Is the Internet bad for religion?

April 10, 2014

c. 2014 Religion News Service

(RNS) A new paper draws an intriguing conclusion to a question scholars have wrestled with for several decades: Why are Americans dropping out of church?

One reason? They’re logging on to the Internet.

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