Bible Belt
As states ban abortion, a new spotlight on an old battle over sex education
By Riley Farrell — July 14, 2022
(RNS) — Half of the states set to ban abortion have no mandate that schools teach sex education. Only four require curricula to address contraception.
What did church teach white students posing with guns in front of Emmett Till marker?
By Jemar Tisby — August 2, 2019
(RNS) — What if those young men had been deeply educated by their church about race and racism?
Why a pastor made the Bible Belt his mission field
By Dean Inserra — April 1, 2019
(RNS) — The Christian South presents the church with an opportunity to make the gospel known to a region that is saturated with access to the gospel but not true understanding.
In a red state, the culture war shifts
By Bobby Ross Jr. — May 27, 2016
EDMOND, Okla. (RNS) In a state where appeals to traditional values have long resonated with voters, the public is angry and willing to boot incumbents over underfunded schools, crumbling infrastructure and failing health and prison systems.
East-West Travelblog: From ‘atheist’ to ‘Christian’ over breakfast
By Kimberly Winston — August 27, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) City officials would have us believe all is harmony in Music City. But with the country's largest community of Iraqi Kurds and sizable groups of Latinos, Somalis and Bhutanese moving into "the Buckle of the Bible Belt" that isn't always the case.
Executions are down and abolition may not be far behind (COMMENTARY)
By Shane Claiborne — February 4, 2015
(RNS) The death penalty is in critical condition. Might 2015 be a year of abolition?
Murfreesboro mosque fight laid to rest after Supreme Court ruling
By Bob Smietana — June 3, 2014
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) On the surface, the fight was over the minutiae of Tennessee’s sunshine, or public notice, laws. But a thriving anti-Muslim movement in Tennessee fueled the fight.
Mississippi, Vermont score at opposite ends of religious spectrum
By Tracy Gordon — March 28, 2012
WASHINGTON (RNS) According to a new Gallup Poll, 59 percent of residents in Mississippi are "very religious," while a nearly identical share of Vermonters are nonreligious. By Annalisa Musarra.
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