(ANALYSIS) This is not a moment for faith-based institutions to retreat or sanitize their convictions. It is a moment to reclaim their voice and affirm their rightful in shaping a public life capacious enough to hold true difference, including sacred difference. Religious freedom — grounded in conscience, practice and institutional distinctiveness — must remain a cornerstone of our shared civic life.
Read More(OPINION) Though religious preferences don’t necessarily define policy standards — for example, Joe Biden as a pro-choice Catholic — there has been a notable shift away from mainline Christianity in the House and Senate. There has been a rise in religious “nones” as well as Muslims, Hindus, and Jews in the group of the latest elected representatives.
Read MoreReports in the Ministry Watch database show that the CEOs of the U.S.’s 50 largest faith-based nonprofits are overwhelmingly white and male.
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