2016 election
For Christians raised in ‘high-control’ settings, elections may trigger religious trauma
By Kathryn Post — April 9, 2024
(RNS) — ‘Our bodies recognize that we’re being activated and pushed into trauma responses and that the same abusive techniques are being used on us,’ said author Tia Levings.
5 faith facts about Vice President Mike Pence: A ‘born-again, evangelical Catholic’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 24, 2020
(RNS) — The unusual faith mix of Donald Trump's vice president has helped shape him as a politician.
Why Joe Biden, blue-collar Catholic icon, may not be enough for the Dems to win
By Ryan Burge — October 22, 2019
(RNS) — Donald Trump has retained his support among the white Catholics who make up 75% of the church and may actually be gaining some ground among nonwhite Catholics.
How ‘joke religion’ turns deadly serious when the online alt-right comes to life
By Tara Isabella Burton — May 14, 2019
(RNS) — The nihilism of today's alt-right is both a religion and a rejection of the transcendence that religion holds out as a balm.
Are churches willing to love their young people more than their politics?
By Scott McConnell — January 15, 2019
(RNS) — When asked why they stop going to church regularly, young people are increasingly prone to answer, 'I disagreed with the church’s stance on political/social issues.'
How the Democratic Party lost its soul—and can regain it in the age of Trump
By Jana Riess — August 24, 2018
When was the last time we saw a Democrat actively court religious leaders—not merely in a calculated way to achieve a political end, but because he or she sincerely tied that political end to sacred principles?
Pressure mounts on Trump after Putin’s recent anti-Semitic remarks
By Kimberly Winston — March 12, 2018
(RNS) — The calls for action came after a March 10 airing of an NBC interview in which Putin suggested Russians were being wrongly targeted for election tampering.
Defense wants rural Trump voters in jury pool for Kansas bomb case
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 4, 2018
(AP) Attorneys for the accused, charged with plotting to bomb Muslims in rural southwest Kansas, say Trump voters there have a 'different belief system' than potential jurors who live near urban Wichita.
Why it’s not just nominal evangelicals supporting Donald Trump
By John G. Stackhouse Jr. — November 28, 2017
(RNS) — Looking outside politics might actually provide the clue.
Russell Moore faces a challenging road ahead
By Jerome Socolovsky — March 24, 2017
(RNS) Although his apology for being 'unnecessarily harsh' toward Trump supporters was accepted by the Southern Baptist Convention's top brass, the public voice of America's largest denomination still faces a groundswell of grass-roots discontent.
From bubbles to bridges: My post-election check-in
By Kimberly Winston — November 22, 2016
(RNS) I have found more warmth and understanding in the reaction of far-flung strangers who read about my experience than I found in people sitting next to me in church pews.
Bursting my personal bubble in a church full of Trump supporters
By Kimberly Winston — November 16, 2016
PHOENIX (RNS) Not one word I heard come out of the preacher's mouth was a word Jesus would have said. It left me broken and in need of solace.
5 ways political scientists got the election right
By Tobin Grant — November 9, 2016
Pundits and prognosticators assumed that this election was unusual. It wasn't.
When our need to believe met the 2016 election
By David P. Gushee — November 7, 2016
(RNS) Maybe the disillusionments of this election year will make us take greater responsibility for our country.
Trump says evangelicals will be key to his victory
By Kirkland An — October 27, 2016
(RNS) The interview, which aired on the Christian Broadcasting Network with host David Brody featured Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, for what he claimed was the ninth exclusive interview.
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