Following the death of United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in September 2020, Justice Amy Coney Barrett was chosen as US President Donald Trump’s nominee for the court. But his religious affiliation with a Christian group has come under scrutiny and widespread rumour, as his treatment of womenRead More →
Justice Amy Coney Barrett is nominated to the Supreme Court by President Trump in the Rose Garden on September 26, 2020. (Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images) To subscribe to The nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 per month! Thank you for registering for The nationweekly newsletter. Thank youRead More →
Religious beliefs often guide voters on issues. This year, religion can also inform voters about when to vote. ST. LOUIS – For 2020, reasons for postal voting in Missouri have expanded to include COVID-19: a diagnosis or being in an at-risk category, but no worry about getting or spreading itRead More →
In particular, the Senate Judiciary Committee should be prepared to ask for a review of any covenant – a solemn contract binding before God – that she signed by becoming a full member of People of Praise. This will protect, not erode, the core value of religious freedom in theRead More →
During the 2020 campaign, President Donald Trump used religion to offensive his Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. During an August speech at an Ohio manufacturing plant, Trump suggested that Biden would harm religious interests. Linking religion to several conservative interests, the president claimed his opponent would “take awayRead More →
A group of more than two dozen Ohio parents are suing the state’s health director over a mask requirement imposed on schools, arguing the mandate undermines their religious beliefs and ability to raise their children as they wish. The suit, filed last week in the Putnam County Common Pleas Court,Read More →
A new study by Bench highlights how faith is passed down from generation to generation in America today. The big takeaway: Teenagers still hold on to the religious beliefs of their parents, for the most part. This is especially true of Catholics and Evangelicals. 81% of teens raised by CatholicRead More →
The 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran was a defining event that changed the way we think about the relationship between religion and modernity. The massive mobilization of Islam by Ayatollah Khomeini has shown that modernization in no way implies a linear process of religious decline. However, reliable large-scale data onRead More →
According to neuroscientists from Georgetown University. Experts report that individuals capable of subconsciously grasping complex patterns, known as implicit pattern learning, are likely to believe more firmly that there is a god responsible for events that occur in the universe. The study is the first of its kind to investigateRead More →
More than half of Americans say religious beliefs are a matter of personal opinion, not objective facts. And this is made clear by examining the varied and sometimes conflicting theological doctrines they hold. The biennial Nashville-based LifeWay Research State of Theology Study explores the religious and cultural beliefs of AmericanRead More →