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New survey finds pockets of support for Christian nationalism across US

United States RNS A new report released on Wednesday found that roughly three in 10 Americans express some sympathy for Christian nationalism, with its greatest popularity concentrated in the south-east and upper mid-west. The findings appear in a study from the Public Religion Research Institute, which probed public support for Christian nationalism as part of […]

In the US, mainline clergy are more liberal than their congregants – survey

Senior Pastor Wolfgang Herz-Lane gives a Martin Luther toy to a child during a church service.

United States RNS A new US survey of mainline clergy finds those leading the historic denominations that once shaped the American Protestant scene are far more liberal than their congregants on a host of political and social issues. The Public Religion Research Institute survey of 3,066 mainline clergy, released on Thursday, shows that about half identify with […]

QAnon draws from several faith groups, numbers more than 40 million – study

RNS A new study finds devotees of the conspiracy theory movement known as QAnon number in the tens of millions, a sizable coalition that claims a number of white evangelicals but draws from other religious groups as well. And while QAnon believers are vastly outnumbered by those who reject or doubt their claims, researchers say […]

Immigration reform used to unite US faith groups – not anymore, says survey

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RNS Back in 2013, creating a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants in the US was the rare issue that virtually all major American religious groups could agree on. The cause was so unifying that conservative evangelicals joined liberal leaders from other faiths that year to muster an unsuccessful but vibrant faith-based campaign […]