Hillary Clinton
Help Wanted: President of the United States
By David P. Gushee — May 9, 2016
If interested, please make your candidacy known at the earliest possible moment.
Hillary Clinton: ‘Make countering BDS a priority’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 9, 2016
(RNS) On the eve of the Methodist General Conference, Hillary Clinton has expressed her opposition to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, or “BDS,” one of the major issues set to be considered at the conference.
Evangelicals must confront the ethical dilemma of partisanship
By Jacob Lupfer — May 2, 2016
(RNS) Political parties need vigorous moral and philosophical debate, and that will not happen if evangelicals oppose all Democrats as a matter of course.
Clinton v. Trump shrinks the God Gap
By Mark Silk — April 28, 2016
For the first time in years, gender matters more than religion in a presidential election.
Where have all the grown-ups gone?
By David P. Gushee — April 26, 2016
About the scary decline of all major American institutions.
Sanders delivers his campaign pitch, wrapped in praise for the pope
By Rosie Scammell — April 15, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) In the end, the Democratic candidate got something almost as good as a pope picture: blanket news coverage and a chance to deliver his stump speech wrapped in the words of the popular pontiff.
Muslims, Protestants and Jews share common concerns in 2016 election
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — March 15, 2016
(RNS) The U.S. Muslim community is "pious and patriotic, optimistic and weary of discrimination," much like non-Muslims.
‘The ‘Splainer: Making sense of exit polls
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — March 10, 2016
(RNS) These polls have given us "Trumpvangelicals," true believers for Ted Cruz and confusion over Democrats and the God vote. Let us 'splain.
Trump wins big among nominal evangelicals, less so among most devout
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 2, 2016
(RNS) Self-identification as an evangelical is "a broad brush" in Southern states, where most people identify as Christian, says one pollster.
Clinton takes Nevada; Trump conquers South Carolina and Bush drops out
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — February 20, 2016
(RNS) S.C. evangelicals divided votes among tough-on-terror Trump, son-of-a-pastor Cruz, and Catholic Rubio. Race and ethnicity mattered more in Nevada.
What do South Carolina, Nevada primary candidates believe? Check RNS’ 5 Faith Facts series
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — February 4, 2016
(RNS) These states are very different than deeply evangelical Iowa or New Hampshire where nones outnumbered Conservative Christians.
5 faith facts about Hillary Clinton: Social Gospel Methodist to the core
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 29, 2016
(RNS) She once said that advertising her faith didn't come naturally to her. In this campaign, she's stepped it up anyway.
Voters warm to candidates who are not religious
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 27, 2016
(RNS) Americans still prefer a strongly religious president but it's no longer essential, a new survey finds.
Democrats may be praying for an audience for CNN town hall
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 25, 2016
(RNS) The Democratic contenders, who don't tend to lean on religious arguments, face off in a town hall Monday (Jan. 25).
‘I will protect Christians,’ Donald Trump tells Liberty University students
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 18, 2016
(RNS) Trump used his familiar attack lines on his rivals, quoting the Bible and promising to "Win! Win! Win!"
