Donald Trump
3 new books analyze Trump’s faith and his faithful followers
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 8, 2018
(RNS) — He may not go to church much, but that doesn't mean there isn't plenty to write about the president and religion.
Trump at prayer breakfast says US ‘strengthened by the power of prayer’
By Adelle M. Banks — February 8, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Trump also praised first responders, tireless teachers and hard-working parents in a shift from his speech to the annual event last year, in which he boasted of his reality show ratings and vowed to 'totally destroy' the Johnson Amendment.
The complex history of ‘In God We Trust’
By David Mislin — February 5, 2018
(The Conversation) — From my perspective as a religious history scholar (that phrase) reflect(s) a particular view of the United States, not a universally accepted “American way.”
Is the ‘evangelical’ label worth preserving or nah?
By Jonathan Merritt — February 2, 2018
Should we abandon the term or work to revive it? Theologian John Stackhouse weighs in.
Faith bodies must affirm opposition to nuclear war
By Chuck Currie — January 31, 2018
(RNS) — God’s creation is at stake.
A chance for Hope, star of the State of the Union
By Emilie Kao — January 31, 2018
(RNS) — Private, faith-based initiatives are critical to America’s ability to provide long-term solutions for the needs of all the children impacted by the drug crisis.
Religious leaders hail, hammer President Trump’s first State of the Union speech
By Adelle M. Banks — January 31, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — In his almost 80-minute speech, the president declared that 'Americans are dreamers too' and reminded, 'The motto is, "In God we trust.'''
The unveiling of Christian nationalism
By Jerome Socolovsky — January 26, 2018
(RNS) — Mike Pence and his evangelical supporters are quick to condemn any explicit statement of racism or white supremacy. But they have blessed and pray daily for the chief policy aim of white nationalists: the border wall and harsh immigration enforcement.
Trump’s first-year report card: How’d he do on issues important to evangelicals?
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 25, 2018
(RNS) — In the days after Donald Trump's surprise election in 2016, conservative evangelical Christians made clear their high expectations for the president they had helped put into office.
Trump’s religious advisers are out of step with Rev. King’s legacy
By R. Khari Brown — January 22, 2018
(RNS) — The council is largely out of step with the groups they claim to represent, religious Americans in general and evangelicals more specifically.
Protestant, Muslim, Atheist, Jew: 4 leftist perspectives a year into Trump’s presidency
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 19, 2018
(RNS) — If Trump has invigorated the religious right in America, he has also galvanized the religious left.
Donald Trump and the battering of civil religion
By John D. Carlson — January 19, 2018
(RNS) — American civil religion is the moral backbone of our body politic — a heritage of shared beliefs, stories, ideas, symbols and events that explains the American experience of self-government with reference to a moral order that transcends it.
Moving beyond a fear-based faith
By Jonathan Merritt — January 19, 2018
Fear is largely seen as a psychological issue. But it is also a spiritual issue, according to author Benjamin Corey.
‘Pro-life’ must encompass more than opposition to abortion
By John Gehring — January 17, 2018
(RNS) — Many Americans recognize the complexity of abortion should not be reduced to talking points or bumper stickers.
Trump’s alleged ‘s***hole’ remark seems to discomfit some of his evangelical advisers
By Jack Jenkins — January 12, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Several were bothered enough by the alleged comment to counter with their own words on immigration.
