ESSAY: CAMPUS FRIENDSHIPS CAN END A CIVIL WAR BEFORE IT STARTS
In an article first published on Religion News Service, PAUL BRANDEIS RAUSHENBUSH, senior adviser for public affairs and innovation at Interfaith Youth Core, looks at the role cultivating friendships – particularly with those who come from different worldviews – on universities and colleges can play in bringing together a divided America…
ESSAY: WHO’S AN EVANGELICAL AND WHO GETS TO DECIDE?
US author THOMAS S KIDD, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at what defines an evangelical…
ESSAY: FOR MANY RELIGIOUS AMERICANS, THE WORD ‘LIBERAL’ HAS BECOME TABOO
Co-founder of Religion in Public, RYAN BURGE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, reflects on the growing aversion to the word ‘liberal’, especially among the religious…
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 […]
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: WHITE HOUSE HOSTS DINNER TO HONOUR EVANGELICALS “FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK THEY DO”
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER and JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, report on this week’s White House gathering of US evangelicals…
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’…
ESSAY: IS JERUSALEM’S EMBASSY PART OF GOD’S GRAND PLAN? WHY SOME EVANGELICALS LOVE ISRAEL
American academic and author JOHN FEA, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at why many evangelicals view the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital as a fulfillment of Biblical prophecy…
BILLY GRAHAM: WHY HE NEVER LIVED IN TEXAS BUT BELONGED TO A DALLAS CHURCH FOR 54 YEARS
BOBBY ROSS, Jr, of Religion News Service, looks at why Billy Graham was a member of Texan church despite never living there…
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…