Word: faithfully
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...meet with Dean Epps, absolutely," shesays. "I was called in for sharing my faith...
There is no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men,'' Alexis de Tocqueville wrote of the U.S. in 1835. The same could be said of American men--and women--in 1995. In one of the most faith-drenched of all nations, the citizenry contributes $57 billion a year to religion, plus untold hours of volunteer labor. Four out of 10 adults regularly tell Gallup they attended worship in the past week--and even if that count is inflated by good intentions, it still vastly surpasses weekly professional-sports attendance...
...diversity of religious groups than any country in recorded history,'' observes J. Gordon Melton, who will list 1,600 denominations, 44% of them non-Christian, in his next Encyclopedia of American Religions. Half of these have blossomed since 1960; some are homegrown, others imported by immigrants. Judaism, the first faith to crack Christian hegemony, is today deeply rooted in the U.S., although it is being eroded by secularization, low birthrates and high levels of intermarriage. Some experts say ethnic Jews will be outnumbered by ethnic Muslims early in the 21st century...
...homosexuality, advocates the ordination of married men and lends his voice to local leftist causes. The so-called Red Cleric has aired his views in such venues as the flesh review Lui and a gay magazine. Said an Evreux protester: ``The church needs people [like Gaillot] who follow their faith, speak about their beliefs and move the institution ahead.'' The ouster did little to silence the outspoken bishop, who joined a Paris demonstration by a group of homeless people demanding benefits. Said Gaillot: ``I'm not ready to shut...
...themselves and thought, We would have fared far better. Not only did they believe their seismologists could predict the next Big One, but their leaders gave the impression they would be ready for it when it came. But when the ground shook under Kobe on Jan. 17, 1995, that faith suffered its own Richter shock, and Japanese confidence in their ability to outsmart nature lay in ruins. A vast feeling of insecurity rushed into the vacuum, accompanied by anger...