Religion News Service (https://religionnews.com/category/politics/)
Donald Trump is not a Christian, but he understands what white Protestants long for, says historian Matthew Bowman in the new book “Christian: The Politics of a Word in America.”
(RNS) — His conservative Christian faith undergirds his beliefs, which many say are anti-gay and anti-Muslim.
James Comey’s claim that Donald Trump is unfit to be president.
(RNS) — Republicans still appeal to older white Christian voters who have less than a college education, says a new Pew study. The problem for the GOP is that these voters are fast becoming thin on the ground.
(RNS) — ‘I suppose if there is anything I could say I reject, it is the idea that God’s love and acceptance is dependent on our right belief. I no longer see how that could be possible,’ said Audrey Assad.
(RNS) — ‘Our scripture says we’re all created in the image of God and are, therefore, of equal and immeasurable worth in the eyes of our Creator,’ reads an open letter to the education secretary from the founder of The Expectations Project.
WASHINGTON (RNS) — And they are citing both moral imperatives and concerns about accuracy.
Despite their many similarities, Easter has avoided the controversy that stalks Christmas. Here’s why.
(RNS) — The failure to gut the law was celebrated by faith leaders and nonprofit groups who say it protects them from political coercion.
(RNS) — A generation ago, evangelical luminaries denounced the Soviet Union and Russian leadership in the strongest possible terms.
(RNS) — Kentucky could soon have a new law on prayer for its students, and given what Gov. Matt Bevin is saying about their teachers, they’ll need it.
(AP) — Mayor Jessop said all of (those resigning) are members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or FLDS, an offshoot of mainstream Mormonism that practices polygamy.
(AP) — What was once a strictly Jewish-funded mission is increasingly being bankrolled by evangelical Christians.
(The Conversation) — Protecting the Dreamers isn’t about rejecting the rule of law. Rather, it reflects respect for the morality that the law proclaims.
