White House’s Melissa Rogers affirms religious diversity as interfaith group expands
Washington DC, US RNS Interfaith leaders, including a top White House official, gathered at Georgetown University on Tuesday to affirm engagement across faiths and urge more multireligious action to enhance democracy and diminish polarisation. “Especially at a time of deep division and threats to our constitutional democracy, governmental leaders, for one, must demonstrate both in […]
Essay: How Biden’s faith-based office has advanced his vow to heal the soul of the nation
CHRIS COONS, a US Senator from Delaware, reflects – in an article first published on Religion News Service – on the first year of the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships following its re-establishment by US President Joe Biden…
Essay: Biden signals willingness to dialogue with bishops and other faith leaders
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at the recent Biden administration announcement surrounding the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and the role of its new head, Melissa Rogers…
Biden order re-establishes faith-focused White House office
Washington DC, USAP President Joe Biden signed an executive order Sunday relaunching a White House office aimed at fostering cooperation between the federal government and faith-based and secular community organisations. The order reestablishes the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, a 20-year-old initiative first put in place by President George W Bush. The White House said the […]
ESSAY: PAULA WHITE AND THE MAINSTREAMING OF AMERICAN PENTECOSTALISM
In an article first published on Sightings – a publication of the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School, DANIEL G HUMMEL looks at the rise of Pentecostalism in the US…
ESSAY: CULTIVATE COMMON GROUND REGARDING FAITH IN PUBLIC LIFE
In an excerpt from her new book, ‘Faith in Public Life’, MELISSA ROGERS, former executive director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and now a visiting professor at Wake Forest University, underlines the important role decisions about faith in public life play in determining the country’s future…