Faith 2016
5 faith facts about Vice President Mike Pence: A ‘born-again, evangelical Catholic’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 24, 2020
(RNS) — The unusual faith mix of Donald Trump's vice president has helped shape him as a politician.
Why it’s not just nominal evangelicals supporting Donald Trump
By John G. Stackhouse Jr. — November 28, 2017
(RNS) — Looking outside politics might actually provide the clue.
United Methodist devotions supported Clinton during the 2016 campaign
By Linda Bloom — February 7, 2017
NEW YORK (UMNS) A group of United Methodist clergywomen created #wepraywithher to join a larger devotional project for the U.S. presidential candidate and honor women who have broken glass ceilings for them.
Russell Moore responds to Southern Baptist detractors
By Adelle M. Banks — December 20, 2016
(RNS) In his column, Moore said there were times during the campaign he thought it would have been 'negligent' to keep quiet.
A depressing year of religion news
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 15, 2016
(RNS) Religion gave billions of people meaning in their lives and inspired good deeds this year, but in news coverage it was linked to bloodshed and blamed for fueling bigotry.
Trump’s surprise election tops religion news stories of 2016
By Kimberly Winston — December 14, 2016
(RNS) In an annual poll of religion news writers, Trump shares spotlight with Khizr and Ghazala Khan, Pope Francis and more.
Election aftermath: Watch the discussion
By RNS staff — December 13, 2016
(RNS) Now that the bitterly contested presidential election is behind us, how can we bring the country closer together?
Trump advisers: The faith factor
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 13, 2016
(RNS) Many of Trump's new appointments are people of faith. Some are supported or opposed by different faith groups; others have made public statements or taken actions regarding different faith groups.
Faith leads Texas GOP elector to resign rather than cast Trump ballot
By Lauren Markoe — November 29, 2016
(RNS) Faith prevented him from being a 'faithless elector.'
Muslim voters don’t show up in the exit polls – yet
By Lauren Markoe — November 28, 2016
(RNS) We have Election Day data on plenty of other religious groups. Why not Muslims?
Minority groups brace for battle in case Trump makes good on his promises
By Lauren Markoe — November 21, 2016
(RNS) 'We're looking for any good signs but the signs he is sending are not good,' Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said of Trump.
How the 2016 election reminded me of growing up in a cult
By Elizabeth Esther — November 18, 2016
(RNS) The facts didn’t matter. What we believed mattered and our beliefs were what made the facts the facts.
Religious environmentalists gird themselves for a Trump presidency
By Lauren Markoe — November 13, 2016
(RNS) “I am dismayed and scared for what this means for the poor, for creation and for all of our descendants,” said Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb.
White evangelicals, Catholics and Mormons carried Trump
By Lauren Markoe — November 9, 2016
(RNS) Evangelical support for Donald Trump surged even as prominent evangelicals, including Southern Baptist Russell Moore, railed against Trump's behavior toward immigrants, women and other groups as un-Christian.
The down-ballot issues people of faith were watching
By Kimberly Winston — November 4, 2016
(RNS) Marijuana, gun control, the death penalty and the minimum wage are some of the issues being highlighted by religious leaders.
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