Nostalgia for a ‘Christian America’ overlooks the realities of religion in the founding era — which included taxes, jail time, exile, and even public hangings for anyone who defied state-run churches.
After interrogating their beliefs, some onetime CCM artists are revisiting faith, trying on elements they’d previously discarded and writing music for listeners who might be more spiritual than religious.
This issue of A Public Witness journeys to the Big Apple to consider two coincidentally timed appeals: Rev. William Barber II at Riverside Church and the Trump campaign at Madison Square Garden.
Archbishop Roberto O. González Nieves was echoed by the Rev. Gabriel Salguero, who heads the National Latino Evangelical Coalition.
The creators say the Idaho pastor represents an increasingly mainstream biblical patriarchy movement with dangerous implications.
‘I was surprised at how many people were interested in this,’ said Protect Democracy’s Chris Crawford, who has led discussions with faith leaders about possible election scenarios.
This issue of A Public Witness listens in on the anti-Amendment 3 sermon effort across the Show-Me State.
This issue of A Public Witness looks at how Trump, along with several pastors and conservative Christian activists, lied about shouts of “Lies!” at a recent Harris rally — and his supporters responded by taking the Lord’s name in vain.
Parents of Louisiana public school children from various religious backgrounds filed the lawsuit arguing that it violates First Amendment language forbidding government establishment of religion and guaranteeing religious liberty.
Scholars and family members of the famed theologian worry conservatives will use a new Bonhoeffer movie to promote Christian Nationalism and political violence.