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Alito and public opinion reveal link between Roe and broader white Christian nationalist agenda
By Robert P. Jones — May 4, 2022
(RNS) — Attitudes on abortion are strongly correlated with a worldview that denies systemic racism and pines for a 1950s America.
Moving lightly through this world: Reflections on the weight of white Christian innocence
By Robert P. Jones — April 1, 2022
(RNS) — The persistent denial of our own culpability threatens to drown us all.
Mormon support for same-sex marriage has doubled in the last decade, survey shows
By Jana Riess — March 24, 2022
(RNS) — Mormons have broadened their support for LGBTQ rights in three key areas, though they still lag the nation in supporting the right of gay couples to get married — or to walk into any bakery in the country and buy themselves a wedding cake.
Americans’ support for LGBTQ rights higher than ever, even as white evangelicals lag
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 17, 2022
(RNS) — While Republicans and white evangelical Protestants are among the least likely to support three key policies regarding LGBTQ rights, their support still has increased overall in the past seven years.
Study: QAnon draws from several faith groups, numbers more than 40 million
By Jack Jenkins — February 24, 2022
(RNS) — Meanwhile, nearly half of those who reject QAnon blame white conservative Christians for the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Record numbers of Americans identify as LGBTQ. What does that mean for Christianity?
By Jonathan S. Coley and R.G. Cravens — February 23, 2022
(RNS) — LGBTQ Americans are opting out of organized religion altogether partly because evangelical Christian denominations and the Roman Catholic Church oppose LGBTQ rights and same-sex marriage.
Immigration reform used to unite faith groups—not anymore
By Jack Jenkins — February 4, 2022
(RNS) — In a new survey, white evangelicals no longer report majority support for creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
The sacred work of white discomfort
By Robert P. Jones — January 27, 2022
(RNS) — Holding a more truthful understanding of history gives us more agency, not less.
Americans support a high bar for religious exemptions to vaccines
By Robert P. Jones and Eboo Patel — December 20, 2021
(RNS) — For most, the legitimacy of religious objections to COVID-19 vaccination mandates rests on how consistent the current claim is with a person’s previous actions.
It’s the most ‘angry’ time of the year?
By Robert P. Jones — December 11, 2021
(RNS) — A new survey highlights just how angry vaccinated and unvaccinated Americans are with each other today.
Survey: Americans concerned too many are seeking religious exemptions to vaccines
By Jack Jenkins — December 9, 2021
(RNS) — Most Americans support the existence of religious exemptions, however.
Study: Most white evangelicals don’t want to live in a religiously diverse country
By Yonat Shimron — November 1, 2021
(RNS) — The new American Values Survey from PRRI also shows that 60% of white evangelicals believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen. No other religious group comes close.
Shutting down the manufactured critical race theory ‘debate’
By Robert P. Jones — October 29, 2021
(RNS) — The anti-CRT crusades are the worst form of policy, designed not to redress an actual social problem, but to sow resentment that is useful to political campaigns and culture wars.
Is God good for America? Depends whom you ask.
By Ryan Burge — October 14, 2021
(RNS) — Most Americans see religion as good for society. Those on the extremes disagree.
Young evangelicals are leaving church. LGBTQ bias may be driving them away.
By Yonat Shimron — August 6, 2021
(RNS) — As white evangelical denominations double down on their opposition to equality, many younger evangelicals, gay and straight, are voting with their feet.
