The Judeo-Christian tradition versus Donald Trump
It's all about prophecy.
The rise of fundamentalist Catholicism
(RNS) — The recent Amazon synod has exposed just how far conservative Catholicism has been reshaped in the image of American evangelicalism.
The rise of fundamentalist Catholicism
(RNS) — The recent Amazon synod has exposed just how far conservative Catholicism has been reshaped in the image of American evangelicalism.
Do the Democrats have a religion problem?
(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
(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.
No, my synagogue didn't just violate the Johnson Amendment
(RNS) — Houses of worship can publicly disagree with the president's policies without violating federal rules against electioneering by nonprofits. Not that all members of the congregation will be mollified.
Good news, bad news on churchgoers' views of Trump
(RNS) — In a new Gallup poll, the biggest gap between Trump's job approval rating and how Americans feel about him personally, percentage-wise, comes from weekly churchgoers.
Anti-vaxxers in America go back 300 years
Benjamin Franklin was at the center of it.
Arizona Supreme Court gives Christian artists a lot less than they asked for
(RNS) — Two graphic artists claim that the ruling means that Phoenix's anti-discrimination law "cannot compel us to imagine and create custom artwork that violates our beliefs." Actually, that's not the case.
Pete Buttigieg, Mainline Protestant
And when it comes to climate change, not in a good way.
Pope Francis pushes a new theology of climate change
(RNS) — Rather than blame the environmental crisis on humanity's fallen state, as his predecessors did, Francis emphasizes how nature brings us closer to God.
Confessions of a disloyal Jew
(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.
Trump's Labor Department tries to privilege religion over LGBTQ rights
(RNS) — But what if a same-sex couple marries in church?
Steve Bannon and the nationalist roots of Trump's 'Judeo-Christian' vision
(RNS) — The leader who revived 'America First' is sailing under a Judeo-Christian flag first used to combat the original America Firsters eight decades ago.
The scandal of Barr's reinstating the death penalty
Church leaders should be calling him out.