Essay: US Congress needs to live up to its Christian protestations
The Most Rev JOHN STOWE, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky, asks whether US politicians really want Christian values to prevail?…
Archaeological controversy: Israel may uproot ancient Christian mosaic near Armageddon. Where it could go next sparks outcry
ILAN BEN ZION, of Associated Press, reports on the controversy over a proposal to relocate the Megiddo Mosaic to the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC…
Will Trump’s latest indictment hurt him with evangelical Christians? Probably not.
Washington DC, US RNS As President and since, Donald Trump has repeatedly sought to blunt the impact of scandals and prosecutions by leaning into his nearly ironclad support among evangelical Christian pastors and other leaders. Some of those figures are again rallying to Trump after his arraignment Thursday on charges of plotting to overturn the […]
Essay: How much do Americans know about the faiths around them?
RYAN BURGE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at what the data shows…
Religious Americans less worried about climate change – poll
New York, USAP Most adults in the United States – including a large majority of Christians and people who identify with other religions – consider the Earth sacred and believe God gave humans a duty to care for it. But highly religious Americans – those who pray daily, regularly attend religious services and consider religion […]
In the US, White evangelicals oppose abortion; all other religious groups support it
RNS A number of polls in recent days have shown that a majority of Americans think abortion should be legal; a new Pew Research survey is no exception. The large survey of 11,044 Americans, released Friday, shows that 61 per cent of respondents said abortion should be legal in most or all cases – little […]
US clergy feel ill-equipped to help Black, Latino congregants with mental health
RNS Black and Latino Christians often turn to their pastors for mental healthcare, even when those clergy have limited expertise in working with those who are mentally struggling, according to a new study by the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice University. Daniel Bolger, a doctoral candidate at Rice University who co-authored the report, […]
For New Year’s resolutions, better health ranks higher than God, family or money
RNS When making a New Year’s resolution, Americans take a bit of advice from the beloved 1987 film The Princess Bride: “If you haven’t got your health, you haven’t got anything.” Just under half of Americans (44 per cent) said they have made resolutions in the past to address their health, according to a new survey from Lifeway […]
‘Great replacement’ belief correlates with Christian nationalist views in US – survey
RNS An often repeated element of Christian nationalism – an ideology with a range of expressions and increasingly vocal supporters – is a belief in America’s divine origins. The United States, proponents insist, is meant to be a “city on a hill” which God intends as a blessing and example for the world. A new […]
Study: Religion soothed US evangelicals at start of COVID. Politics put them at risk.
RNS Religion provided great comfort to evangelical Christians in the US in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. But according to a study in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, their politics made them less likely to see the virus as a threat. Researchers Landon Schnabel of Cornell University and Scott Schieman of […]