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My Beautiful ‘Practicing’ Christians: As Churchgoers’ Numbers Shrink, Their Social Views Become More Similar

Grouping Christians by whether they are ‘practicing’ or ‘nonpracticing’ can show interesting patterns. Nikada/E+ via Getty Images by Michael Emerson, Rice University During the 2024 presidential campaign,...

The ‘Courage Tour’ is attempting to get Christians to vote for Trump − and focused on defeating ‘demons’

  Evangelist Lance Wallnau addresses people at the ‘Courage Tour’ rally. Michael E. Heyes, CC BY Michael E. Heyes, Lycoming College As a scholar of religion, I attended...

Black Pentecostal and charismatic Christians are boosting their visibility in politics − a shift from the past

Worshippers listen as President Joe Biden speaks at Mount Airy Church of God in Christ on July 7, 2024, in Philadelphia. Joe Lamberti for...

Black church leaders brought religion to politics in the ‘60s – but it was dramatically different from today’s White Christian nationalism

A group of teenagers marching during a civil rights rally. Bettman via Getty Images by Tobin Miller Shearer, University of Montana Fifty-eight years ago in the...

Reagan’s great America shining on a hill twisted into Trump’s dark vision of Christian nationalism

President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan greet Donald Trump during a reception in August 1983. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum by Diane Winston, USC Annenberg...

So-called “evangelicals” supporting hatred and racism are hypocrites

by Vernon A. Williams   Okay. Most of the time journalists function as gatherers and distributors of facts and information. I’ve known the routine since the...

Before he was House speaker, Mike Johnson represented a creationist museum in court. Here’s what that episode reveals about his politics

  Speaker of the House Mike Johnson takes questions from reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 14, 2023. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite William Trollinger, University...

What the Bible actually says about abortion may surprise you

by Melanie A. Howard, Fresno Pacific University In the days since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which had established the constitutional right to...

Talk of ‘Christian nationalism’ is getting a lot louder – but what does the term really mean?

by Eric McDaniel, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts According to a May 2022 poll from the University of Maryland, 61%...

The midterms will see a number of nonreligious candidates – but why is it so hard for atheists to get voted into Congress?

by Phil Zuckerman, Pitzer College The midterm elections are likely to return to Congress elected representatives who hold a range of religious beliefs. But while self-identified...

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