Spiritual Politics
Is American media coverage of the Israel-Hamas war biased?
By Mark Silk — November 21, 2023
(RNS) — The difference between U.S. outlets and Israeli ones is a matter of hope.
An American Catholic bishop gets a deserved heave-ho from the pope
By Mark Silk — November 13, 2023
The Christian hard line on abortion dooms the GOP
By Mark Silk — November 9, 2023
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Pope Francis sets the table for the upcoming climate summit
By Mark Silk — November 3, 2023
(RNS) — What he has to say when he gets to Dubai.
The evangelical Christian activist who is now speaker of the House
By Mark Silk — October 30, 2023
(RNS) — Does Mike Johnson’s Bible-based worldview stop at the border?
The white evangelical march toward climate disaster
By Mark Silk — October 4, 2023
(RNS) — The new PRRI survey shows that fewer and fewer of them consider climate change a crisis.
Religious liberty is becoming a go-to right for everyone
By Mark Silk — September 27, 2023
(RNS) — A legal strategy pioneered by the right has been adopted by the left.
The new Americanism heresy
By Mark Silk — September 20, 2023
(RNS) — Once again, American bishops are at odds with the Vatican.
After the Birmingham bombing, a Rosh Hashana sermon to remember
By Mark Silk — September 14, 2023
(RNS) — From the rabbi caught in the middle of the road.
Debate outlined GOP presidential candidates’ perilous divisions on abortion
By Mark Silk — August 25, 2023
(RNS) — To be sure, all of them say they're pro-life.
Ohio shows that people want abortion to be legal
By Mark Silk — August 14, 2023
(RNS) — This should not be news.
Will the Supreme Court take up the denial of religious exemptions for unvaccinated schoolchildren?
By Mark Silk — August 10, 2023
(RNS) — A Connecticut case makes it likely.
Indicting Trump’s gospel of truth
By Mark Silk — August 2, 2023
(RNS) — It's at the crux of his latest indictment.
My Harvard diversity story
By Mark Silk — July 31, 2023
(RNS) — Diversity has its challenges — at Harvard and beyond.
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Mark Silk
Spiritual Politics
Mark Silk is Professor of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College and director of the college's Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life. He is a Contributing Editor of the Religion News Service
