evangelicalism
Efrem Smith on the death of George Floyd and what divides white and black Christians
By Bob Smietana — May 29, 2020
(RNS) — Too many white evangelicals are silent about the death of George Floyd and the racial divide of the American church.
Politics — not faith — can drive coronavirus response
By Paige Engelhardt Smith — March 19, 2020
(RNS) — When responding to the coronavirus, Americans seem to rely on politics more than faith.
Impeachment debate suggests shifting religious and political winds
By Jack Jenkins — December 23, 2019
(RNS) — Spiritual discourse has pockmarked what has become an atypically religious — and particularly Christian — impeachment process.
‘Who’s doing Christianity right?’ At Taylor University, Pence invitation highlights evangelical divide.
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 2, 2019
UPLAND, Ind. (RNS) — Like so much of evangelicalism in the United States, Taylor University has in recent years found itself engaged in a battle for the soul of the movement.
Why celibate LGBTQ Christians stir controversy on right and left alike
By Katelyn Beaty — August 16, 2018
(RNS) — Where many conservative Christian leaders denounce LGBT identity, many are unwilling to do the relational work of walking alongside same-sex-attracted Christians as they attempt a very difficult thing: lifelong celibacy.
Southern Baptists have more repenting to do
By Brian D. McLaren — May 29, 2018
(RNS) — Unfortunately, the bulk of Albert Mohler’s agony and call for mercy focused not on the pain suffered by women and girls at the hands of church leadership, but on the 'humiliation' of his tribe, the SBC, which is led exclusively by men.
To my fellow evangelicals: What you’re cheering in Jerusalem is shameful
By Richard Mouw — May 16, 2018
(RNS) — It was a shameful thing for evangelical pastors to be celebrating the opening of the embassy in Jerusalem while the Israeli army was killing dozens of Palestinian protesters.
Students’ survey highlights censorship of Christian college newspapers
By Jack Jenkins — May 8, 2018
(RNS) — One expert in student journalism said the survey indicates that the control exerted over Christian college newspapers seems more like that at a high school than at other private colleges.
Falwell: By Liberty University’s definition, it’s still the largest Christian university
By Jack Jenkins — April 30, 2018
(RNS) — Liberty University's president questioned whether its rival for largest Christian university meets Liberty's definition of a Christian school, and then suggested — that by different measures — both schools could lay claim to the title.
Still evangelical? Literary festival panelists question label after Trump, #MeToo
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 18, 2018
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) — More than a year into Trump’s presidency, female Christian writers discussed how it has strained their relationships with American evangelicalism.
Evangelical leaders discuss future of their movement in Trump era
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 17, 2018
WHEATON, Ill. (RNS) — About 50 evangelical leaders met amid concerns that a large segment of their movement had associated itself with President Trump's polarizing politics.
Liberty U’s Falwell ‘censors’ student newspaper coverage of event organized by critics
By Jack Jenkins — April 7, 2018
LYNCHBURG, Va. (RNS) — The two-day event off campus drew speakers Shane Claiborne, the Rev. William Barber and others critical of university President Jerry Falwell Jr.'s support of President Trump.
Christians emerge as key patrons for Jews moving to Israel
By Associated Press — March 9, 2018
(AP) — What was once a strictly Jewish-funded mission is increasingly being bankrolled by evangelical Christians.
Can American evangelicalism be saved?
By Jana Riess — March 3, 2018
(RNS) — Trumpvangelicals are killing evangelical Christianity, say the authors of a new book showcasing evangelical diversity.
American evangelicalism is experiencing an identity crisis
By Delta Systems — February 19, 2018
The champion among contenders for a “crisis” of experience and identity these years is American evangelicalism, which was born from the crises of the eighteenth century, and has been part of the Protestant package ever since.
