When I speak at churches around the country, the conversation after my talks often turns to the state of Christian higher education. I’m a professor at a Christian institution, and Christian parents and grandparents want to know where high school graduates can go to have their faith deepened rather than undermined. These concerns have only become more pressing given the ongoing rise in young people wandering away from the church and describing their religious convictions as “nothing in particular.”The question […]

Support La Croix International and high-quality journalism Enjoy unlimited access to La Croix International Signs of the times. Pope Francis, distinguishing himself from predecessors, champions a "global south" Catholicism, advocating liberation from Western norms and deeper integration into non-Western cultures, in stark contrast to Western "cultural Christians" who seek to preserve their historical Christian heritage.Richard Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist and ethologist and one of the most famous atheists in the world, announced just a few weeks ago that he is a […]

In an interview with LBC in London, famed atheist Richard Dawkins offered two startling admissions: first, that he mourned the loss of much of what reflects the Christian faith in the world, and second, that he would consider himself a “cultural” Christian. He stated:I do think we are culturally a Christian country. I call myself a cultural Christian. I’m not a believer, but there is a distinction between being a believing Christian and a cultural Christian…I love hymns and Christmas […]