President Obama leads mourners in singing “Amazing Grace” as he delivers a eulogy for the Rev. Clementa Pinckney during funeral services in Charleston, S.C., June 26, 2015. Pinckney was one of nine victims of a mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Ever since the administration Source: The Last 100 Days: Theologian-in-Chief Edition
Barack Obama campaigned for the U.S. presidency on a platform of change. As he prepares to leave office, the country he led for eight years is undeniably different. Profound social, demographic and technological changes have swept across the United States during Obama’s tenure, as have important shifts in government policy and public opinion.
Many Christians have been lulled into a childish view of the world and think that deep down Muslims are not too different from them. Source: Christians Need To Stop Being So Naive About Muslim Immigration
In Andy Griffith’s rural North Carolina home town, people wish life were more like the Mayberry of TV. Source: How nostalgia for white Christian America drove so many Americans to vote for Trump – The Washington Post
One in four Americans (25%) now call themselves liberal, reflecting steady gains since the 1990s. Conservatives remain the largest ideological group, at 36%. Source: U.S. Conservatives Outnumber Liberals by Narrowing Margin | Gallup
So when did Citizen Donald Trump win the White House? You could make a case that it was when Hillary Rodham Clinton kept going to see the musical “Hamilton” over and over, rather than taking her husband’s advice and making a few campaign trips to visit with angry working-class, labor-union Catholic families in the deeply […]
Like many Missourians, I was upset when I heard that the future first lady of our great state was robbed at gunpoint in St. Louis’ Central West End. It is Source: Meet with the fathers too, Mr. Greitens | Opinion | stltoday.com
“I think the white church has to do some self-examination to see whether they are in line with the Gospel or just pushing a civil religion.” Source: You Fix This Mess: Post-Election, Evangelicals of Color Disappointed in White Evangelicals | Religion Dispatches
With the right on the rise, many progressives are looking to a pontiff who campaigns against inequality and climate change Source: How Pope Francis Became the Leader of the Global Left – WSJ
After nearly a decade, the Christian right is emerging from the political wilderness. Source: Religious Right Reinvigorated by Donald Trump – WSJ
