{"id":43517,"date":"2014-04-11T15:45:22","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T15:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/barna_group_the_state_of_the_bible_6_trends_for_2014\/"},"modified":"2014-04-11T15:45:22","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T15:45:22","slug":"barna_group_the_state_of_the_bible_6_trends_for_2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=43517","title":{"rendered":"(Barna Group) The State of the Bible: 6 Trends for 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bible has been making its way onto box office screens and home TV screens over the past year: from Noah to Son of God, people have been watching the Bible. But are they still reading the Bible? And do they still believe in the Bible?<\/p>\n<p>Each year, Barna Group partners with the American Bible Society on State of the Bible, a comprehensive study of Americans&#8217; attitudes and behaviors toward the Bible. Asking a national representative sample of adults the same questions year after year allows us to track the country&#8217;s shifting perceptions of Scriptures.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s research reveals six trends in Bible engagement: from the Bible&#8217;s continued role as a cultural icon, to increased digital Bible reading, to a rise in skepticism toward Scripture, particularly among Millennials.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barna.org\/barna-update\/culture\/664-the-state-of-the-bible-6-trends-for-2014#.U0fO9qIvkYs\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bible has been making its way onto box office screens and home TV screens over the past year: from Noah to Son of God, people have been watching the Bible. But are they still reading the Bible? And do<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=43517\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,50,209,108,34,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-watch","category-international-news-commentary","category-americau-s-a","category-religion-culture","category-theology","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}