America Without God
As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity has risen. Will the quest for secular redemption through politics doom the American idea? Read full piece
Has the Time Come for America to Atone for Its Original Sin?
(RNS) — In August 1619, “20, odd Negroes” in chains arrived aboard the English ship "The White Lion" in Point Comfort, Virginia, As we approach the 400th anniversary of that fateful day, Americans, our political and religious leaders are charged by the sacred text to
King helped all of America
Martin Luther King Jr. helped white guys like me. His convictions and his courage helped free me to be a more complete person. His influence — and the influence of others like him — helped me to be more like Christ and
America’s political rhetoric more religious than American voters
Using data collected between 1972 and 2008, a Duke University professor of sociology and religion says America not only is losing its religion, but also has lost confidence in religious leaders and wants them to be less involved in politics.
Unlikely allies weave myth of Christian America, historian says
A seemingly unlikely alliance between conservative Christian evangelicals and Mormons recasts American history as the founding of a distinctively Christian republic, Stephen Stookey told a gathering of church historians.
Task force report urges SBC to free IMB to work in North America
The Great Commission Resurgence Task Force will ask the Southern Baptist Convention to give its International Mission Board freedom to evangelize unreached people groups on what had been the exclusive turf of the North American Mission Board.
America’s twin strengths
By Bill Webb Word&Way Editor During the past couple of weeks, Americans have celebrated a life and an event that together define what a country is like at its best. The event was a ritual that occurs every four years in our government