March 2008 | On Our Radar
What Counts
Compiled by Jenny Rough
649,000 Number of American households worth $10 million or more.
$630 Million Amount Rupert Murdoch paid for MySpace.com (News Corp won’t disclose how much he shelled out for the spiritual media website BeliefNet.com ).
$1 Cost of Mother Teresa’s white sari.
1 in 3 Number of Americans who claim they are evangelical (although most prefer the term “bible-believing” or “born again”).
1 in 5 Number of Americans who consider themselves holy (but when asked to define “holy,” most said they didn’t know how).
40 Percent of people, ages 25–29, who believe they will return to another body after they die.
2 Million Number of prayer requests that Silent Unity — an interfaith ministry — receives each year.
30 Percentage of people who request prayers for healing (5.6 percent request prayers for peace of mind, 4.7 percent for guidance and 3.3 percent for harmony).
Sources: MSNBC.com (Baylor University survey), New York magazine (citing Boston College’s Center on Wealth and Philanthropy studies), CNN.com, 2003 Harris Poll, BeliefNet.com (Barna Research Group survey), Silent Unity (unityonline.org)
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