(RNS) The sharp debate that broke out among believers suggests that any Christian rationale for the nation’s social safety net depends on how you translate a single Greek word in the Gospel of Matthew. Source: Trump’s budget slashes aid to the poor. Would Jesus have a problem with that? | Religion News Service
Source: How Liberal Colleges Breed Conservative Firebrands – The New York Times
MADISON, N.J. (AP) — The U.S. is entering a period when its commitment to religious liberty is being tested, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito told an audience Wednesday at an event sponsored by a Catholic lawyers’ organization. Alito used his own words from his dissent in the Supreme Court’s landmark same-sex marriage case, telling the […]
The Organization Man, whom we first met in 1956, is still very much with us. And his eccentric career since that time partly answers a question that mystifies many contemporary conservatives: Given that progressives profess to hate corporations, why are our corporate leaders so progressive? It is easy to understand their taking a self-interested stand […]
Editor’s Note: The following piece is adapted from Rod Dreher’s new book, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation. Like the people of other Western democracies, Americans are living through a political earthquake shaking the foundations of the postwar order. The old, familiar categories that framed political thought and discourse are […]
In February, pollsters at the Public Religion Research Institute asked Americans about their impressions of discrimination in the United States. Two religious groups were included on the list of those who might face bias: Christians and Muslims. Depending on who was answering, the responses were wildly different. Source: White Evangelicals Say They Face More […]
In February, pollsters at the Public Religion Research Institute asked Americans about their impressions of discrimination in the United States. Two religious groups were included on the list of those who might face bias: Christians and Muslims. Depending on who was answering, the responses were wildly different. Source: White Evangelicals Say They Face More […]
Source: American Evangelicals Need Leaders Like Russell Moore – Christ and Pop Culture
The florist says she will appeal the ruling that she violated anti-discrimination law by refusing to provide flowers to a gay couple for their wedding to the U.S. Supreme Court. Source: Richland florist discriminated against gay couple by refusing service, state Supreme Court rules
Their relationship has consequences for policy on issues like health care, education and free speech, and how the federal courts will decide cases. Source: For Religious Conservatives, Success and Access at the Trump White House – The New York Times
