NEWS STORY
RNS-Putnam-QA: Robert Putnam thinks religion could play a role in healing the national morass
(RNS) — In their new book “The Upswing,” Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garret argue the Progressive Era of the early 20th century may provide a roadmap for our polarizing gridlock. That period was led by moral crusaders: religious people such as Walter Rauschenbusch who ushered in the so-called Social Gospel movement. Religious narratives could play a role in an upswing today, too. By Yonat Shimron. 1,700 words. (category: a)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Emerson-Oped: Evangelical Christians once were saved. After Trump, they’re lost.
(RNS) — Trump is the price of the white evangelical church’s rejection of the vision of Martin Luther King Jr. and others who demanded we address America’s racism and greed. As president he has forced many white evangelicals into a long overdue reckoning with their culture’s indifference to systemic racism and its unholy alliance with partisan politics. By Michael O. Emerson and Joel Goza. 1,010 words. (category: k)
