American Christians

Clergy dish up meatball sundaes, pickle ice pops and a little faith at the Minnesota State Fair

By Giovanna Dell'orto — September 1, 2023
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — As the sun rose on an unusually steamy opening day of the Minnesota State Fair, Jeff Knott and his two daughters joined the already long breakfast line outside the Hamline Church Dining Hall. The Lutheran family, at the fair to show the teen girls’ pigs Billy and Lil’ Red, favor […]

Poll: We like our red-white-and-blue patriotism — mostly

By Cathy Lynn Grossman — June 23, 2015
(RNS) Americans' patriotic fervor is tempered by race and religion, a new survey finds.

COMMENTARY: More Christian influence? Be careful what you wish for

By Tom Ehrich — June 17, 2014
(RNS) On any issue, the teachings and actions of Jesus are more radical, more revolutionary and more disruptive than anything imagined by the right wing, or the left wing for that matter.
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