That’s what the  new book, “Spirituality, Inc.” by Lake Lambert III explores. In a Wall Street Journal Review :
… Lake Lambert III explains in “Spirituality, Inc.,” religious faith is on display in American business as perhaps never before, from Tyson Foods’ “workplace chaplains [who] roam the corporate halls and processing floors” to the never-open-on-Sunday Chick-fil-A’s [...]

Check out article on CNN.com examining the prosperity gospel, or in other words, that God rewards his faithful with both spiritual and financial gifts. It opens with a discussion of Jesus’ financial portfolio.
Rev. C. Thomas Anderson, senior pastor of the Living Word Bible Church in Mesa, Arizona, says Jesus couldn’t have been poor because he [...]

Following up on our earlier posting on USA Today misleading on mainstream church support for a minimum wage hike — apparently USA Today has a history of obscuring minimum wage activists. And the paper is not alone in its lack of transparency.
Three years ago, a full-page story and photo essay told how hard it was to [...]

Would your political/economic ideology be consistent if you wanted the government to stay out of your pocket but not your bed? Kris Wampler of the Charlotte Libertarian Examiner delves into this conundrum, asking the provocative question: Can Christians Be Libertarians?
The battle between liberals and conservatives only obscures the matter while hampering liberty. The left and [...]

One heartbreaking unintended consequence of a good-intentioned policy. Yes, cash for clunkers is helping some who otherwise might not be able to afford a new car. But by demolishing their old cars, the government is leaving the most needy wanting.
The California faith-based homeless shelter, Mission Solano, is calling on the Obama Administration and both houses of Congress [...]

An interesting twist to church-state separation occurred July 20, 1969 when  Buzz Aldrin, an astronaut but also an elder in the Presbyterian Church, served himself communion in space. But NASA asked him not to broadcast the service, due to an atheist lawsuit “after Apollo 8 astronauts read from Genesis while orbiting the moon at Christmas.” [...]

Advertising Age looks at ”American’s increasingly fickle relationship with religion”, as churches “scramble” for  consumers’ attention.
With more labeling themselves as having no religion or unaffiliated, the publication looks at recruitment efforts:
Look at the parallels between religion and marketing, and it’s almost identical. People become attached to a religion in the same way someone takes on a [...]

We’ve seen it in the U.S. Now, New Zealand reports increased church attendance pegged to economic downturn.

Christianity Today’s cover story is calling it “The Not-for-Profit Surge” reporting that even in tough times, some religious charities are thriving.

Apparently, the recession is leaving many families unable to pay for elaborate funerals and burials, and they’re now opting for cremation, ”even when their culture or religion calls for such customs.”
Many are turning to cremation as a more budget-friendly alternative.  The cost of a cremation, with the ashes either returned to the family in a container [...]