Barack Obama
Archbishop Chaput slams Trump critics, says Notre Dame should honor the president
By David Gibson — January 27, 2017
(RNS) This was the Philadelphia prelate's latest jab at the iconic Catholic university, and his strongest defense of Trump and blast at those who demonstrated against him.
Three different ways to resist Trumpian nationalism
By David P. Gushee — January 26, 2017
Three paradigms for resisting when nationalism is on the march. But will any be strong enough?
Welcome to the Trump era. Hold onto your hope.
By Jonathan Merritt — January 19, 2017
A former Obama White House staffer says all Americans have reason to hope in the age of Trump.
On being strangers in a strange land
By David P. Gushee — January 16, 2017
On being stripped of illusions about being at home in a good land called America.
Barack Obama: High priest of the American civil religion
By Mark Silk — January 13, 2017
(RNS) The 44th president's performance in the role of head of state was unsurpassed.
In farewell, Obama urges faith and political engagement
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 11, 2017
CHICAGO (RNS) 'More often than not, your faith in America — and in Americans — will be confirmed,' Obama said, urging his supporters to get even more involved in the political process.
Many sightings of hope
By Martin E. Marty — January 5, 2017
“We do not know enough about the future to be absolutely pessimistic.”
U.S. government cancels 9/11-era registry for foreigners
By Reuters — December 22, 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. government is canceling an inactive registry program for visitors from countries where extremist groups are operating, a plan similar to aMuslim registry considered by President-elect Donald Trump.
On the delusion of clergy access to the royal throne
By David P. Gushee — December 20, 2016
The religious leader types who get access to the White House are mainly useful idiots.
When you’re the one in the captain’s chair
By David P. Gushee — December 8, 2016
It is easy to be the fire-breathing prophet when you are not the leader.
President Trump may not get an invite to Notre Dame graduation
By David Gibson — December 5, 2016
(RNS) The Rev. John Jenkins, head of the iconic Catholic university, said the divisiveness Trump inspires could create a 'circus.'
Religious groups to Obama: Dismantle immigration registry’s framework
By Lauren Markoe — November 22, 2016
(RNS) Faith groups say the program is discriminatory and worry that — while not currently in use — it remains on the federal books.
Donald Trump and the end of the American civil religion
By Mark Silk — November 11, 2016
(RNS) If there's ever been a president less capable of invoking God, I don't know who it was.
The divided soul of the Democratic Party
By David Gibson — July 28, 2016
PHILADELPHIA (RNS) Faith is more evident – and accepted – at the party’s grass roots than in the treetops where power brokers call the shots. Did Wednesday night’s God-inflected speeches signal a change?
Obama: Discrimination against Muslims an affront to American values
By RNS staff — July 22, 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) President Obama praised the contributions of Muslim immigrants to the United States, saying any effort to discriminate against the Islamic faith plays into the hands of terrorists.
