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Cremation is an increasingly popular choice for many people. Just a decade ago, only 18% of Americans were cremated; today, 27% are, and the Cremation Association of North America predicts that number will jump to 48% by 2025. That's owing, in part, to the swell of immigrants who practice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What A Way To Go | 7/7/2003 | See Source »

In the past century, as mainline Protestants and the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. adopted a social gospel that stressed aiding the poor over preaching to the unenlightened, evangelizing at its purest fell to Evangelicals. Rare is the conservative Protestant church that doesn't send its teens off on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Missionaries Under Cover | 6/30/2003 | See Source »

Such overtures are legal in Lebanon but are regarded by both Muslims and some Christian leaders as threats to the fragile peace among the country's sects. Thus the local Catholic Archbishop, while condemning the crime, felt it necessary to announce, "We don't accept this kind of preaching. We...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Missionaries Under Cover | 6/30/2003 | See Source »

If the nation's bishops thought they were going to have a quiet get-together last week in St. Louis, Mo., the site of their annual spring meeting, they were quickly disabused of that notion. The resignation of Frank Keating, the former Oklahoma Governor who was chair of the Conference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Since 1884 ... | 6/30/2003 | See Source »

What kept Kaet from ultimately losing her cool? Nine prewedding sessions she and Andy had with an older, wiser couple--their marriage mentors. Consulting this new breed of counselor is becoming increasingly common among soon-to-be-marrieds who are in search of wisdom about navigating marital obstacles. Marriage mentoring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wedding Wisdom | 6/23/2003 | See Source »

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