Faith and politics: Trump divided the nation and their church, experts say, but evangelical fans have few regrets
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports on the the legacy of US President Trump’s relationship with evangelicals…
The Interview: “You can’t just jump to hope” – Episcopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on healing after the US election
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, speaks to Bishop Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the US, about the United State’s journey toward healing…
Faith and the White House: Who will President Joe Biden listen to on faith matters?
JACK JENKINS and EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, canvases the possibilities for faith advisors in the Biden White House…
Essay: Jesus for President? It’s more complicated than it looks
Alabama-based writer RYAN DRADZYNSKI, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says a proliferation of signs, shirts and stickers advocating ‘Jesus 2020’ has inescapable political implications that merely disavowing politics doesn’t resolve…
US Election Day – Seven religious voter trends to look for
Washington DC, USRNS After more than a year of campaigning, the 2020 election is finally upon us, pitting Democrat Joe Biden against President Donald Trump. It has been an unusually faith-focused campaign season, with both candidates repeatedly appealing to religion and religious voters over the past few months – albeit often in very different ways. Voters mark their […]
US election: As Election Day looms, Christian pastors make bold political appeals
YONAT SHIMRON, EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER and JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, report in the run-up to the US election on 3rd November…
US election – Kamala Harris talks about her own faith and how it might influence a Biden-Harris White House
RNS Asked how a Biden-Harris administration would work with faith leaders, Senator Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party nominee for vice president, highlighted the campaign’s proposal to establish a “faith-based law enforcement program” in the Department of Justice to help protect faith communities from hate crimes. In an email interview facilitated by the Biden-Harris faith […]
US election: ‘Pro-life Evangelicals for Biden’ signers face a fiery blowback
MARK I PINSKY, writing for Religion News Services, reports on the price some US pastors are paying for breaking away from supporting the Republican Party…
Trump, confirmed a Presbyterian, now identifies as “non-denominational Christian”
Washington DC, US RNS In an exclusive interview with Religion News Service, US President Donald Trump said in a written statement that he no longer identifies as a Presbyterian and now sees himself as a non-denominational Christian. “Though I was confirmed at a Presbyterian church as a child, I now consider myself to be a […]
US election – The top three faith moments in the Harris-Pence vice presidential debate
RNS When the two major-party vice presidential candidates — a Black Baptist with Hindu heritage and a white, “born-again evangelical Catholic” – faced off on Wednesday night, they largely talked past one another (and their moderator). But among their prepared arguments, Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris discussed their differences on faith matters that Americans […]