polarization
US Catholics more polarized than ever about still-popular Pope Francis, survey says
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — April 12, 2024
(RNS) — The Republican and Republican-leaning favorability rating represents a decline, creating the largest partisan gap in approval of Francis since his papacy began.
I am not going to hate you
By Bob Smietana — February 8, 2024
(RNS) — Hate drives so many of Americans' attitudes today. Can a yard sign help?
Preaching to polarized congregations: A responsibility and a challenge, clergy say
By Adelle M. Banks — December 8, 2023
(RNS) — 'It's not about going from red to blue to purple,' Andrew Hanauer of One America Movement advises clergy. ‘It's about going above the partisan divisions.’
Lessons from Israel on the cost of polarization
By Joshua Stanton — November 7, 2023
(RNS) — Israelis are already vowing to renew their politics after the war.
Clergy burnout is a growing concern in polarized churches. A summit offers coping strategies
By Giovanna Dell'orto — October 9, 2023
STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — Faith leaders have increasingly stepped into the frontlines of care for growing mental health distress across the U.S., from college campuses to the military and rural communities.
‘On 9/11 there was a sense of unity in the country. We’ve taken a collective step back.’
By Simran Jeet Singh — September 8, 2023
(RNS) — A surgeon who volunteered at Ground Zero recalls the aftermath.
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg’s mission to heal our cities with compassion
By Simran Jeet Singh — September 6, 2023
(RNS) — Good public policy, the mayor says, happens when we’re standing on compassion.
What Socrates’ ‘know nothing’ wisdom can teach a polarized America
By John J. Kaag and J. W. Traphagan — May 2, 2023
(The Conversation) — Athens was deeply polarized over big-picture questions, and Socrates was never hesitant to question both sides’ assumptions – or his own.
In these polarized times, even a prayer could be up for debate
By Adelle M. Banks — December 15, 2022
(RNS) — After struggling over wording in the prayer, one ecumenical organization is developing new tools to address divides within its own network.
Religious polarization in India seeping into US diaspora
By Mariam Fam and Deepa Bharath — October 17, 2022
(AP) — Hindu nationalism has split the Indian expatriate community just as Donald Trump’s presidency polarized the U.S., according to one expert.
Survey: Despite partisan divides, pope retains high marks among US Catholics
By Jack Jenkins — October 7, 2021
(RNS) — Catholic Republicans are far more likely than Democrats of the faith to say the pope is ‘too liberal.'
Newman poised to be ‘saint of friendship’ in today’s polarized church
By Claire Giangravé — October 11, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) —– Newman's conversion to Catholicism at a time when he was already a prominent Anglican priest was controversial, but his promoters believe he could bring divided Christians together.
Why evangelicals might vote for Roy Moore anyway
By Yonat Shimron — November 20, 2017
(RNS) — Conservative Christians have developed a particular intellectual strategy for engaging with others called “presuppositionalism.”
Christian leaders seek to overcome polarization
By Lauren Markoe — May 15, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) “Faith leaders have a remarkable opportunity to shift the conversation, but it’s very challenging, particularly in a larger society that wants to understand everything as a battle," said Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori.
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