politics and religion
‘Dune 2’ portrays the danger of mixing religion and politics. It doesn’t know the half of it.
By Bob Smietana — March 11, 2024
(RNS) — The sequel to the 2021 'Dune' movie makes religious pawns of Frank Herbert's proud Fremen.
Shopping for a new church? Your politics may determine which pew fits
By Bob Smietana — December 12, 2022
(RNS) — A new study examines the role that politics plays in how Americans choose a new church.
What Americans hear about social justice at church – and what they do about it
By R. Khari Brown and Ronald Brown — November 18, 2021
(The Conversation) — Race, politics and religion have a long and tangled history in the US. And it all comes together each week in sermons across the country.
Peacemaking is the essential work of our time
By Todd Deatherage — December 15, 2020
(RNS) — Some peacemakers get Nobel Prizes, but most are ordinary people who do extraordinary, countercultural things.
The meaning of COVID-19: We can’t all be right
By Arthur E. Farnsley II — April 3, 2020
(RNS) — This pandemic could be a unique opportunity to listen to other voices, to learn how others view the world, to open ourselves to other possibilities.
Why politics may kill white churches
By Ryan Burge — May 29, 2019
(RNS) — If young people are the future of the church, it’s hard to see how both white Catholics and white evangelicals can effectively reach out to the younger generations when their politics become further and further polarized.
Trump White House faith outreach a picture of selective access
By Adelle M. Banks — October 5, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The White House says its administration 'continues to engage hundreds of faith leaders on various issues that directly impact their communities,’ but some say they’re not in that number.
Conservative evangelicals revel in their ‘unprecedented’ presidential access
By Adelle M. Banks — July 19, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Meanwhile, most everyone else is kept at arm's length.
Survey: Evangelical leaders really don’t want to endorse politicians
By David Gibson — March 30, 2017
(RNS) Donald Trump vowed to change the law so clergy could promote candidates from the pulpit. Nine in 10 don't seem to want to.
A pastor’s encounter with the ‘demonic’ at Trump’s Florida rally
By Lauren Markoe — February 22, 2017
(RNS) It began to go bad very quickly, when first lady Melania Trump read the Lord's Prayer to the crowd.
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