Roy Moore
Father Roy Moore would be suspended
By Thomas Reese — December 7, 2017
(RNS) — The Republican Party has not learned from the mistakes of the Catholic bishops in dealing with sexual abuse. They are operating out of the same playbook as the bishops did before they wised up and changed their policies.
Roy Moore v. the Ninth Commandment
By Mark Silk — December 5, 2017
It's all about bearing false witness.
If Mary wasn’t a virgin …
By Jana Riess — November 28, 2017
A new book raises the question of Mary's virginity, and points to all the other issues it touches on: theology and the body, how the church regards women, and the troubling matter of sexual consent.
Evangelical courtship culture normalizes men dating teen girls
By Kathryn Brightbill — November 27, 2017
(RNS) — In a world where female submission is valued and too much independence is a negative, it’s only a hop, skip and a jump to concluding that teen girls and young women who haven’t had a taste of independence are an even better option.
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.”
Amid calls to step down, Moore finds refuge with his base
By Kim Chandler — November 15, 2017
JACKSON, Ala. (AP) — Taking the pulpit at a Baptist revival at a south Alabama church, Republican Roy Moore quoted lengthy Bible passages and made only passing reference to the allegations against him of sexual misconduct with teenagers.
Did early Christians believe that Mary was a teenager? It’s complicated
By Christopher A. Frilingos — November 14, 2017
(The Conversation) — There are many little-known details in early Christian storytelling about the relationship between Mary and Joseph. Listen up, Jim Zeigler.
Roy Moore, Christocrat
By Lauren Markoe — November 14, 2017
(RNS) — For Christocrats, the sovereignty of God transcends the supremacy of the Constitution.
The Bible story Roy Moore needs to read
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 14, 2017
Nope, it's not about Joseph and Mary (and wasn't she a virgin, anyway?)
Are Mormons the new conscience of the GOP?
By Jana Riess — November 13, 2017
(RNS) — High-profile Mormons from Mitt Romney to Jeff Flake have publicly denounced the actions of fellow Republicans like Roy Moore and President Trump. But their engagement is selective, writes Jana Riess. (COMMENTARY)
Let’s give them Alabama evangelicals a break
By Mark Silk — November 13, 2017
Some of them are abandoning Roy Moore.
Allegations against Roy Moore roil US evangelical ranks
By Jerome Socolovsky — November 12, 2017
(AP) — For many evangelicals, fiery Alabama politician and judge Roy Moore has been a longtime hero. Others have sometimes cringed at his heated rhetoric and bellicose style.
Roy Moore and the wages of hypocrisy
By Mark Silk — November 10, 2017
(RNS) — It's an old Abrahamic story.
Conservatives defend Roy Moore — invoking Joseph, Mary and the Ten Commandments
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 10, 2017
(RNS) — And they don't expect voters will abandon a darling of the religious right, in the Alabama race for a U.S. Senate seat, for the same reason they didn't abandon Donald Trump when he was faced with allegations of sexual assault.
White evangelicals in Alabama
By Mark Silk — October 18, 2017
Even they have their doubts about Roy Moore
