evangelicals

Santorum shows the Religious Right isn’t dead yet

By David Gibson — March 14, 2012

(RNS) Does Rick Santorum's surge also mark the resurrection of the Religious Right? After Santorum's big primary wins in Alabama and Mississippi, the born-again bigwigs who endorsed him last year may be having the last laugh. By David Gibson.

U.S. Christians hope for an ‘ecumenical spring’

By Adelle M. Banks — March 12, 2012

 (RNS) For years, church unity supporters have wrung their hands and talked of an "ecumenical winter." But after a decade of modest progress,  some have hopes that they may have entered a new ecumenical spring. By Adelle M. Banks.

Mitt Romney trouncing Rick Santorum among Catholics

By Daniel Burke — March 2, 2012

(RNS) A new analysis shows Mitt Romney trouncing Rick Santorum among Catholic voters, but evangelicals have yet to embrace him. By Daniel Burke.

‘BUBBA’ and other new names rejected by Southern Baptists

By Adelle M. Banks — February 23, 2012

(RNS) As Southern Baptist Convention leaders recently weighed changing their denomination’s name, they were bombarded with suggestions. Hundreds of them. Here are some of the more intriguing rejects. By Adelle M. Banks.

You’ve heard of evangelicals, but just who are they?

By Tracy Gordon — February 14, 2012

(RNS) Evangelicals are all over the news, but just who are these Christians? "Actually, that's a question, I'd like to ask somebody, too," evangelist Billy Graham once said. Here's a primer about these religious types, their history, faith and politics. By Peggy Fletcher Stack.

Gingrich and the Evangelicals

By Mark Silk — November 30, 2011
With the Gingrich Bubble frothing away and the Iowa caucuses just around the corner, TPM asks if the all-important evangelical voting bloc (like, half of all GOP caucus-goers) will move into Newt’s camp. The Des Moines Register‘s Jennifer Jacobs has done her interviews and thinks it’s split. A mysterious group called Iowans for Christian Leaders […]

NEWS FEATURE: Christian comic turns from talk to music

By Cecile Holmes — January 1, 1999
(RNS) – Lowry has long used humor to help his fellow Christians lighten up
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