What religious left? Few Americans see Democratic presidential field as very religious
RNS Both Senator Elizabeth Warren, a United Methodist, and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, an Episcopalian, turned to Scripture when asked about their personal mottos at this week’s Democratic debate in South Carolina. Former Vice President Joe Biden, a lifelong Catholic, has spoken throughout his campaign about running for president to “restore the soul of our […]
ESSAY: IN THE US, IT’S TIME FOR DEMOCRATS TO START TALKING ABOUT INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
In an article first published by Religion News Service, PETER HENNE, director of Middle East studies in the Global and Regional Studies Program at the University of Vermont, argues that the issue of international religious freedom represents an opportunity for Democractic presidential candidates…
At a US church forum, presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren says she is open to suspending deportations
Raleigh, North Carolina, USRNS At a campaign event held at a church that is providing sanctuary to an undocumented immigrant, Senator Elizabeth Warren on Friday said she would consider suspending deportations to pressure Congress to come up with a solution to the immigration crisis. Speaking at Umstead Park United Church of Christ, Warren was grilled […]
US Democratic presidential candidates reject plan to link church tax status, LGBT policy
Washington, DCRNS A comment last week by candidate Beto O’Rourke that churches and faith-based institutions should lose their tax-exempt status if they don’t support same-sex marriage has brought criticism from two of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination. At least two other Democratic White House hopefuls have rejected the former Texas congressman’s proposal, arguing […]
ESSAY: ‘CHRISTIAN LEFT’ IS REVIVING IN AMERICA, APPALLED BY TREATMENT OF MIGRANTS
In an article first published on The Conversation, LAURA E ALEXANDER, assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Nebraska Omaha, looks at the recent growth of the Christian left in the US…
Joe Biden and other US presidential candidates speak to diverse faith leaders, activists
Washington, DCRNS Former Vice President Joe Biden kicked off a major forum on faith and poverty issues Monday afternoon, fielding questions from faith leaders and low-income Americans during a gathering organised by the Poor People’s Campaign. “We have the greatest income inequity…in the United States of America since 1902,” Biden told the crowd of hundreds […]
US 2020 Democratic hopefuls field faith forum invites
RNS Democratic White House hopefuls – from Elizabeth Warren to Pete Buttigieg – are already talking a lot about God. Turns out both conservatives and progressives have been listening, and they want to hear more. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, […]