Jerry Falwell Sr.
Liberty University will pay $14 million, the largest fine ever levied under the federal Clery Act
By Ben Finley — March 6, 2024
(AP) – The U.S. Department of Education said it identified numerous cases that resulted in the misclassification or underreporting of crimes.
Jerry Falwell’s legal battle with Liberty University — and his brother — escalates
By Bob Smietana and Jack Jenkins — September 20, 2023
(RNS) — In an amended complaint filed in federal court last week, Falwell Jr. alleged several board members diverted university funds to private causes and overlooked sexual misconduct by former leaders.
Falwell Jr. sues Liberty University, alleging trademark infringement
By Jack Jenkins — July 31, 2023
(RNS) — In a statement, a Liberty University spokesperson insisted the school 'is confident it will ultimately prevail in this case.'
The Rev. Steve Pieters, who changed minds about AIDS, dies at 70
By Riley Farrell — July 14, 2023
(RNS) — His vanguard interview with Tammy Faye Messner (Bakker at the time) aired in an era when fear and false information about HIV/AIDS ran rampant in conservative Christian communities.
Can evangelicalism survive its white, straight, conservative victory?
By Jonathan Merritt — May 2, 2023
(RNS) — A new history of evangelicalism recounts the damage of the movement’s repeated purges.
White Christian nationalism isn’t pro-life. It’s pro-order.
By Andrew Whitehead and Samuel L. Perry — January 19, 2023
(RNS) — In the Christian nationalist vision, abortion is not a choice but a violation of a collective moral fabric.
‘Tammy Faye’ is now an Elton John musical, to premiere in London this fall
By Kathryn Post — August 23, 2022
(RNS) — The show about the evangelical icon will open at north London’s Almeida Theatre in October.
For the religious right, a victory 50 years in the making
By Yonat Shimron and Jack Jenkins — June 24, 2022
(RNS) — A mighty coalition comprising mostly conservative Catholics, evangelical Christians and Mormons grounded its theological aims in the language of human rights and played its politics unrelentingly.
How America’s youth lost its religion in 1990s
By Ryan Burge — April 13, 2022
(RNS) — We are living in the aftermath of one of the most dramatic demographic shifts in American history.
From the new Christian right to Christian nationalism, part 1
By Mark Silk — February 21, 2022
(RNS) — Up first, the 20th century.
‘Mary Did You Know’ writer Mark Lowry good-natured over song’s controversy
By Bob Smietana — December 17, 2021
(RNS) — For songwriter and storyteller Mark Lowry, the song's success is a miracle, three decades later.
Is Josh Mandel the ‘Christian’ values candidate or the ‘Judeo-Christian’ candidate?
By Mark Silk — November 22, 2021
(RNS) — It would be more accurate to call the spiritual ideology of today's right not 'Christian Nationalism' but 'Judeo-Christian Nationalism.'
The fundamentalist who created today’s conservative template
By Mark Silk — August 23, 2021
(RNS) — Meet a New Jersey pastor named Carl McIntire.
PTL! Andrew Garfield, Jessica Chastain to star as Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker in biopic
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 2, 2021
(RNS) — The biopic also will depict a number of other evangelicals who were prominent during the 1980s, including Jerry Falwell Sr., Jimmy Swaggart and Pat Robertson.
Liberty University football team realizes Falwell’s winning vision, but at what cost?
By Jonathan Merritt — November 20, 2020
(RNS) — Liberty is one of three teams in the running for the NCAA's top tier playoffs.
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