Tobin Grant
@TobinGrant blogs for Religion News Service at Corner of Church and State, a data-driven conversation on religion and politics. He is a political science professor at Southern Illinois University and associate editor of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
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Gender pay gap among clergy worse than national average – A first look at the new national data
By Tobin Grant — January 12, 2016
Thanks to new national data, we have our first look at how wide the pay gap is among clergy.
Wheaton’s move to fire Larycia Hawkins turning farce into a fiasco. Here are six questions that need to be asked
By Tobin Grant — January 10, 2016
Wheaton's treatment of Larycia Hawkins should be troubling to anyone who values fairness and due process.
Five ways you can back InterVarsity after #BlackLivesMatter stance
By Tobin Grant — January 6, 2016
Evangelical leaders sign open letter supporting InterVarsity. Here's what you can do.
Wheaton professor’s views triggered online hate storm
By Tobin Grant — January 5, 2016
There is the theological debate and then there is the hate the debate has unleashed.
Why Scalia says government should favor religion over nonreligion
By Tobin Grant — January 4, 2016
Scalia says God wants us to honor him, and the Constitution allows it. But is this surprising?
InterVarsity’s unabashed support for #BlackLivesMatter may be its boldest move yet (ANALYSIS)
By Tobin Grant — December 30, 2015
(RNS) During the 1950s and '60s, evangelicals stayed clear of joining the civil rights movement. That's why InterVarsity's move to embrace #BlackLives Matter may be a watershed moment.
InterVarsity backs #BlackLivesMatters at Urbana 15
By Tobin Grant — December 29, 2015
InterVarsity's full-throated support for #BlackLivesMatter could be a watershed moment in American evangelicalism.
Wheaton College suspension of prof for ‘same God’ comment disgraceful (COMMENTARY)
By Tobin Grant — December 17, 2015
(RNS) The school’s overreaction to a professor’s statement on Islam has turned a minor controversy into a full-fledged fiasco.
Wheaton College’s disgraceful suspension of professor for controversial comment
By Tobin Grant — December 16, 2015
Wheaton College's overreaction to a professor's statement on Islam has turned a minor controversy into a full-fledge fiasco.
Hawaii telescope stalled because of indigenous rights, not ‘superstition’
By Tobin Grant — December 7, 2015
The Friendly Atheist blog sees "superstition" where it isn't.
Is the Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting terrorism, a hate crime, or what?
By Tobin Grant — November 29, 2015
It's a hate crime, not terrorism...legally.
Evangelicals (always) fear losing religious liberty & being called bigots: A look at 1950s evangelicalism
By Tobin Grant — November 24, 2015
Evangelicalism is at tension with the rest of American culture---and that isn't new.
Muslims are disliked, violent and unpatriotic: Three graphs of US public opinion
By Tobin Grant — November 20, 2015
Americans view most Muslims as far more violent and far less patriotic than members of other religions.
Religious people are more likely to be veterans: Two graphs on veterans in American religion
By Tobin Grant — November 11, 2015
Religion and military service go hand-in-hand. Here's the data.
Starbucks faux outrage: When did this “War on Christmas” start anyway?
By Tobin Grant — November 10, 2015
Ten years ago, no one had heard of a "war on Christmas."
