Ethics/Morality/Religion
In existential midterm races, Christian prophets become GOP surrogates. By Michelle Boorstein / Wash Post
Texas Churches Violate the Law Ahead of Tuesday’s Election, Experts Say. By Jeremy Schwartz, Jessica Priest and Perla Trevizo / The Texas Tribune
Black, Christian and Transcending the Political Binary. By Tish Harrison Warren / NYT
Christian Nationalism Debates Expose Clashing Views of Power. By Daniel Silliman / Christianity Today
Ahead of midterms, faith plays central role in Republican efforts to win Latino votes. By Alejandra Molina / RNS
“They cannot survive without fear”: A heretic on leaving the evangelical church. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Nearly half of Americans say they want a ‘Christian nation.’ By Olivier Knox and Caroline Anders / Wash Post
Mike Pence says Americans don’t have a right to freedom from religion. By Brandon Gage / Alternet
Why some Latino evangelicals feel neither political party align completely with their beliefs. By Nicole Chavez / CNN
Environmental Train Wreck: Houston’s Black Churches Fight Pollutants. By Phoebe Suy Gibson / Christianity Today
Calvin Butts, leader of Harlem’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church, dies at 73. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Deconstruction or reconstruction? Pastors discuss a reboot of evangelicalism. By Bob Smietana / Religion News
Why religious piety tells us nothing good (or bad) about politicians. By Paul Waldman / Wash Post
Why White evangelicals won’t recoil against the worst MAGA pols. By Jenifer Rubin / Wash Post
The Political Gospel of Raphael Warnock. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells / The New Yorker
America’s religious divide isn’t really about religion. By E.J. Dionne Jr. / Wash Post
Theological pandemic: Why evangelicals embraced Jan. 6 and the Big Lie. By Nathaniel Manderson / Salon
Fewer than half of Americans may be Christian by 2070, according to new projections. By Bob Smietana / RNS
Catholics have a duty to combat voter suppression, webinar participants say. By Aleja Hertzler-McCain / NCR
How Warnock’s church highlights the key to Georgia’s Senate race. By Eugene Daniels / Politico
The Growing Religious Alliance to Ban LGBTQ Books. By David Masciotra / The New Republic
The dangerous paradox of the religious polarization of American politics. By Bill Schneider / The Hill
Scholar and preacher Jonathan Lee Walton named next president of Princeton Seminary. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Supreme deceit: How Sam Alito snuck medieval state Christianity into the Dobbs opinion. By David Boyle / Salon
Herschel Walker and the Platform of Cheap Grace. By Bonnie Kristan / Christianity Today
Even Christians who are Democrats are abandoning the Social Gospel. By Ryan Burge / RNS
