religion and politics
Jon Meacham, Bishop Michael Curry discuss religion, politics and insurrection
By Jack Jenkins — January 13, 2022
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The two Episcopalian thinkers discuss the Jan. 6 insurrection, the role of faith and the future of politics.
If faith leaders want to reach Gen Z, meet them in the streets
By Josh Packard, William J. Barber II, and A. Kazimir Brown — October 21, 2021
(RNS) — New data show that 20% of ‘very religious’ young people say they engage in acts of protest on a daily basis.
At 71, Christian author Philip Yancey still believes in amazing grace, despite the country’s divisions
By Bob Smietana — June 24, 2021
(RNS) — In a world filled with angry divides, Yancey is still focusing on grace and forgiveness and showing the world a better way to live.
Younger US Mormons voted for Biden, but Trump performed well overall
By Jana Riess — April 1, 2021
(RNS) — Millennials and Mormons of color chose Biden over Trump, but overall, two-thirds of US LDS Church members voted Republican.
The ‘nones’ are growing — and growing more diverse
By Jana Riess — March 24, 2021
(RNS) — ‘Church attendance is the first thing that goes, then belonging, and finally belief—in that order,’ says Ryan Burge, author of a new book on who is leaving religion and why. ‘Belief goes last.’
Amy Coney Barrett’s religion is important but irrelevant
By Thomas Reese — September 26, 2020
(RNS) — People of different faiths, as well as people of no faith, joined together to support or oppose specific policy goals without having to share the same motivations. What mattered was agreement on policy goals, not motivation.
Four ways to tell a prophet from a political puppet
By Thomas Reese — June 11, 2020
(RNS) — Today, there are prophetic voices on almost every issue: pro-life prophets and feminist prophets. How can we judge true from false?
Politics — not faith — can drive coronavirus response
By Paige Engelhardt Smith — March 19, 2020
(RNS) — When responding to the coronavirus, Americans seem to rely on politics more than faith.
For many religious Americans, the word ‘liberal’ has become taboo
By Ryan Burge — September 11, 2019
(RNS) — If you went to a church on a random Sunday morning in 1974 and grabbed 20 white parishioners, 11 would have been Democrats. Today, four would be Democrats. And those Democrats would outnumber the politically liberal churchgoers by a 2-1 ratio.
Does Twitter need to become a public utility?
By Charles C. Camosy — March 20, 2019
(RNS) — If Twitter really wants to be a neutral space for debate, it can't choose between Silicon Valley's progressive ideology and the religious commitments of Pope Francis.
Should Trump worry about white Catholic and mainline Protestant votes?
By Jack Jenkins — March 7, 2019
(RNS) — 'The nature of the Catholic sensibility – based in both faith and reason – is such that does not lend itself to being ideological and rather lends itself to being persuadable,' said the president of Catholic Democrats.
Meet Sadaf Jaffer, America’s first female Muslim mayor
By Simran Jeet Singh — February 14, 2019
(RNS) — 'I hope my example helps provide a different vision of what it means to be a Muslim woman in America today,' she says.
George Washington’s faith under scrutiny after sale of ‘God letter’
By Mark A. Kellner — February 13, 2019
(RNS) — A letter in which the first president mentions the actions of 'Providence' has rekindled interest in the controversial matter of Washington’s faith life.
Interfaith service blesses Oklahoma Democrat Kendra Horn for her new role in Congress
By Bobby Ross Jr. — December 17, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (RNS) — A diverse group of religious leaders blessed Kendra Horn, a newly elected U.S. representative, as she prepares to take office. Horn, an Episcopalian, is the first Democratic woman elected to Congress from Oklahoma.
French evangelicals face backlash at home after success of Trump and Bolsonaro abroad
By Tom Heneghan — December 12, 2018
PARIS (RNS) — French evangelical leaders have had to distance themselves from their cousins in the U.S. and Brazil — saying that evangelical support for Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro hurt their ministry.
