Government & Politics
When religious conviction trumps politics: The case of Mitt Romney
By Mark Silk — February 6, 2020
(RNS) — The former Republican standard-bearer puts his follow GOP senators to shame.
Breaking down Trump’s religion-heavy State of the Union
By Jack Jenkins — February 5, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The president made several appeals to faith throughout his annual speech to the nation and the U.S. Congress, some of which appear to be targeted at certain demographics.
Impeachment and the decline of constitutional faith
By Mark Silk — January 31, 2020
(RNS) — In the language of both Democrats and Republicans, the Constitution is not the sacred document it used to be.
The new wall of separation between church and state
By Mark Silk — January 26, 2020
(RNS) — It has to do with religious liberty, and the Supreme Court is building it.
Trump v. Jefferson on National Religious Freedom Day
By Mark Silk — January 21, 2020
(RNS) — A proposed Trump rule change touted as a boon for faith-based organizations would actually undermine religious freedom.
Christianity Today roils the evangelical waters
By Mark Silk — December 22, 2019
(RNS) — Whatever its effect on the impeachment debate, CT's editorial calling for Trump's removal started a fight over Billy Graham's legacy.
American Jews split over Trump executive order on combating anti-Semitism
By Yonat Shimron — December 11, 2019
(RNS) — Left-leaning Jews said the underlying purpose of the executive order was to stifle legitimate criticism of Israel and its policies toward Palestinians living under Israeli occupation.
Trump’s anti-Semitism order is much ado about not much
By Mark Silk — December 11, 2019
(RNS) — The president's executive order, which provides protection for Jews long since offered by previous administrations, amounts to little more than politics for the Hanukkah season.
Let the US Commission on International Religious Freedom expire
By Mark Silk — December 4, 2019
(RNS) — A federal commission originally devised to show up the Clinton administration now only serves to furnish Trump court evangelicals with a bully pulpit.
The Judeo-Christian tradition versus Donald Trump
By Mark Silk — November 23, 2019
It's all about prophecy.
Do the Democrats have a religion problem?
By Mark Silk — October 31, 2019
(RNS) — With the rise of the religiously unaffiliated, the God gap matters less and less. Will the Democrats find a way to strike a new spiritual chord on the environment?
How William Barr, culture warrior, weaponizes religious liberty
By Mark Silk — October 17, 2019
(RNS) — In a speech at Notre Dame, the U.S. attorney general put personal morality — and personal religious liberty — above the more traditional Catholic concern for social problems.
Anti-vaxxers in America go back 300 years
By Mark Silk — September 29, 2019
Benjamin Franklin was at the center of it.
Pete Buttigieg, Mainline Protestant
By Mark Silk — September 11, 2019
And when it comes to climate change, not in a good way.
Confessions of a disloyal Jew
By Mark Silk — August 21, 2019
(RNS) — On Tuesday, President Trump said, 'I think that any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat, I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.' Of the two, I have to choose disloyalty — and I'm proud of it.
