by Nicole Neroulias | Jan 18, 2011 | News
(RNS) Whether they rally behind Fox News’ Glenn Beck to “Restore Honor” or Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart to “Restore Sanity,” Americans agree on one thing: our political system has a civility problem. Four out of five Americans, regardless of party or religious...
by Brian Kaylor | Jan 18, 2011 | News
Over the past three decades, American presidential elections have been dominated by a confessional political style where candidates must invoke God and quote Scripture in ways more testimonial, sectarian, partisan and liturgical than in previous elections. As a...
by Matt Miller and The Patriot-News | Jan 17, 2011 | News
HARRISBURG, Pa. (RNS) Should a street preacher be banned from approaching students at a bus stop? Dauphin County, Pa., Judge Jeannine Turgeon is weighing that question regarding Stephen Garisto, who says he has a constitutional right to evangelize to the students....
by Al Webb | Jan 17, 2011 | News
LONDON (RNS) A British university study suggests that people of strong faith can spread religion through a “believers’ gene” that is part of their DNA. Cambridge University economics professor Robert Rowthorn theorizes a “predisposition toward religion” in a paper...
by Kevin Eckstrom | Jan 17, 2011 | News
(RNS) A coalition of Christian churches answered the Rev. Martin Luther King’s 1963 “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” conceding that Americans have often have chosen to be comfortable rather than “prophetic” on racism. Leaders of Christian Churches Together in the USA,...
by Daniel Burke | Jan 14, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Expecting a speech, Americans instead heard a sermon. Drawing on Scripture, theology, and the rising rhythms of black preaching, President Obama was more pastor than politician at Wednesday’s (Jan. 12) memorial service for the victims of last week’s...
