Senate
Romney postpones announcement on Senate race after shooting
By Michelle L. Price — February 15, 2018
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Romney, one of the most famous Mormons, is widely liked and respected in Utah, which is heavily Mormon.
Brownback deserved more Democratic support
By Jacob Lupfer — January 25, 2018
(RNS) — I would not vote for Sam Brownback. I certainly did not vote for the president who nominated him.
But we need to get back to common sense and common decency. Democrats: Sam Brownback is not your enemy.
A dark horse emerges victorious in Alabama’s election: the black voter
By Larycia Hawkins — December 15, 2017
(RNS) — In a moment where the foundational fault lines of the American creed have been laid bare by the spilled blood and suffering of my black brothers and sisters, it turns out that black Christians, not white evangelicals, are the story.
Alabama fallout: Does character count?
By Yonat Shimron — December 13, 2017
(RNS) — The idea that Roy Moore lost Alabama's Senate election because white evangelicals were unwilling to vote for a flawed judge accused of sexual misconduct is not borne out by exit polls.
Comment about Jews by Roy Moore’s wife sparks new ridicule
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 12, 2017
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — Speaking at a campaign rally, Kayla Moore declared that 'one of our attorneys is a Jew.' People immediately reacted online, some expressing anger but many others making jokes.
Jones wins in stunning Alabama upset
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 12, 2017
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — At the center of the special election was fiery Christian conservative Roy Moore — 'Judge Moore' to his supporters.
On election day, an Alabama church stands apart
By Yonat Shimron — December 11, 2017
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) — While Roy Moore’s brand of Christianity does not ordain women or allow LBGT people to serve in leadership positions, this Baptist church celebrates its female pastor and gay congregants.
Evangelical Alabamans: Don’t vote for Moore, even if his Christian presuppositions are correct
By Kent Van Til — December 8, 2017
(RNS) — My uncle, Cornelius van Til, the originator of presuppositional apologetics, would not have endorsed extending them to a voting mandate, writes Kent Van Til. (COMMENTARY)
In Alabama Senate race, African-American Christians may hold the key
By Yonat Shimron — December 7, 2017
BIRMINGHAM (RNS) — For the first time since many can remember, African-Americans and their allies in Alabama have a real chance of electing a Democrat to the U.S. Senate. But many black pastors across the state are reluctant to endorse Democrat Doug Jones from the pulpit.
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.”
Amid calls to step down, Moore finds refuge with his base
By Kim Chandler — November 15, 2017
JACKSON, Ala. (AP) — Taking the pulpit at a Baptist revival at a south Alabama church, Republican Roy Moore quoted lengthy Bible passages and made only passing reference to the allegations against him of sexual misconduct with teenagers.
Did early Christians believe that Mary was a teenager? It’s complicated
By Christopher A. Frilingos — November 14, 2017
(The Conversation) — There are many little-known details in early Christian storytelling about the relationship between Mary and Joseph. Listen up, Jim Zeigler.
Allegations against Roy Moore roil US evangelical ranks
By Jerome Socolovsky — November 12, 2017
(AP) — For many evangelicals, fiery Alabama politician and judge Roy Moore has been a longtime hero. Others have sometimes cringed at his heated rhetoric and bellicose style.
Conservatives defend Roy Moore — invoking Joseph, Mary and the Ten Commandments
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 10, 2017
(RNS) — And they don't expect voters will abandon a darling of the religious right, in the Alabama race for a U.S. Senate seat, for the same reason they didn't abandon Donald Trump when he was faced with allegations of sexual assault.
Roy Moore’s compensation from religious-themed charity includes $540,000 mortgage
By Jerome Socolovsky — October 12, 2017
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore had a deal to collect $180,000 in annual salary for part-time work from the legal charity he founded and ended up with a half-million-dollar stake in the group's headquarters, records and interviews show.
