What constitutes an evangelical, or what is evangelicalism in the United States today? Scholar Terry Shoemaker explores the various definitions and history of this decentralized, umbrella term within Protestant Christianity and what it means for our current religious landscape.
Monday's action on the Hill constituted one of the largest mass-arrest nonviolent protests at the Capitol in recent memory. More than 200 faith-led demonstrators were arrested while hoping to draw attention to voting rights and a slate of other issues participants argued impact the poor
Columnist Rodney Kennedy explores the values that are necessary for us to move beyond our current political moment. He asks if we can have a patriotism that rises above petty differences, respects a diversity of opinions, and works for the common good.
In the streets of Washington, D.C., we have seen religion used as a political prop and we have seen it exercise its prophetic voice.
Partisan divides may mark politics in Washington, D.C., but interfaith advocacy groups there find ways to work together for the greater good.
CatholicVote is a conservative political group using "geofencing" of cellphone data to target Catholic voters at Sunday Mass, according to Heidi Schlumpf of the National Catholic Reporter.
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 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.
WASHINGTON (RNS) — President Trump delivered a speech before a sprawling crowd gathered on the National Mall for this year’s anti-abortion March for Life demonstration, making him the first president ever to offer an in-person address to the gathering.
A new report from Paul A. Djupe and Ryan P. Burge at Religion In Public finds that, despite the group's rather meager size, the Religious Left is “the most active group in American politics.”
A majority of U.S. adults don’t want religion influencing government policy, with few exceptions, according to a new report from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research published on Jan. 2.