Polarization in American Christianity — and American politics — may be at its highest in recent memory, but experts on the role of faith in public life nevertheless have some hope about ways to address it.
Trump turns the March For Life into a campaign rally
President Donald Trump on Friday rallied conservative supporters at the March for Life on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., telling attendees: “Sadly, the far left is actively working to erase our God-given rights. “They are coming after me because I…
Substitute teaching a challenge in Jimmy Carter’s class
Kim Fuller is the eldest daughter of Carter’s late brother Billy Carter, and she has served as the regular replacement for the world’s best-known Sunday school teacher since Carter underwent brain surgery in November.
A Texas congregation caring for immigrants gains a new understanding of Christianity as a ‘trauma-healing movement’
For the past three years, members of a Mennonite church in San Antonio have welcomed people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The experience has changed them and their understanding of the gospel.
Evangelicals love Donald Trump for many reasons, but one of them is especially terrifying
From the outset, Trump has surrounded himself with people who hail from the fringes of the evangelical community that is steeped in the language of biblical prophecy, and his administration regularly reflects that language back to them in its messaging.
Poll: What do Americans know about the Holocaust? Some, not much
A new poll suggests Americans know about the Holocaust, the genocidal campaign against European Jews, but they’re fuzzy on the details.
More non-evangelicals are calling themselves born again
A growing share of mainline Protestants and Catholics have taken on the once-distinctive label over the past three decades.
So-called conversion therapy banned in conservative Utah
The discredited practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ children is now banned in Utah, making it the 19th state and one of the most conservative to prohibit it.
Best path to a younger flock? Church asks older members to worship elsewhere
The Grove United Methodist Church in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, wants to attract more young families. The present members, most of them over 60 years old, will be invited to worship somewhere else. A memo recommends that they stay away for…