What Americans Believe About Violence Against the Government
The relationship between partisanship and support for violence against government is clear. Church attendance does not appear to fuel the fire — nor tamp it down.
From the Capitol to Critical Race Theory, White Christians Grieve Declining Hegemony
It may seem odd to connect the spectacle at the Capitol with the seminary presidents’ fumbling, but the two moves are aligned in the same work: preserving America’s White Supremacist common sense by limiting what certain social institutions are allowed to teach.
Mohler Should Step Down from Southern Baptist Leadership After Embracing Trump
Word&Way Editor Brian Kaylor pens op-ed in the Louisville Courier-Journal. Read full piece
Open Doors’ 2021 Watch List Highlights Impact of COVID-19 on Religious Persecution Worldwide
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a number of existing problems: political divides, inequities, conspiracy theories. It also has exposed religious persecution in a number of countries, according to Open Doors.
‘No Regrets’: Evangelicals & Other Faith Leaders Still Support Trump After Deadly US Capitol Attack
None of the recent turmoil has eroded much of Trump's support among evangelicals, experts and religious leaders said. Read full piece
How White Evangelical Christians Fused With Trump Extremism
A potent mix of grievance and religious fervor has turbocharged the support among Trump loyalists, many of whom describe themselves as participants in a kind of holy war. Read full piece
The Ellipses of Cheap Grace
Before janitors could even remove the litter and excrement from the Capitol after last week’s attack by a pro-Trump mob, some politicians and preachers started issuing calls for unity and reconciliation. But, Editor Brian Kaylor argues, skipping past truth-telling and accountability would be an injustice.
‘How Did We Get Here?’ A Call For an Evangelical Reckoning on Trump
As fallout continues from the deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol, Ed Stetzer, head of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College, has a message for his fellow evangelicals: it's time for a reckoning. Read full piece
Russell Moore, Justin Giboney Warn that Conspiracies Must be Confronted with Truth
Two Christian experts on religion and culture called on faith leaders to combat the conspiracy theories that they say contributed to the mob violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
We Warned You: This Was Trump Show’s Likely Ending
My rage at last Wednesday’s horrific terrorist attack on the very heart of our republic grows more incandescent by the day. I am enraged at the millions of people – largely Republicans, but some others – who have enabled Donald Trump to get us to this