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How Frances Willard shaped feminism by leading the 19th-century temperance movement
By Christopher H. Evans — March 14, 2023
(The Conversation) — A historian highlights the role of Frances Willard, who helped found the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, one of the major social movements of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Hillary and Chelsea Clinton talk faith, marriage as ‘Gutsy’ series premieres
By Adelle M. Banks — September 8, 2022
(RNS) — Though the series is by no means faith-centric, elements of religion and spirituality are sprinkled throughout it.
When Madeleine Albright ‘became’ Jewish
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 24, 2022
(RNS) — A great American, a great immigrant, a great Jew.
Huma Abedin steps out, brings her memoir to Abu Dhabi
By Aya Batrawy — March 8, 2022
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Her Muslim faith and family were what she leaned on the most during her darkest days.
Theologians were paid to think about alien life. I’d rather they watch ‘Spaceballs.’
By Amy Laura Hall — January 20, 2022
(RNS) — What benefit do Christians really draw from considering — and funding — questions beyond our ken?
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.
Americans are as divided as ever, and religion is the wedge
By Mark Silk — July 2, 2021
That's a critical take-away from the latest report from the Pew Research Center.
‘If you have eyes, plagiarize’: When borrowing a sermon goes too far
By Bob Smietana — April 27, 2021
(RNS) — Preachers love to borrow from each other, but the practice can sometimes lead to plagiarism.
‘Daughters of Kobani’ tells story of all-women Kurdish combat units who fought IS
By Joseph Hammond — February 16, 2021
(RNS) — 'This was a movement with religious freedom and multiethnic governance with women at the center,' said the book's author, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.
Abortion over immigration: Trump’s pro-life policies remain paramount for many Latino Catholics
By Alejandra Molina — August 24, 2020
(RNS) — Though fewer than a quarter of Latino Catholics voted for Trump in 2016, the Pew Research Center found that one-third of them backs him now.
COVID-19 costs President Trump support among Catholics
By Thomas Reese — June 16, 2020
(RNS) — Though their influence has been waning in recent cycles, keep an eye on Catholic voters if you want to know what will happen in November.
Democrats ignore Catholic voters at their own peril
By Thomas Reese — March 3, 2020
(RNS) — With Catholics almost evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, they may be the key to those prized swing states that can determine the outcome in November.
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.
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.
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