Mark Silk, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:32:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Mark Silk, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com 32 32 Trump’s Arlington affair harks back to Bill Clinton https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/trumps-arlington-affair-harks-back-to-bill-clinton/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/trumps-arlington-affair-harks-back-to-bill-clinton/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:31:17 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164492 (RNS) — Trump’s is not the first affront to the American civil religion.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/trumps-arlington-affair-harks-back-to-bill-clinton/feed/ 0 Platforming religion: The Dems’ and GOP’s official positions compared https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/platform-religion-gop-versus-dems/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/platform-religion-gop-versus-dems/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:46:59 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163539 (RNS) — What the parties have to say — and not say — on the subject as the 2024 campaign heads into the homestretch.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/platform-religion-gop-versus-dems/feed/ 0 The competing faiths of the 2024 election https://religionnews.com/2024/08/15/the-competing-faiths-of-the-2024-election/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/15/the-competing-faiths-of-the-2024-election/#respond Thu, 15 Aug 2024 19:49:06 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4162072 (RNS) — It's Republican restorationism versus Democratic futurism.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/15/the-competing-faiths-of-the-2024-election/feed/ 0 The GOP ducks the abortion issue https://religionnews.com/2024/08/09/the-gop-ducks-the-abortion-issue/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/09/the-gop-ducks-the-abortion-issue/#respond Fri, 09 Aug 2024 20:36:29 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4161367 (RNS) — The new GOP platform ends more than 40 years of trying to abolish the practice.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/09/the-gop-ducks-the-abortion-issue/feed/ 0 Trump’s questioning of Kamala Harris’ racial identity has deep religious roots https://religionnews.com/2024/08/07/trumps-questioning-of-kamala-harriss-racial-identity-has-deep-religious-roots/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/07/trumps-questioning-of-kamala-harriss-racial-identity-has-deep-religious-roots/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2024 20:05:41 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4160829 (RNS) — Judeo-Christian thought clings to clear and distinct categories.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/07/trumps-questioning-of-kamala-harriss-racial-identity-has-deep-religious-roots/feed/ 0 The religion of opposing government climate action https://religionnews.com/2024/07/31/the-religion-of-opposing-government-climate-action/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/31/the-religion-of-opposing-government-climate-action/#respond Wed, 31 Jul 2024 21:10:32 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4159636 (RNS) — Is it climate denial or simply mistrust of government?

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/31/the-religion-of-opposing-government-climate-action/feed/ 0 Biden’s exit evokes the crisis in American civil religion https://religionnews.com/2024/07/24/bidens-exit-evokes-the-crisis-in-american-civil-religion/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/24/bidens-exit-evokes-the-crisis-in-american-civil-religion/#respond Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:26:05 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4155331 (RNS) — MAGA has abandoned it.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/24/bidens-exit-evokes-the-crisis-in-american-civil-religion/feed/ 0 Hawley’s Christian nationalism is the old-time civil religion, weaponized https://religionnews.com/2024/07/16/hawleys-christian-nationalism-is-the-old-time-civil-religion-weaponized/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/16/hawleys-christian-nationalism-is-the-old-time-civil-religion-weaponized/#respond Tue, 16 Jul 2024 18:20:53 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4157499 (RNS) — The way it was during the Cold War.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/16/hawleys-christian-nationalism-is-the-old-time-civil-religion-weaponized/feed/ 0 Those Columbia deans deserved their removals. But what’s next? https://religionnews.com/2024/07/09/those-columbia-deans-deserved-their-removals-but-whats-next/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/09/those-columbia-deans-deserved-their-removals-but-whats-next/#respond Tue, 09 Jul 2024 21:14:22 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4156691 (RNS) — The challenge of actually addressing the rise of antisemitism.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/09/those-columbia-deans-deserved-their-removals-but-whats-next/feed/ 0 Teaching the Bible in Oklahoma https://religionnews.com/2024/06/28/teaching-the-bible-in-oklahoma/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/28/teaching-the-bible-in-oklahoma/#respond Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:45:41 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4155484 (RNS) — Or at least, its 'historical context.'

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