The ways Midwest Lutherans live that faith in the public sphere — on social and political hot-button issues — can be as different as a marshmallow-topped hotdish from a prickly pear cactus salad.
The viral racist rumors are being fueled primarily by former President Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance, and violent threats against the community are upending daily life in Springfield.
The modern-day 'prophet' and coiner of the phrase '7 Mountain Mandate' has helped to bring the influential Pentecostal group New Apostolic Reformation from the fringes of American Christianity to the heart of US politics.
The onetime organizer of the former president’s evangelical Christian advisory board has been relatively muted in her public support in the 2024 election season.
This issue of A Public Witness unpacks recent polling data and swing state demographics to explore why, despite all the media attention to evangelicals, political salvation for the Harris-Walz campaign will instead be found among mainline Protestants.
This edition of A Public Witness looks at how our legal system has made it easier for municipalities and other governments to criminalize homelessness and explores how some religious leaders and faith communities are responding.
The environment continues to be a top concern for many voters, especially younger ones, and the issue crosses lines of faith and politics in ways that others don’t.
'I don’t just consider a candidate’s words, I look at their actions and what they have done,' said the Rev. Franklin Graham.
Known as the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice, the refurbished two-story clapboard home will further the kind of progressive social causes Murray, an Episcopal priest who died in 1985, championed.
This issue of A Public Witness opens up the Bible to debunk hidden partisan codes popping up in social media posts and sermons.