Oliver Thomas

Oliver Thomas is an author at Religion News Service.

All Stories by Oliver Thomas

Next Supreme Court justice needs deeper devotion to religious freedom (COMMENTARY)

By Oliver Thomas — February 25, 2016
We tend to assume that Republican judges will be friendlier to religious freedom than their Democratic counterparts. The lessons of the last 26 years suggest otherwise.

COMMENTARY: After Hurricane Katrina, two congregations take a chance

By Oliver Thomas — August 2, 2013
(RNS) Religious people like to speak of the "Kingdom of God." First Grace could be what that kingdom looks like. It is black, white and brown. Rich and poor. Gay and straight. Democrat and Republican.

America’s rough week

By Oliver Thomas — April 19, 2013
(RNS) Taken together, it was a bruising week for a nation wearied by war and nagged by chronic unemployment.
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