Christian right

GOP abandons anti-abortion bill, angering religious conservatives on Roe anniversary
By David Gibson — January 22, 2015
(RNS) The sudden reversal stunned abortion foes who had expected to celebrate House passage of the bill as they gathered for their annual demonstration against the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling by the Supreme Court legalizing abortion.

Inconsistent evangelicals: An interview with Molly Worthen
By Jonathan Merritt — March 10, 2014
Historian Molly Worthen says evangelical Christians don’t have a single source of authority guiding them, no matter what those in the movement may say.
Dispelling the myth of a ‘Christian nation’
By Charles C. Haynes — August 8, 2013

The most oppressive Bible verse that never was
By Jonathan Merritt — April 15, 2013
Some conservative Christians live oppressed lives rooted in a verse that doesn’t even exist.

Partisanship, gay marriage, and the common good: An interview with Jim Wallis
By Jonathan Merritt — April 8, 2013
Jim Wallis has released a new book on the common good. Here he shares his ideas and why he’s changed his mind on gay marriage.
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