Most Americans say religion’s influence is waning, and half think that’s bad – poll
United States RNS As the US continues to debate the fusion of faith and politics, a sweeping new survey reports that most American adults have a positive view of religion’s role in public life but believe its influence is waning. The development appears to unsettle at least half of the country, with growing concern among […]
Essay: How religion and politics will mix in 2024 – three trends to track
Historian and religious studies scholar TOBIN MILLER SHEARER looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at three ways in which religion and politics have and are intersecting in the US…
US Election Day – Seven religious voter trends to look for
Washington DC, US RNS After more than a year of campaigning, the 2020 election is finally upon us, pitting Democrat Joe Biden against President Donald Trump. It has been an unusually faith-focused campaign season, with both candidates repeatedly appealing to religion and religious voters over the past few months – albeit often in very different ways. Voters mark […]
What religious left? Few Americans see Democratic presidential field as very religious
RNS Both Senator Elizabeth Warren, a United Methodist, and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, an Episcopalian, turned to Scripture when asked about their personal mottos at this week’s Democratic debate in South Carolina. Former Vice President Joe Biden, a lifelong Catholic, has spoken throughout his campaign about running for president to “restore the soul of our […]
Analysis – Will God forgive a dictator? Kenyans split over death of past President Daniel Arap Moi
Nairobi, Kenya Religion Unplugged Kenyans are divided on the media freedoms and human rights legacy of their former president Daniel arap Moi, the evangelist who sold a cow to buy his first Bible, only to later to plunge into politics. Moi died on 4th February and was publicly mourned in a widely broadcast funeral on […]
Essay: For many religious Americans, the word ‘liberal’ has become taboo
Co-founder of Religion in Public, RYAN BURGE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, reflects on the growing aversion to the word ‘liberal’, especially among the religious…
Essay: Does Twitter need to become a public utility?
In light of the role Twitter now plays in US politics, commentator CHARLES C CAMOSY, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says it may be time to consider the social media platform as a public utility…
US POLITICS: SHOULD TRUMP WORRY ABOUT WHITE CATHOLIC AND MAINLINE PROTESTANT VOTES?
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, looks at what pollsters and political experts are saying about white Christian voters in the 2020 US election…
George Washington’s faith under scrutiny after sale of “God letter”
RNS The sale of a 230-year-old letter in which America’s first president speaks of “Providence” guiding the fledgling republic’s affairs has rekindled interest in how George Washington saw religion, a subject long debated among scholars, supporters and sceptics. The letter, which came on the market Monday, was sold at the asking price of $US140,000 to […]
France: Evangelicals face a backlash at home after success of Trump and Bolsonaro abroad
TOM HENEGAN, in an article first published on Religion News Service, reports from France…