by Adelle M. Banks | Dec 14, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Attorney General Eric Holder defended the FBI’s recent undercover investigation of an Oregon Muslim terror suspect, saying Friday (Dec. 10) that critics who think it was “entrapment” are wrong. “Those who characterize the FBI’s activities in this case...
by Adelle M. Banks | Dec 13, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The newly launched Conference of National Black Churchescriticized Congress on Thursday (Dec. 9) for linking extension of unemployment benefits to tax cuts for the wealthy. “Based on our prophetic responsibility to speak to those in power on behalf of...
by Adelle M. Banks | Dec 10, 2010 | News
(RNS) Close friendships among congregants, rather than theology seem to be the key to happiness among religious people, according to a new study. One-third of Americans who attend religious services weekly and have three to five close friends in the congregation said...
by Adelle M. Banks | Dec 9, 2010 | News
(RNS) Marriage among Americans who have graduated high school but not college is on the decline, and their religious attendance has dropped at the same time, a new report shows. “Middle Americans” ages 25 to 60 who were in their first marriages dropped from 73 percent...
by Adelle M. Banks | Dec 8, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The vast majority of Protestant pastors think former President George W. Bush is a Christian, but less than half think President Obama is, a new LifeWay Research survey shows. Three-quarters of Protestant pastors surveyed called Bush a Christian,...
