U.S. Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/u-s/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Fri, 06 Sep 2024 21:14:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png U.S. Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/u-s/ 32 32 Center honoring trailblazing lawyer, civil rights activist and priest opens in Durham https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:58:45 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165275 (RNS) — Known as the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice, the refurbished two-story clapboard home will further the kind of progressive social causes Murray, who died in 1985, championed.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/feed/ 0 National Baptists choose Connecticut pastor Boise Kimber as next president https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/national-baptists-choose-connecticut-pastor-boise-kimber-as-next-president/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/national-baptists-choose-connecticut-pastor-boise-kimber-as-next-president/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 18:18:50 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165165 (RNS) — Disqualified challengers hoped sufficient ‘no’ votes would cause the election process to restart.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/national-baptists-choose-connecticut-pastor-boise-kimber-as-next-president/feed/ 0 Black church brought religion to politics in the ‘60s, but different to white Christian nationalism today https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/black-church-brought-religion-to-politics-in-the-60s-but-different-to-white-christian-nationalism-today/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/black-church-brought-religion-to-politics-in-the-60s-but-different-to-white-christian-nationalism-today/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:25:10 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165176&preview=true&preview_id=4165176 (The Conversation) — In 1966, the assertion of Black power was grounded in an appeal to the founding principles of the United States. Black church leaders called for healing internal divisions through engagement.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/black-church-brought-religion-to-politics-in-the-60s-but-different-to-white-christian-nationalism-today/feed/ 0 National Baptists hear their outgoing president and Ketanji Brown Jackson as meeting ends https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/national-baptists-hear-their-outgoing-president-and-ketanji-brown-jackson-as-meeting-ends/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/national-baptists-hear-their-outgoing-president-and-ketanji-brown-jackson-as-meeting-ends/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 22:52:53 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165108 (RNS) — Jackson described how faith, especially instilled by her now late grandmother, had undergirded her personal and professional life.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/national-baptists-hear-their-outgoing-president-and-ketanji-brown-jackson-as-meeting-ends/feed/ 0 Can the Catholic Church save US health care? https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/can-the-catholic-church-save-u-s-health-care/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/can-the-catholic-church-save-u-s-health-care/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 21:59:20 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165043 (RNS) — Catholics are wonderfully suited to be the agent of change.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/can-the-catholic-church-save-u-s-health-care/feed/ 0 It’s time for Christians on all sides to talk — even debate — about what divides us https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/its-time-for-christians-on-all-sides-to-talk-even-debate-about-what-divides-us/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/its-time-for-christians-on-all-sides-to-talk-even-debate-about-what-divides-us/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:44:21 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165067 (RNS) — We need a conversation about how our faith will factor in this election.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/its-time-for-christians-on-all-sides-to-talk-even-debate-about-what-divides-us/feed/ 0 Study: Pro-Israel Jewish students pay a growing social price https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/study-pro-israel-jewish-students-pay-a-growing-social-cost/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/study-pro-israel-jewish-students-pay-a-growing-social-cost/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:12:58 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165040 (RNS) — In 2024, more than half of Jewish students said they paid a social penalty for supporting Israel’s existence, up from 34% in 2022, a new report from a Tufts University researcher finds.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/study-pro-israel-jewish-students-pay-a-growing-social-cost/feed/ 0 As Russell M. Nelson turns 100, a look back at one of the words that will define his legacy – and the controversial term’s 200-year history https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/as-russell-m-nelson-turns-100-a-look-back-at-the-controversial-term-that-will-define-his-legacy/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/as-russell-m-nelson-turns-100-a-look-back-at-the-controversial-term-that-will-define-his-legacy/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 13:36:03 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164970&preview=true&preview_id=4164970 (The Conversation) — Latter-day Saints’ attitudes toward the word ‘Mormon,’ often used to describe the church, have had highs and lows − like other Americans’ often-tense relationship with the faith.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/as-russell-m-nelson-turns-100-a-look-back-at-the-controversial-term-that-will-define-his-legacy/feed/ 0 Rutgers task force report urges university to add caste discrimination ban https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/rutgers-taskforce-report-urges-university-to-add-caste-discrimination-ban/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/rutgers-taskforce-report-urges-university-to-add-caste-discrimination-ban/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 22:52:45 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164306 (RNS) — Beginning in 2020 with Brandeis University, more than 20 higher education institutions across the country have followed momentum to recognize caste discrimination in their policies. But some in Hindu advocacy circles see this as a concerted attempt to negatively label one community as 'casteist.'

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/rutgers-taskforce-report-urges-university-to-add-caste-discrimination-ban/feed/ 0 Trump’s die-hard support may be explained by one of his most misunderstood character traits – ‘charisma’ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/trumps-die-hard-support-may-be-explained-by-one-of-his-most-misunderstood-traits-charisma/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/trumps-die-hard-support-may-be-explained-by-one-of-his-most-misunderstood-traits-charisma/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:32:41 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164915&preview=true&preview_id=4164915 (The Conversation) — Throughout modern history, charismatic leaders have shown their extraordinary ability to elicit devotion to themselves and their causes.

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