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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.
Catholic-heavy Supreme Court moves right as the church moves left
By Jacob Lupfer — July 11, 2018
(RNS) — The confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court would drive the ideology of the Catholics on the court further to the right and exacerbate the already heightened angst about the institution’s ever more conservative Catholic majority.
Trump names religious liberty ‘warrior’ Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court
By Jack Jenkins — July 9, 2018
(RNS) — President Trump has nominated U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be his Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy, setting the stage for a heated confirmation battle that will likely focus on his views regarding both law and religion.
Trump’s possible Supreme Court nominees: The faith factor
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 6, 2018
(RNS) — The four possible Supreme Court nominees widely considered to be front-runners for Justice Anthony Kennedy's seat are Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, Raymond Kethledge and Thomas Hardiman. Here's what they have said and done with regard to religion.
Judge Amy Coney Barrett and her ties to the People of Praise and Catholic charismatics
By Yonat Shimron — July 6, 2018
(RNS) — Charismatic Catholics have developed a network of prayer groups, retreats, conferences and covenant communities. Judge Amy Coney Barrett belongs to one named 'People of Praise.'
Church ‘detains’ Jesus, Mary, Joseph to protest Trump’s immigration policy
By Faith E. Pinho — July 3, 2018
INDIANAPOLIS (USA Today) — The caged holy family protests President Trump's zero-tolerance policy, which has resulted in holding families arrested near the U.S.-Mexico border in detention centers, said the dean of the cathedral.
Why white evangelicals voted for Trump: Fear, power and nostalgia
By Jana Riess — July 2, 2018
(RNS) — Eighty-one percent of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump, but why? Especially when there were three experienced evangelical candidates in the primary season? Historian John Fea traces a legacy of fear, power, and nostalgia among white evangelical voters.
Travel ban decision follows the Supremes’ record of racial classification
By Hussein Rashid — June 27, 2018
(RNS) — The high court’s ruling Tuesday is not surprising. When it comes to welcoming people to America, the court almost never acts for the rights promised in the U.S. Constitution without first denying them.
Supreme Court upholds Trump’s travel ban
By Jack Jenkins — June 26, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — In a 5-4 decision, the high court has upheld the president’s temporary ban on refugees and immigrants from a group of primarily Muslim-majority countries, ruling that it is within the executive branch’s power to 'suspend entry of aliens into the United States.'
Liberals run risk in weaponizing church discipline against Sessions
By Jacob Lupfer — June 21, 2018
(RNS ) — A move by members of the United Methodist Church to rein in Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a symptom of our exhaustion over the immigration debate. But the liberals' sudden commitment to church discipline is shortsighted and likely to backfire.
On World Refugee Day, Muslim family recalls warmer welcome in decades past
By Yonat Shimron — June 20, 2018
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — Almasa Bass looks around with sadness at the difference 20-plus years have wrought.
Pleas for border justice are aimed at the wrong end of Pennsylvania Avenue
By Jacob Lupfer — June 15, 2018
(RNS) — Faith leaders are excoriating Trump and Sessions for recent immigration policy changes, but this crisis is Congress’ fault — specifically, House Republicans who have bet their survival on nativist politics.
At Catholic bishops conference, a deeper embrace of Pope Francis — and relevancy
By Jack Jenkins — June 15, 2018
(RNS) — The spring meeting of Catholic bishops made headlines with their stern critique of the Trump administration's immigration policies, a political splash for a group that has struggled to remain relevant in the Trump era.
At Catholic bishops conference, a deeper embrace of Pope Francis
By Jack Jenkins — June 15, 2018
(RNS) — The spring meeting of Catholic bishops made headlines with their stern critique of the Trump administration's immigration policies, a political splash for a group that has struggled to remain relevant in the Trump era.
