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The Rev. Cecil Williams, who turned San Francisco’s Glide Church into a refuge for many, has died
By Olga R. Rodriguez — April 24, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Williams and his wife, Janice Marikitami, who passed away in 2021, appeared in Will Smith’s film “The Pursuit of Happyness,” which was based on the life of a homeless father and son who once found help at Glide Memorial Church.
In ‘Exvangelicals,’ Sarah McCammon looks at the fragility and power of religion
By Bob Smietana — March 20, 2024
(RNS) — While covering Donald Trump, NPR correspondent Sarah McCammon discovered a community of people who, like herself, no longer felt at home in the evangelical world they'd been raised in.
Bipartisanship is dead; can it be resurrected?
By Thomas Reese — February 20, 2024
(RNS) — Partisanship is baked into our political system because of gerrymandering, primaries and campaign financing.
Jesse Jackson transfers presidency of Rainbow PUSH Coalition to Frederick Haynes III
By Adelle M. Banks — July 17, 2023
(RNS) — ‘I will still be very involved in the organization and am proud that we have chosen Rev. Dr. Haynes as my successor,’ Jackson said.
Don’t repeal the gas tax
By Thomas Reese — March 15, 2022
(RNS) — Eliminating the gasoline tax is really a gift to the oil industry.
Former US presidents, religious leaders launch organization to aid Afghan evacuees
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 14, 2021
(RNS) — Welcome.US provides a single point of entry for Americans to donate to frontline organizations, host arriving families through Airbnb and find other ways to help Afghans as they rebuild their lives in the United States after fleeing the Taliban.
Running on ‘Stop the Steal,’ the GOP goes all in on presidential sedevacantism
By Mark Silk — July 28, 2021
(RNS) — It's our version of the traditionalist Catholic delegitimizing of the pope.
Albert Mohler’s darkest hour
By Jonathan Merritt — June 18, 2021
(RNS) — In his bid to lead America’s largest denomination, he was his own worst enemy.
How Hanukkah came to be an annual White House celebration
By Jonathan D. Sarna — December 4, 2020
(RNS) — Since 1979, when Jimmy Carter helped light the National Menorah, every president has recognized Hanukkah with a special ceremony.
Mohler’s turn to Trump is the crowning flip-flop of his career
By Jonathan Merritt — April 17, 2020
(RNS) — Many, including Mohler’s friends and colleagues, have pointed out that his decision to favor Trump is consistent with a career marked as much by ambition as conviction.
Do the Democrats have a religion problem?
By Mark Silk — October 31, 2019
(RNS) — With the rise of the religiously unaffiliated, the God gap matters less and less. Will the Democrats find a way to strike a new spiritual chord on the environment?
Mourning Elijah Cummings, preachers and presidents recall a man of faith
By Jack Jenkins — October 25, 2019
(RNS) — 'Elijah has brought power to church,' said Bishop Walter Thomas, Elijah Cummings' pastor. Thomas was one of many who recounted the steadfast Christian faith of Cummings in the wake of his death.
Good news, bad news on churchgoers’ views of Trump
By Mark Silk — October 5, 2019
(RNS) — In a new Gallup poll, the biggest gap between Trump's job approval rating and how Americans feel about him personally, percentage-wise, comes from weekly churchgoers.
The death of trust and the triumph of suspicion
By Thomas Reese — June 26, 2019
(RNS) — Unless we build bridges and trust, neither the church nor America has much of a future.
Ken Starr on his faith, the Mueller investigation, the Clintons and refugees
By Maina Mwaura — December 10, 2018
(RNS) — The former independent counsel and university president speaks about how his faith shaped his work and his views of refugees.
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