Trump expanded evangelical support in 2020, but Biden gained with other white Christians – survey
Washington DC, USRNS A new survey reports former President Donald Trump expanded his robust support among white evangelicals in the 2020 election, but President Joe Biden won in part by making significant gains among Catholics and non-evangelical Protestants. That’s according to Pew Research’s new “Behind Biden’s 2020 Victory” study unveiled on Wednesday. The findings, based on […]
A “deep, dramatic scar”: As Brexit stirs tensions, Northern Irish clergy reprise peacekeeping roles
CHRISTINE LUBY, of Religion News Service, reports on how clergy are grappling with the rise of violence in Northern Ireland in recent weeks…
Essay: Faith in numbers – Trump held steady among believers at the ballot – it was the non-religious vote he lost in 2020
In an article first published on The Conversation, RYAN BURGE, assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University in the US, looks at what the numbers from last year’s US election show about religious voters…
Hymns through masks: Christians mark another pandemic Easter
FRANCIS D’EMILIO and Associated Press reporters from around the world, report on how Easter Sunday was marked across the globe…
US churchgoers say they plan to return to in-person services – survey
RNS A study of 1,000 US Protestant churchgoers found 91 per cent said they planned on returning to in-person worship when it is safe to do so. The study from Lifeway Research, a non-profit affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, suggests churchgoers are eager to return to pre-pandemic worship practices. “Many of these pastors are wondering if […]
More than a quarter of US white evangelicals believe core QAnon conspiracy theory – survey
RNS A new survey reports more than a quarter of white evangelical Protestants in the US believe a QAnon conspiracy theory that purports former President Donald Trump is secretly battling a cabal of paedophile Democrats, and roughly half express support for the debunked claim that antifa was responsible for the recent insurrection at the US […]
Essay: What Americans believe about violence against the government
Political scientist RYAN BURGE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks for insights into last week’s violence at the US Capitol…
Essay: Why the Puritans cracked down on celebrating Christmas
In an article first published on The Conversation, US scholar PETER C MANCALL looks at why the Puritans in the US discouraged and later banned Christmas festivities…
Latino Protestants more conservative, supportive of Trump than Latino Catholics, poll finds
RNS Latino voters this election season were instrumental in helping flip the state of Arizona blue for the first time since 1996, but in Florida and Texas more Latinos than expected voted for President Donald Trump. Faith affiliation has emerged as one explanation for this political divide among Latino Americans. “Religion is the largest demographic […]
Turkey orders deportation of pastor’s wife and mother-of-three in string of expulsions
World Watch Monitor A Christian woman and mother-of-three has been told she has to leave Turkey, one of the latest incidents in a series of expulsions of Christian expatriates from the country. Joy Anna Crow Subasigüller, originally from Florida, USA, and her Turkish husband Lütfü were married seven years ago. They settled and started a […]