morality
The Real Moral Majority with Rev. Jennifer Butler
By Jonathan Woodward — September 9, 2023
State of Belief host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush interviews Rev. Jennifer Butler, founder of Faith in Public Life and author of "Who Stole My Bible? Reclaiming Scripture as a Handbook for Resisting Tyranny."
Most adults in US, 16 other nations say belief in God, morality not always linked
By Adelle M. Banks — April 20, 2023
(RNS) — Pew Research Center released the findings — that also hold true among most of those affiliated with a religion — from its Global Attitudes Survey.
It’s time at last for an ethical conversation about Afghanistan
By Jim Wallis — September 15, 2021
(RNS) — What have 20 years of war done to our values?
Stop gloating over COVID-19 deniers falling ill. Focus on the miracles of kindness.
By Amy Laura Hall — August 19, 2021
(RNS) — Those of us who are vaccinated should not be so proud as to declare ourselves such.
Study: Only half of American households donate to charity
By Haleluya Hadero — July 28, 2021
(AP) — Donations to charitable causes are reaching record highs, but the giving is done by a smaller and smaller slice of the population.
The ethical questions raised by COVID-19 vaccines: 5 essential reads
By Matt Williams — June 30, 2021
(The Conversation) — Should people be compelled to take the vaccine? Should you feel guilty for skipping the line? And what about parts of the world where vaccines aren’t readably available? Ethicists have it covered.
Faith still shapes morals and values even after people are ‘done’ with religion
By Philip Schwadel and Sam Hardy — June 16, 2021
(The Conversation) — Religion affects how people regard qualities like benevolence, kindness, conformity and fairness even after they stop practicing religion.
How war bypasses morality
By Russell P. Johnson — January 6, 2020
(Sightings) — Ironically, it is in times of crisis when we can be least likely to step back and compare our words and actions against our moral convictions.
Trump’s tweets and actions aren’t good fruit — or moral
By Matthew Arbo — December 31, 2019
(RNS) — A recent essay by theologian Wayne Grudem lists 20 achievements that he believes reflect well on the president’s character. It's also possible in a few of these achievements to see corruption.
The Great American Slumbering?
By William Schweiker — December 6, 2019
(RNS) — Are we experiencing the opposite of a ‘Great Awakening’ in the US today?
Millennial morality lends ‘The Good Place’ its theology — and popularity
By Tara Isabella Burton — October 2, 2019
(RNS) — Eleanor and her fellow millennials on CBS' afterlife sitcom would rather change the rules for getting into heaven than submit to traditions that don't fit their best selves.
Why the Christian idea of hell no longer persuades people to care for the poor
By Meghan Henning — October 25, 2018
(The Conversation) — The idea of an afterlife as a moral tool goes back to the Greeks, but in present times, the concept of eternal perdition has radically changed.
Are you a good person? How can you tell?
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 26, 2017
(USA Today) — Social psychologists, ethicists, and religious leaders tell how to take a moral measure of yourself.
Are religious people more moral?
By Dimitris Xygalatas — October 25, 2017
(The Conversation) — Many might assume that religious commitment is a sign of virtue, or even that morality cannot exist without religion. Both of these assumptions, however, are problematic.
Southern Baptists grapple with morality, white nationalism in the Trump age
By Adelle M. Banks — June 13, 2017
(RNS) After some debate, the denomination declined to take up a resolution condemning the 'alt-right movement,' whose members include white nationalists.
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