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Are Trump and Harris particularly Christian? That’s not what most Americans would say – AP-NORC poll

United States AP Vice President Kamala Harris is a Baptist who was influenced by religious traditions in her mother’s home country of India. Former President Donald Trump grew up a mainline Presbyterian but began identifying as a non-denominational Christian near the end of his presidency. Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice […]

‘Scholar strike’ for racial injustice includes US divinity school professors

Anthea Butler

RNS A religious studies professor at the University of Pennsylvania said thousands of faculty are supporting a “scholar strike” during which they are focusing on racial injustice in or out of their classrooms this week. “I would be down as a professor to follow the NBA and Strike for a few days to protest police […]

‘Nationalism is anathema to Christian faith’ – US theologians sign letter

El Paso memorial

RNS A letter signed by nearly 30 leading theologians in the liberal Catholic journal Commonweal forcefully rejects any link between nationalism and Christianity and asserts that such a connection can “threaten the integrity of Christian faith”. The letter, published Monday, is signed by leading Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox theologians and public intellectuals. They include Cornel West, […]