Storming of the US Capitol: How Christian nationalism paved the way for the 6th January attack
As the January 6 committee hold their first public hearings in the US, JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports on how the former US President seemed to frame himself as leading an existential fight against liberal foes, defending America from an attack on the Christian faith…
Living landmark: Washington DC’s ‘Church of Presidents’ etched in history again
Famous in recent times as a setting for a Donald Trump photo op, ELANA SCHOR, of Associated Press, looks at the role Washington’s St John’s Episcopal Church has played in the US story…
Trump faith advisers say the President did the right thing by visiting church last week
Washington DC, USRNS Informal evangelical Christian advisers to President Donald Trump have long championed religious freedom as a key issue that should be embraced by the administration, often arguing passionately against government infringement on religious activities. That’s why some have framed the President’s recent 1st June photo-op in front of St John’s Episcopal Church, in […]
Essay: Prayer is essential. Protest is required. Policy is necessary
Sojourners founder JIM WALLIS, in an article published on Religion News Service, says he’s never seen more white people engage with issues of systemic racism, structural injustice and the violent policing and killing of black people in the US…
Faith leaders: Police used gas that caused tears, coughing when clearing DC park
RNS On Tuesday evening President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign asserted that media outlets had falsely reported that law enforcement used tear gas to disperse protesters and faith leaders outside the White House. The police had broken up a protest on Monday shortly before the President crossed the street and posed with a Bible in front […]
DC Episcopal bishop – “I am outraged” by Trump church visit
AP The Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington sharply criticised President Donald Trump on Monday for staging a visit to the historic St John’s Church across from the White House, where he held up a Bible after authorities had cleared the area of peaceful protesters. Rev Mariann Budde, whose diocese St John’s belongs to, […]