New survey of US Jews reveals worries, strengths, divisions
United StatesAP A comprehensive new survey of Jewish Americans finds them increasingly worried about anti-Semitism, proud of their cultural heritage and sharply divided about the importance of religious observance in their lives. The survey, released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center, estimated the total Jewish population in the country at 7.5 million — about 2.3 per […]
Supreme Court denies breakaway Episcopal group control of its churches
RNS The Episcopal Church in South Carolina is preparing to reclaim control of more than two dozen properties worth an estimated $US500 million after the US Supreme Court decided not to hear an appeal brought by a breakaway group of conservative Anglican congregations. “We are grateful for the clarity that this decision offers, and hopeful […]
ESSAY: BILLY GRAHAM WAS THE ‘LAST NON-PARTISAN EVANGELICAL’?
US academic JOHN G STACKHOUSE, Jr, in an article first published on Religion News Service, challenges the notion that Billy Graham was the ‘last non-partisan evangelical’…
THE INTERVIEW: AUTHOR OF BOOKS ON PRESIDENTS’ FAITH SAYS TRUMP MISUNDERSTANDS EVANGELICALS
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks to author Stephen Mansfield about the newest US President’s faith…
US: POLITICS, CULTURE OR THEOLOGY? WHY EVANGELICALS BACK TRUMP ON GLOBAL WARMING
DAVID GIBSON, of Religion News Service, looks at what US President Donald Trump’s recent decision to withdraw from the landmark Paris agreement on climate change reveals about the “sharp contrast between conservative Christians and the rest of the American religious scene”…