religion and politics
Democrats, it’s not enough to talk about abortion. Let’s talk about criminalization.
By Ross M. Allen — November 2, 2022
(RNS) — We need to be telling the stories of the women who have been prosecuted for lost pregnancies.
How the threat of ‘taxpayer-funded abortion’ is being used to mobilize conservative religious voters
By Ruth Braunstein — October 26, 2022
(The Conversation) — In the midterms, some religious voters may be motivated by the argument that if abortion is funded with tax dollars, it makes them personally complicit in sin.
What the country can learn about the Jan. 6 attack from the Civil War
By Danya Ruttenberg — October 14, 2022
(RNS) — We can't 'move on' from the Capitol attack at the expense of key members of our polity.
Even Christians who are Democrats are abandoning the Social Gospel
By Ryan Burge — October 6, 2022
(RNS) — Survey data show that church attendance, not party, is more likely to determine how Christians view the kingdom.
Defending our sacred right to vote
By Barbara Williams-Skinner, Jim Wallis, and Adam Taylor — October 3, 2022
(RNS) — Why we are mobilizing 2,000 poll chaplains to serve as visions of peace and a moral presence at the polls.
Religion is shaping Brazil’s presidential election – but its evangelicals aren’t the same as America’s
By Amy Erica Smith — September 26, 2022
(The Conversation) — Trump and Bolsonaro use religion in similar ways, but there are key differences between the two countries’ evangelical communities – and politics.
When preachers get political, do they change minds?
By Ryan Burge — August 3, 2022
(RNS) — Preachers tend to risk political speech only when they know it will receive a warm reception.
Shinto religion has long been entangled with Japan’s politics – and Shinzo Abe was associated with many of its groups
By Kaitlyn Ugoretz — July 18, 2022
(The Conversation) — A scholar of Japanese religion explains the connections that Japan’s political parties have with several religious groups and how religion is tied in with the legacy of Shinzo Abe.
In Lebanon, how to say ‘I do’ sparks fierce debate
By Associated Press — June 27, 2022
BEIRUT (AP) — In Lebanon, an on-again, off-again debate over whether such civil marriages may be held inside the country, and for whom, is contentious and mired in religious and political entanglements.
Poll: Americans’ belief in God is dropping
By Yonat Shimron — June 21, 2022
(RNS) — In the latest Gallup Poll, belief in God dipped to 81%, down 6 percentage points from 2017, and the lowest since Gallup first asked the question in 1944.
Colorado bishops ‘weaponizing’ Communion, Catholic lawmakers say
By Kathryn Post — June 14, 2022
(RNS) — Catholic bishops asked Catholic lawmakers in Colorado who supported abortion rights legislation to voluntarily refrain from the sacrament.
Minority Hindu Kashmiris protest killing of community member
By Aijaz Hussain — May 13, 2022
(AP) — Scores of the region’s minority Hindus, locally known as Pandits, took to the streets, blocking roads and demanding that Rahul Bhat's killers be brought to justice.
Supreme Court leak jump-starts new epoch in faith-based abortion politics
By Jacob Lupfer — May 4, 2022
(RNS) — The leaked draft decision offered a preview of extremist abortion politics that faith groups will have to navigate.
Who is best suited to protect religious liberty? It may depend on whom you voted for.
By Ryan Burge — March 16, 2022
(RNS) — Just 8% of Democrats under Trump believed that the president was a worthy champion of religious liberty.
In State of the Union, Biden needs to return to the battle for the soul of America
By Chuck Currie — March 1, 2022
(RNS) — Even in these extraordinary times, President Biden needs to keep his promise.
