American evangelicals
Why abortion was a dud for Democrats
By Jacob Lupfer — November 7, 2022
(RNS) — In politics, the faith card is always a wild card.
Evangelicals and Trump: ReAwaken America shows us who changed whom
By Jacob Lupfer — October 31, 2022
(RNS) — It would be so easy for conservative Christians to simply say, 'These rallies are not a good model for evangelical political engagement.'
Mormons are insulated from some dangers of celebrity culture — but not all
By Jana Riess — October 27, 2022
(RNS) — It helps that some of our leaders are over the age of 90.
My evangelical Sukkot saviors
By Avi Shafran — October 9, 2022
(RNS) — Every year as the Jewish holiday comes around, I remember Anthony.
Even Christians who are Democrats are abandoning the Social Gospel
By Ryan Burge — October 6, 2022
(RNS) — Survey data show that church attendance, not party, is more likely to determine how Christians view the kingdom.
The scandal of evangelical Christian friendship
By Karen Swallow Prior — September 9, 2022
(RNS) — Christians more than anyone else ought to have the most robust and healthiest understanding of friendship, including, or especially, those between men and women.
‘God-denying’ women and self-replacing Christians: How religion changes birthrates
By Ryan Burge — September 8, 2022
(RNS) — Religion has become a part of the conversation about declining birthrates.
The Christian right’s Faustian bargain
By Mark Silk — September 6, 2022
(RNS) — It goes back 42 years.
Bishop Robert Stearns wants to reinvent evangelicalism without leaving it behind
By Benjamin Spratt and Joshua Stanton — August 31, 2022
(RNS) — The pastor from western New York is one of a rising cohort of evangelical leaders who are looking beyond partisan politics and messaging based on fear.
In his debut country album, Rhett McLaughlin breaks up — with God
By Riley Farrell — August 11, 2022
(RNS) — The ‘Good Mythical Morning’ comedian goes on a spiritual deconstruction journey in his album, ‘James and the Shame.’
My court evangelical throws in the towel
By Mark Silk — May 31, 2022
(RNS) — From COVID-19 to Uvalde, pastoring a megachurch just became too much for my imaginary friend.
Protestants and the pill: How US Christians helped make birth control mainstream
By Samira Mehta — May 25, 2022
(The Conversation) — Conservative Christians have cheered restrictions on some birth control. But many decades ago, Christian leaders’ support helped contraceptives become acceptable in the first place.
100 years later, Fosdick’s question, ‘Shall the fundamentalists win?’ still echoes
By Jacob Lupfer — May 20, 2022
(RNS) — The answer, improbable at the time, was, 'Yes, they shall.'
Overturning Roe is a huge win for evangelicals. It won’t end their political game.
By Marcia Pally — May 13, 2022
(RNS) — Abortion is not the only issue driving white evangelical politics.
Russia-Ukraine war: Some pastors wonder about ‘end of days’
By David Crary — March 14, 2022
(AP) — A 'Rapture Index' — on which any reading above 160 means “Fasten your seatbelts” — was raised this week to 187, close to its record high of 189 in 2016.
