. What can drones do to protect civilians in armed conflict?
  39. Fat-shaming pregnant women isn't just mean, it's harmful
  40. Millions of burnt trees and rusted cars: Post-disaster cleanup is expensive, time-consuming and wasteful
  41. Taliban negotiations resume, feeding hope of a peaceful, more prosperous Afghanistan
  42. Super rats or sickly rodents? Our war against urban rats could be leading to swift evolutionary changes
  43. How the 'extreme abstinence' of the purity movement created a sense of shame in evangelical women
  44. In its anti-'Medicare for All' push, the health insurance industry pulls from an old playbook
  45. A brief guide to how the China-US trade war will affect your holiday shopping
  46. What the Roman senate's grovelling before emperors explains about GOP senators' support for Trump
  47. New studies show discrimination widely reported by women, people of color and LGBTQ adults
  48. Risk rooted in colonial era weighs on Bahamas' efforts to rebuild after Hurricane Dorian
  49. What makes wine dry? It's easy to taste, but much harder to measure
  50. Why the holidays are a prime time for elder abuse, and what you can do to thwart it