Donald Trump
Trump’s evangelical pander: a sin or a violation of law?
By Jacob Lupfer — August 31, 2018
(RNS) — Normally, when Trump’s evangelical fan club enjoys the perks of presidential access, it hardly merits mention because its unfolding is so predictable. This time, it backfired.
Evangelicals’ White House meetings illegal, church-state watchdog says
By Adelle M. Banks — August 31, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Americans United said the informal group is violating the 1972 Federal Advisory Committee Act established to provide greater transparency for the executive branch.
When Christians sell out Christians for political power
By Don Golden and Shane Claiborne — August 29, 2018
(RNS) — The cost of a White House dinner celebrating evangelical Christian leadership may be silence on the plight of persecuted Christians and other religious minorities around the world.
White House honors evangelicals ‘for all the good work they do’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 28, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — President Trump reportedly reminded those attending of the gains under his administration and urged them to push their followers to vote in November.
Black bishop says Twitter suspended him for ‘hateful conduct’
By Adelle M. Banks — August 28, 2018
(RNS) — Bishop Talbert Swan, who said he had more than 70,000 followers, suspects the specific cause of the suspension is his use of a term considered racially insensitive by his detractors.
Turkish star witnesses against US pastor Andrew Brunson are his expelled congregants
By Umar Farooq — August 13, 2018
IZMIR, Turkey (RNS) — The Turkish government isn’t Brunson’s only foe. He’s also battling former members of his congregation who were expelled in part for harboring racist views toward ethnic Kurdish refugees, according to one pastor at the church.
As activists rally, hymns of protest rise again
By Adelle M. Banks — August 8, 2018
(RNS) — Just like the music of the civil rights movement, old and new songs are often led by people of faith and sometimes refashioned to appeal to people of a range of backgrounds.
When Franklin Graham met Putin
By Jack Jenkins — August 7, 2018
(RNS) — For years, American evangelicals have cultivated ties with Russia, highlighted by a 2015 meeting between Franklin Graham, son of the late Billy Graham, and Putin in Russia.
Mazal tov, Paul Ryan?
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 2, 2018
Welcome to the new Jewish denomination: Jews by surprise.
Trump: US to impose sanctions on Turkey over detained pastor
By Susanna George — July 26, 2018
Shortly after the possibility of sanctions was first announced by Vice President Mike Pence Thursday, Trump wrote on Twitter that the U.S. "will impose large sanctions on Turkey for their long time detainment of Pastor Andrew Brunson."
A religious freedom summit can’t undo Trump’s record on Islam
By Jacob Lupfer — July 25, 2018
(RNS) — The religious freedom advocates at the State Department’s ministerial this week need to say plainly that Trumpism and international religious freedom contradict each other in ways we cannot ignore.
Pompeo says Putin summit helps with religious freedom push
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 19, 2018
(RNS) — The secretary of state said his department is 'concerned anytime any country attempts to interfere with religious freedom of any individual anyplace and anywhere.'
Most US faith groups say country is on the wrong track
By Yonat Shimron — July 19, 2018
(RNS) – Unlike other religious groups, they believe the country is headed in the right direction.
Researchers find link between Trump tweets and spike in anti-Muslim hate
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 17, 2018
(RNS) — Their conclusions correspond with what Muslim civil rights and advocacy groups are hearing, too.
Seeking unity, J.D. Greear assumes Southern Baptist presidency
By Adelle M. Banks — July 16, 2018
(RNS) — The first Generation X president of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination said he wants to focus more on what all Southern Baptists embrace than what divides them.
