Christian nation
Trump-aligned think tank, denying policy plans, gives voice to Christian nationalist views
By Jack Jenkins — February 21, 2024
(RNS) — The Center for Renewing America is denying a Politico report about plans to push Christian nationalism should Donald Trump win back the White House — but that doesn’t mean the group doesn’t endorse the ideology or want it to help shape public policy.
What does it mean to claim the US is a Christian nation, and what does the Constitution say?
By Peter Smith — February 20, 2024
Six in 10 U.S. adults said the founders originally intended America to be a Christian nation, according to a 2022 Pew Research Center survey.
Christian-nation idea fuels US conservative causes, but historians say it misreads founders’ intent
By Peter Smith — February 20, 2024
Many conservatives and Republicans embrace the idea of Christian national origins, even as many reject the “Christian nationalist” label.
Poll: Nearly half of Americans think the US should be a Christian nation
By Jack Jenkins — October 27, 2022
(RNS) — But those who say that tend to avoid hard-line positions and have different views about what a Christian nation should look like.
Study: More than 3/4 of Republican evangelicals want US declared a Christian nation
By Bob Smietana — September 23, 2022
(RNS) — While some Christian groups would like the US government to make their faith the official religion of the US, a new poll shows most Americans know that would be unconstitutional.
Why the Founding Fathers wanted to keep ministers from public office
By John Fea — August 15, 2016
(RNS) The founders who crafted the original state governments thought it was a good idea for ministers to stay out of politics.
Religion and politics: Do the ‘nones’ have it?
By Rick Hampson — June 17, 2015
A close look at nones suggests two things: So far, they haven't changed U.S. religious politics very much, but in time they are going to change them profoundly.
If the US is a Christian nation, whose Christianity do we follow? (COMMENTARY)
By Tom Ehrich — March 3, 2015
(RNS) Some in the Republican Party want official approval to oppress and marginalize nonconformists, dissenters and freethinkers -- in other words, the very kind of people who founded the United States.
COMMENTARY: The Christocrats never really went away
By Tracy Gordon — March 1, 2012
(RNS) I draw no joy in continuing to point out the profound dangers of the religious right and its various allies. Yet there remains the specter of Americans kneeling in submission to a particular interpretation of religion that has become an ideology, an all-encompassing way of life. By A. James Rudin.
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