John Green

Exit polls show few changes in the religious vote

By Yonat Shimron — November 5, 2020
(RNS) — Support for President Donald Trump among white evangelicals remained constant. Catholics split their vote. And non-Christians voted overwhelmingly for Joe Biden.

Why evangelicals might vote for Roy Moore anyway

By Yonat Shimron — November 20, 2017
(RNS) — Conservative Christians have developed a particular intellectual strategy for engaging with others called “presuppositionalism.”

The Bible is among 10 ‘most challenged’ books of 2015

By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 12, 2016
(RNS) There's "definitely" a growing number of complaints lodged about books for their "religious viewpoints," according to the American Library Association.

Pope Francis’ stern climate encyclical faces deep political divides

By Cathy Lynn Grossman — June 16, 2015
(RNS) Catholic Democrats and Republicans are miles apart on the cause and the urgency of global warming. Can the popular pope's urgently written encyclical bridge the gap?

Republicans woo evangelical base in bid to recapture the Senate

By David Gibson — June 27, 2014
(RNS) The new GOPfaith.com aims to mobilize 100,000 faith-based voters -- especially conservative Christians -- to help the party take control of the Senate in this year's midterm elections.

4 reasons why Republicans are rekindling evangelical outreach

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — June 12, 2013
(RNS) Why would Republicans hire the former party chairman in South Carolina to lead engagement to evangelicals, a group that for a generation or more has been the reliable anchor of the party faithful? Here are four reasons.

Losing our religion: One in five Americans are now ‘nones’

By Kimberly Winston — October 8, 2012

BETHESDA, Md. (RNS) The number of Americans who say they have no religious affiliation has hit an all-time high -- about one in five American adults --  according to a new study, with the number of self-described atheists and agnostics hitting a peak of 6 percent of the U.S. population. By Kimberly Winston.

God is back in the party platform, but religion remains a divisive issue for Democrats

By Lauren Markoe — September 6, 2012

(RNS) God was out and now God is in. And Jerusalem wasn’t the capital of Israel and now it is. By Lauren Markoe.

With nomination clinched, focus turns to Romney’s Mormon faith

By Daniel Burke — May 30, 2012

(RNS) One study says that Mormonism will hurt Mitt Romney's quest for the White House. Another says such fears are "exaggerated." How do we make sense of such contradictory claims? By Daniel Burke.

Mormonism hurt Mitt Romney in 2008. What about 2012?

By Stephen Koff — May 22, 2012

WASHINGTON (RNS) If used against him in the fall presidential election, negative stigmas or stereotypes about Mormonism could be hard to overcome for Mitt Romney's campaign, according to an academic study released Monday. By Steve Koff.

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