On Capitol Hill, US faith leaders mark Ash Wednesday with criticism of Trump and GOP
Washington DC, US RNS In overlapping demonstrations and events on Capitol Hill, faith leaders and Democratic lawmakers gathered on Wednesday for a day of advocacy for the poor and the vulnerable, marking Ash Wednesday with prayer and protest against President Donald Trump’s salvo of executive orders and the Republican-led budget proposal making its way through […]
Texas education board approves optional Bible-infused curriculum for elementary schools
Austin, Texas AP/Report for America Texas’ education board voted on Friday to allow Bible-infused teachings in elementary schools under optional new curriculum that could test boundaries between religion and public classrooms in the US The material adopted by the Texas State Board of Education, which is controlled by elected Republicans, passed in a eight to […]
“This is just who I am”: With Bible verses and Baptist zeal, Amanda Tyler offers how-to for dismantling Christian nationalism
In her debut book, How to End Christian Nationalism, Tyler presents a roadmap to building multi-racial interfaith coalitions and fostering what she calls ‘uncomfortable’ but necessary conversations – especially for white Christians. FIONA MURPHY, of Religion News Service, reports…
Essay: In the US, Christian nationalists have provoked a pluralist resistance
RUTH BRAUNSTEIN, director of the Meanings of Democracy Lab at the University of Connecticut, says, in an article first published on Religion New Service, that those fighting for democracy should be making headlines, too…
In the US, Baptist Joint Committee gains faith and justice centre, grows religious liberty work
United States RNS The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty is acquiring the Center for Faith, Justice, and Reconciliation in a move its leaders say will help them broaden efforts to support a more universal range of religious freedoms in the country. The 87-year-old coalition of 15 Baptist denominations, including both predominantly Black and white […]
US Christian leaders asked January 6 committee to investigate Christian nationalism
Washington DC, US RNS A group of prominent Christian leaders, including the heads of major denominations, say they submitted a letter earlier this year to the House select committee investigating the 6th January attack on the US Capitol, urging members to examine Christian nationalism and arguing the ideology played a crucial role in the insurrection. […]
In the US, scholars, activists brief lawmakers on role of Christian nationalism at insurrection
Washington DC, US RNS Members of the Congressional Freethought Caucus met with a group of scholars and activists last week to review a new report detailing the role Christian nationalism played in the insurrection that took place at the US Capitol on 6th January, 2021. The meeting last Thursday evening was a rare instance of […]
New report details the influence of Christian nationalism in US Capitol attack
RNS A team of scholars, faith leaders and advocates unveiled an exhaustive new report Wednesday that documents in painstaking detail the role Christian nationalism played in the 6th January attack on the US Capitol and calling it an unsettling preview of things to come. Christian nationalism was used to “bolster, justify and intensify the January […]
What next? US Christian leaders offer advice for confronting Christian nationalism
RNS For those who have been tracking Christian nationalism in the United States, the siege of the US Capitol was shocking, but it wasn’t surprising, according to Andrew Whitehead, co-author of the book Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States. It’s clearer than ever that Christian nationalism is a threat to […]