US poll: White evangelical support for Israel higher than any other Christian group
United StatesRNS Earlier this week, 12 Republican senators sent a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, asking to rescind the $US1 million grants the State Department gives to “anti-Israel NGOs”. The Republican senators’ staunch support for Israel is not surprising, according to a new Pew Research survey of US attitudes toward Israel and […]
Survey: White evangelicals, Hispanic Protestants, Mormons most likely to believe in QAnon
RNS A new survey reports white evangelicals, Hispanic Protestants and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are the most likely to believe in the QAnon conspiracy theory, a trend researchers suggest correlates with the kind of media they consume. The survey, released Thursday by the Public Religion Research Institute, focused on the […]
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 […]
US survey: White evangelicals most likely to say they’ve been harassed online for their faith
RNS Four in 10 US adults say they have been harassed online, according to a Pew Research Center study released on Tuesday. Though people responding to the Pew survey in September cite a number of reasons for why they have been targeted, one-fifth of those who have been harassed believe it was because of their religion. Those […]
Essay: Demonising white evangelicals won’t solve our political divisions
In an article first published on The Conversation, ARTHUR E FARNSLEY II, research director of Religion and Urban Culture 2.0 at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, says white evangelicals are certainly complicit in America’s history of systemic racism and overt nationalism but “transparent prejudice against them offers no way forward”…
US election: Evangelicals at base of Trump hopes for Pennsylvania repeat
MARK SCOLFORO, writing for Associated Press, reports on the role white evangelicals in the key state of Pennsylvania could once again play in the upcoming US presidential election…
Study: Liberal congregations in US more politically active than conservative ones
RNS White evangelicals who comprise US President Donald Trump’s core base have attracted the lion’s share of attention for their political clout these past few years. But a new study of 1,262 congregations across the United States shows it is liberal congregations, and particularly Black churches, that have become substantially more engaged in political activity […]
The Interview: Ron Sider, theologian, activist and editor of the new book, ‘The Spiritual Danger of Donald Trump’
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, speaks with Christian theologian and activist Ron Sider about the new book and those evangelicals who not only disagree with the president, but who also see Trump as a unique spiritual threat…
ESSAY: THE PROBLEM WITH THE “RELUCTANT” TRUMP VOTE
In an article first published on Religion News Service, JOHN FEA, a professor of American history and author of ‘Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump’, takes a look at the idea of the “reluctant Trump voter”…
American faith groups agree: Trump should act more presidential
RNS Americans disagree over just about everything – from gender roles and immigration to impeachment to whether the country is on the right track. But most agree that President Donald Trump’s personal conduct is an issue. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, on 21st August, in Washington, […]