(OPINION) Conservative-leaning Christians, who are being blamed nationally and globally for making a Trump presidency possible, should be in the vanguard of this honorable undertaking to restore American democracy.
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(OPINION) Christian analyst advocates for the third way for Christian voters — to vote with the passion for people that liberals have and the economic policies that conservatives advocate for. He encourages Christians to be Unaffiliated, voting based on faith instead of party lines.
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(ANALYSIS) Mike Pence has remained one of the only constants in the often chaotic Trump administration. But that humility and loyalty are being tested as his tenure as vice president draws to an end.
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(OPINION) The high court’s ruling on whether Gordon College, an evangelical school, can require its professors to adhere to its doctrinal statement on LGBTQ relationships could have nationwide impacts. The arguments hinge on whether professors at religious institutions qualify for “ministerial exemption” from workplace anti-discrimination laws because of their role in faith formation of the students.
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(OPINION) After I became a Christian in 1973, in my early 20s, I lost interest in politics for a while, because there were new spiritual dimensions of reality to investigate and map. But around 1978 something awakened my interest again. That was the campaign in Santa Ana, Calif., to run the Rescue Mission out of town. I realized that a lot of land use law in our country is based on a not very Christian concept of who is “undesirable neighbors.”
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This week’s Weekend Plug-in celebrates the most popular — and most unsung — journalism produced by Religion Unplugged in 2020.
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(OPINION) The issue of genocide outside of the U.S. borders has been persisting for years in countries like Cambodia, Bosnia and Rowanda. There is a blatant disregard in the U.S. to understand and get involved, leading to very little preventative action before the genocide begins.
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(OPINION) Terry Mattingly analyzes the Religion News Association’s Top 10 religious beat stories list. He believes that the most important COVID-19 related story should be specifically about the issue of 1st Amendment Rights as they relate to having in-person church services.
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(OPINION) Metzger analyzes the time period between Advent and Lent, known as “secular,” and explains its importance to the extraordinary nature of life—not just the year 2020.
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(OPINION) In some countries, the lack of religious freedom and the threat of Christian persecution casts a dark shadow across Christmas festivities and celebrations. It is not unusual for fanatical, iron-fisted governments to make the Advent season a time of intensified fear and real danger. Many Christians, despite their faith and devotion, have little opportunity to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
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In a special year-end edition of Weekend Plug-in, the nation’s top religion writers share their top stories of 2020.
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(OPINION) Ongoing fights about the First Amendment and religious liberty are likely to prove the most newsworthy, but two other themes deserve attention as well.
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(OPINION) Evaluating Catholic nuns and their projects to help the poor dampened the cynicism of a skeptic and lapsed Episcopalian who studies religion. Sister Rosemary is one such nun who has devoted her life to sheltering and empowering women and children who fled violence in Uganda.
Read More(OPINION) Rather than preparing for a joyous Christmastide, believers are making tough decisions about how to celebrate during a season some call COVID-tide. No one knows what will happen, especially in Protestant flocks where holiday traditions are more flexible and evolve from year to year.
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(OPINION) White supremacist terror is as lethal as Islamist terror — and here’s why it may be even harder to combat.
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(OPINION) Joy, faith, fear, pray, heart, light, and spirit. These words have been ringing in the ears of American Christians as 2020 has brought on global uncertainty — whether that be in regards to the pandemic and racial unrest, according to Biblegateway.com
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(OPINION) Biden’s brand of Catholicism resonated with the mainstream press and many voters. The election now over, how the president-elect navigates the complicated world of the church’s hierarchy will be a big storyline.
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This week’s Weekend Plug-in counts down the top 10 religion stories of 2020, as determined by the Religion News Association. Also: our usual Friday roundup of the top reads in the world of faith.
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(OPINION) Support for Israel is at the heart of lobbying for Jewish votes by the Democratic and Republican candidates as the Senate runoffs near. Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock has proved to be “disappointing” for some Jewish voters in Georgia on the account that he may believe that Israel is an “apartheid state” according to past actions.
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(OPINION) The Supreme Court recently upheld the religious freedom of Muslim Americans in a case of three Muslim men who accused the FBI of forcing them to violate their religious beliefs to spy on fellow Muslims. Here’s why we should all cheer.
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