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Trump beat Clinton by 25 points among rural white Catholics in Pennsylvania.

Opinion: Why Joe Biden, blue-collar Catholic icon, may not be enough for the Dems to win

Joe Biden
by: Ryan Burge Oct. 22, 2019 (RNS) — It’s long been established that Donald Trump is supported by a tremendous share of white evangelical Protestants, and a poll from JulyRead More

This week SBC adherents watched in (near) terror as prominent Southern Baptist pastors... tweeted their approval...

Opinion: Trump-drunk tweets touting Paula White book reshape what we expect of SBC pastors

by: Costi W. Hinn Oct. 18, 2019 (RNS) — Once upon a time, evangelical leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention (and beyond) were an unwavering group. Touting the authority ofRead More

Do they continue to try to court the rapidly growing group of religiously unaffiliated Americans...

RNS Opinion: Democratic Party is at an inflection point when it comes to courting religious voters

Democrats debate
by: Ryan Burge Oct. 1, 2019 (RNS) — A few weeks ago the Democratic National Committee passed a resolution regarding the religiously unaffiliated. In it, the committee contends that “the religiouslyRead More

New book by Jim Wallis

RNS Opinion: How we can use the current crisis in politics and Christianity to reclaim Jesus

by: Jim Wallis Sept. 30, 2019 (RNS) — I remember a breakfast conversation with a member of Congress in Washington, DC, in 2017 about the relationship between faith and politics.Read More

American Jewish life

American Jewry’s very bad, terrible year

by: Jeffrey Salkin Oct. 2, 2019 (RNS) — There is a Jewish saying that no one uses anymore. It is the Nehru jacket of American Jewish life. Good for theRead More

This is fearmongering cleverly disguised as a message to take spiritual comfort in the will of a sovereign God.

RNS Opinion: Trump evangelicals bewail ‘civil war’ while still profiting from last one

Donald Trump and court evangelicals
by: John Fea Oct. 3, 2019 (RNS) — In 2016, I used the term “court evangelicals” to describe the evangelical Christians who frequent the White House to pray for PresidentRead More

Nevertheless, the vitriol of recent months has created misunderstandings about evangelicals themselves.

Opinion: Who’s an evangelical and who gets to decide?

Donald Trump
by: Paul O’Donnell Sept. 23, 2019 (RNS) — The most often repeated story about religion and politics these days is the evangelical love affair with Donald Trump. Virtually every weekRead More

If churches want to continue to thrive in the decades to come, they have to be seen as an attractive place for unaffiliated people.

Opinion: Why politics may kill white churches

Music at church
by: Ryan Burge May 29, 2019 (RNS) — Church growth is something that almost every pastor and priest in the United States is concerned with on a daily basis. If churches wantRead More

In 2016, Catholics voted for Trump over Hillary Clinton by 50% to 46%.

Opinion: Trump’s emerging Catholic problem

Trump's emerging Catholic problem
by: Mark Silk May 23, 2019 (RNS) — Catholics are moving away from President Trump. In the latest Quinnipiac poll (which, thankfully, includes a set of questions about religion), 55%Read More

The majority of foundational Jewish texts assert that a fetus does not attain the status of personhood until birth.

Opinion: There is more than one religious view on abortion – here’s what Jewish texts say

by: Rachel MikvaMay 23, 2019 – Alabama’s governor signed a bill recently that criminalizes nearly all abortions, threatening providers with a felony conviction and up to 99 years in prison.Read More