Essay: My beautiful ‘practicing’ Christians – as churchgoers’ numbers shrink, their social views grow more similar

In an article first published on The Conversation, MICHAEL EMERSON, a scholar of religion and public life, argues that American Christians are growing more similar in some of their social and political views…
Essay: When Carter ran for president, advisers worried Christian faith would be a liability

DANIEL K WILLIAMS, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says Carter’s encounters with social justice-minded Georgia Christians convinced him that following Jesus led to interracial alliances and poverty relief, not conservative evangelical politics…
Essay: Why US Christians should demand the establishment of the ERA now

MARK SANDLIN and CALEB LINES, the founders of Take Back Christianity, call – in an article first published on Religion News Service, for outgoing President Joe Biden to make the ERA the 28th Amendment to the US Constitution before he leaves office…
White Christians made Donald Trump president – again

United States RNS While the United States has become more religiously diverse in recent decades, white Christians remain the largest religious segment of the country, making up about 42 per cent of the population, according to data from the Public Religion Research Institute. And for Donald Trump, their support has once again proved key 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…
US election: Christians, evangelicals rally for Kamala Harris ahead of Democratic National Convention

JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports ahead of the this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago…
Essay: US Congress needs to live up to its Christian protestations

The Most Rev JOHN STOWE, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky, asks whether US politicians really want Christian values to prevail?…
Archaeological controversy: Israel may uproot ancient Christian mosaic near Armageddon. Where it could go next sparks outcry

ILAN BEN ZION, of Associated Press, reports on the controversy over a proposal to relocate the Megiddo Mosaic to the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC…
Will Trump’s latest indictment hurt him with evangelical Christians? Probably not.

Washington DC, US RNS As President and since, Donald Trump has repeatedly sought to blunt the impact of scandals and prosecutions by leaning into his nearly ironclad support among evangelical Christian pastors and other leaders. Some of those figures are again rallying to Trump after his arraignment Thursday on charges of plotting to overturn the […]
Essay: How much do Americans know about the faiths around them?

RYAN BURGE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at what the data shows…