insurrection
What Christian moral theology has to say about Trump’s eligibility for office
By Mark Silk — January 2, 2024
(RNS) — It's akriveia versus oikonomia.
Cornel West, Robert George mark Jan. 6 anniversary with call for courageous leaders
By Adelle M. Banks — January 9, 2023
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘This country desperately needs courageous spiritual leadership,’ said the Rev. Eugene Rivers at the anniversary event, to ‘speak to the existential crisis that confronts us.’
Despite ample evidence, Christian nationalism mostly absent from final Jan. 6 report
By Jack Jenkins — December 23, 2022
(RNS) — Faith leaders have questioned the omission, which lawmakers have signaled is founded in caution against tarring 'every American who believes God has blessed America' as a white supremacist.
In new footage, Pelosi seen praying with colleagues shortly before insurrection
By Jack Jenkins — October 14, 2022
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Before rioters stormed the Capitol, Pelosi is seen praying for the country and for Republicans to 'have their own epiphany.'
Raskin says he’s worked with cult ‘deprogrammers’ to better talk to some GOP members
By Jack Jenkins — April 22, 2022
(RNS) — Raskin described some Republican House colleagues as acting like “members of a religious cult."
On Jan. 6, vigils recall the insurrection with competing narratives
By Jack Jenkins — January 7, 2022
WASHINGTON (RNS) — From calls to pass voting rights legislation to assertions that those charged in connection with the insurrection are being mistreated, vigils remembered the attack on the U.S. Capitol differently.
Jan. 6: A timeline in prayers
By Jack Jenkins — January 6, 2022
WASHINGTON (RNS) — These are some of the prayers said in and around the Capitol that day, collected by Religion News Service from videos, public documents, interviews and news reports.
Survey: Who Americans blame for insurrection depends on their faith
By Jack Jenkins — September 16, 2021
(RNS) — White evangelicals are far more likely than most other religious groups to falsely blame left-wing activists for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Services at Tennessee governor’s church disrupted by megachurch pastor feud
By Bob Smietana — August 30, 2021
(RNS) — Sarah Berger, wife of Grace Chapel founder Steve Berger, grabbed a mic and accused the church's new pastor of conspiring against her husband.
Police officer says Jan. 6 insurrectionists ‘perceived themselves to be Christians’
By Jack Jenkins — July 27, 2021
(RNS) — ‘I saw the Christian flag directly to my front,’ recounted police officer Daniel Hodges. ‘Another read ‘Jesus is my savior, Trump is my president.’’
Survey: White evangelicals, Hispanic Protestants, Mormons most likely to believe in QAnon
By Jack Jenkins — May 27, 2021
(RNS) — The groups are also the most likely to consume far-right media, which researchers noted is 'by far the strongest independent predictor of QAnon beliefs.'
Liz Cheney, ousted from party leadership, invokes pope and the ‘power of faith’
By Jack Jenkins — May 12, 2021
(RNS) — U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney made appeals to public and personal faith in trying to forestall her removal from House leadership.
‘Q Shaman’ denied request to leave jail for faith-related reasons until insurrection trial
By Jack Jenkins — March 8, 2021
(RNS) — Jacob Chansley claimed he cannot be vaccinated from COVID-19 because of his 'Shamanic faith.'
The insurrectionists’ Senate floor prayer highlights a curious Trumpian ecumenism
By Jack Jenkins — February 25, 2021
Exploring the unusual spiritual ties unifying the Capitol insurrectionists.
More than 500 evangelicals, other faith leaders condemn religion at insurrection as ‘heretical’
By Jack Jenkins — February 24, 2021
(RNS) — ‘We unite our voices to declare that there is a version of American nationalism that is trying to camouflage itself as Christianity — and it is a heretical version of our faith,’ the letter reads.
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