Christian Right

Tuesday was not a happy day for religion writers like myself who explore the intersection of the Catholic Church and American politics. With Marco Rubio’s withdrawal from the GOP nomination race on…

Super Tuesday and the success of Donald Trump among evangelicals have caused otherwise sensible observers to once again declare the religious right to be dead. As in the past, reports of its death…

Isn’t that just business as usual for Christians? No.

Why can’t Douthat admit that the apostasy he deplores is at the center of white Christianity and not at the margins?

If pundits paid attention to evangelicals beyond their stances on moral values the popularity of Donald Trump among them might not be quite so inexplicable. Joining the chorus of voices from all over…

File under: “how not to attract newcomers to your church.”

How to explain Trump’s success in the context of American Christianity? Rachel Held Evans has offered: “Racism and xenophobia remain powerful forces in our country, as does celebrity worship, and…

We have long known, as sociologist Mark Chaves says, that “most congregations in the United States are small, but most people are in large congregations.” Indeed, a recent study shows that in recent…

Following Donald Trump’s win in South Carolina’s Republican primary last week, conservative pundit Erick Erickson declared on his website that he will never vote for Trump because of the candidate’s…

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