Republican Party
The hollowing out of American religion
By Mark Silk — April 5, 2021
(RNS) — Its consequences for American politics are hard to exaggerate.
We have the chance to redeem voting rights
By Jim Wallis and Barbara Williams-Skinner — March 26, 2021
(RNS) — Complicity in the attacks on the vote could erode the number of Americans attracted to Christianity.
Sedition and silence
By Jim Wallis — January 6, 2021
(RNS) — The future of democracy in America is at stake. But the growing power of a distinctive American heresy is also at play.
Evangelicals had ’24-karat-gold’ man in Mike Pence. Loyalty may tarnish that legacy.
By Deborah Whitehead — January 6, 2021
(The Conversation) — Described as loyal to the point of being “sycophantic,” Vice President Pence faces a test of his most valued qualities as his tenure as vice president draws to an end.
Most ‘Fox News Republicans’ believe Christians face most discrimination
By Jack Jenkins — November 19, 2020
(RNS) — The 40% of Republicans who trust Fox News most, said PRRI, are more likely to identify as white evangelical Protestants.
Five takeaways from the 2020 election
By Thomas Reese — November 7, 2020
(RNS) — We know — have known — that we must do more listening and less preaching. If we cannot, our future is bleak.
In 2020, ‘nonexistent’ Catholic vote will be crucial — again
By Thomas Reese — October 29, 2020
(RNS) — It’s not who Catholics are or what they believe, but where they are and their enthusiasm for voting.
The 2020 election’s most crucial faith group is one you’ve never heard of
By Ryan Burge — October 15, 2020
(RNS) — The ‘nothing in particulars,’ a subset of the famous nones, have grown to become 20% of the U.S. over the past decade, even as their political allegiances have shifted dramatically.
Are Democrats ‘spiritual’ and Republicans ‘religious’? It’s not that simple.
By Ryan Burge — October 6, 2020
(RNS) — A new survey suggests that the 'God gap' may actually be better defined as a spirituality gap. But there is plenty of room on both sides for peace, inspiration and love.
GOP attacks Harris amid battle for Catholic voters’ support
By Elana Schor — September 9, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — The line of attack stems from questions Harris posed in 2018 to a federal judicial nominee about his membership in the Knights of Columbus.
Jesus isn’t on the ballot. That doesn’t mean Christians can opt out.
By Shane Claiborne — September 8, 2020
(RNS) — There are those who will opt out because they refuse to choose between the ‘lesser of two evils.’ But opting out has consequences too, for other people whom Christ told us to protect.
Trump or Biden? What’s a Catholic voter to do?
By Thomas Reese — August 27, 2020
(RNS) — In order to be totally in line with Catholic social teachings, you would have to be a pro-life liberal Democrat. These unicorns have a hard time winning elections.
The age of nones may favor churches that welcome doubters
By Ryan Burge — January 14, 2020
(RNS) — Can people who are plagued with doubt feel welcomed by a church that is filled with those who are certain about what they believe?
Four Catholic solutions to toxic politics
By Thomas Reese — January 9, 2020
(RNS) — As the largest church with an equal number of Republicans and Democrats, Catholics have a special obligation to try something before it is too late.
Our major parties offer no place for a rising moral middle
By Charles C. Camosy — August 27, 2019
(RNS) — Millions of American voters believe that we must uphold the dignity of every human from conception to natural death while ensuring access to food, shelter, education and health care.
