[Gingersnap]

"I'm not sure there is a return to religiosity, it may be that what Medved is observing is a reaction by most Americans to the increasing leftist attacks on Christianity. "

I think he's on to something. Poll after poll shows that college students are becoming more interested in traditional religious expressions (whatever faith they identify with).

The megachurches are bleeding the mainline churches dry and in turn, they are feeding large numbers of people into traditional churches like the PCA and the CLC. "The Passion" was deeply religious, not 'spiritual', and people couldn't get enough.

I think we may yet live to see a period where it's "cool" to be religious.

[Sam Cree]

I no longer belong to a temple, quit due to Refom Judaism's leftism. But I will say that even within Reform Judaism, that most secular of religious denominations, there has been in recent years a very noticable return to religious tradition and ritual. So, perhaps you are right.

[Valin]

I wonder if it ever really goes away?
< poor analogy>
It's like the Blues, it never really goes away, but every once in a while it pops up into the public consciousness.
< /poor analogy>