Jeremiah Wright
In Georgia runoff, GOP attacks Warnock by tying him to controversial Chicago preacher
By Jack Jenkins — November 18, 2020
(RNS) — Mentions of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who caused controversy for Barack Obama, are among sound bites mined from the Georgia Senate candidate’s sermons.
Five faith facts about former President Barack Obama’s new book: ‘A Promised Land’
By Adelle M. Banks — November 18, 2020
(RNS) — Obama mentions his ‘broader skepticism toward organized religion’ but says he often turned to private prayer.
As Election Day looms, Christian pastors make bold political appeals
By Yonat Shimron, Emily McFarlan Miller, and Jack Jenkins — November 1, 2020
(RNS) — Prominent clergy on both sides urged their flocks to vote, even as they defended the propriety of addressing politics from the pulpit.
Obama’s use of Scripture echoes Lincoln, King
By Daniel Burke — January 16, 2013
(RNS) President Obama will take oath of office on Bibles that once belonged to Abraham Lincoln and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Obama's own use of Scripture echoes his two heroes. By Daniel Burke.
Conservatives release 2007 video linking Obama to former pastor Jeremiah Wright
By Daniel Burke — October 3, 2012
(RNS) Conservatives are circulating a 2007 video in which then-presidential candidate Barack Obama praises his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and suggests that racism played a role in the federal government's slow response to Hurricane Katrina. By Daniel Burke.
Why Ross Douthat thinks we’re ‘a nation of heretics’
By Daniel Burke — April 17, 2012
(RNS) New York Times columnist Ross Douthat doesn't mince words in his new book "Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics." In an interview with Religion News Service, Douthat explains his definition of heresy, why he thinks Mitt Romney and President Obama are both heretics, and why more Americans should argue about religion. By Daniel Burke.
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