In the US, Trump and his religion advisers launch new national faith advisory board
Washington DC, USRNS In another sign Donald Trump is eyeing a run to regain the White House, the former President and his religious advisers announced the launch of a national faith advisory board last Thursday, apparently aimed at reinvigorating his conservative Christian base. The new initiative, first reported by the Jewish news outlet The Forward, was […]
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…
Paula White to head Trump’s faith office
Washington DC, USRNS Paula White, a Pentecostal preacher and longtime adviser to US President Donald Trump, has been tapped to head the White House’s Faith and Opportunity Initiative, a successor to previous administrations’ faith-based office that coordinates outreach to religious communities. “Paula White is the Advisor to the [White House] Faith & Opportunity Initiative,” read […]
Explainer – Trump and the politics of the Messiah
RNS Does President Trump have a Messiah complex? No, according to some of his most loyal evangelical Christian supporters – but one could see how he might get the idea that he is here to save the world. President Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White […]
Trump, rabbi of attacked synagogue observe National Day of Prayer at White House
Washington, DCRNS Among the guests at a White House ceremony marking the National Day of Prayer was Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, leader of the California synagogue recently attacked by a gunman. Goldstein marvelled that he survived the attack. Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein speaks in front of President Trump during a National Day of Prayer event in the White […]
MIDDLE EAST: HOW THE WHITE HOUSE IS COURTING EVANGELICALS ON ITS ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE PLAN
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports from Jerusalem…
ESSAY: TRUMP’S EVANGELICAL PANDER – A SIN OR VIOLATION OF THE LAW?
US religion and politics commentator JACOB LUPFER, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says US President Donald Trump’s focus on evangelical Protestants – and especially those who support him unconditionally – is problematic in many ways…
US POLITICS: WHY WHITE EVANGELICALS VOTED FOR TRUMP
In a short interview first published on Religion News Service, JANA RIESS speaks to historian John Fea about his new book, ‘Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump’…
US pastor Paula White: ‘Our President is not a racist’
RNS Paula White, spiritual adviser to US President Donald Trump and pastor of New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka, Floride, speaks with RNS reporter Adelle Banks at a Religion News Association meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. PICTURE: RNS photo by Jerome Socolovsky “I can say 1,000 per cent, our President is not a racist.” Paula White, […]
US: ALL THE PRESIDENT’S CLERGYMEN – A CLOSE LOOK AT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ TIES WITH EVANGELICALS
In a special long-form report, ADELLE M BANKS, EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, YONAT SHIMRON and JEROME SOCOLOSKY, of Religion News Service, take an in-depth look at the ties between US President Donald Trump’s administration and evangelical Christians…