Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Evangelical
Politics and Religion

Archives

--Year-- 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 --Month-- December November October September August July June May April March February January

August 2016

August 12, 2016

Who’ll win the Irish vote?

We keep getting told that demographics favor the Democrats and look bad for the Republicans,...

August 12, 2016

A shark that was 512 years old?

It turns out that Greenland sharks routinely live to be 272 years old. One was...

August 11, 2016

Conservative Swedish theologian made bishop in Latvia

The Baltic republics, geographically and culturally, are almost Scandinavian. Now that a national Lutheran church--that...

August 11, 2016

The politics of refusing power

Usually, politics is a competition between individuals and factions each of which wants to be,...

August 11, 2016

The new “Star Trek” captain will be “diverse,” but what “level of diversity”?

CBS is coming out with a new Star Trek series, starting on its main broadcasting...

August 11, 2016

California drops the proposed law targeting religious colleges

As we blogged about, the California legislature was all set to pass a law punishing Christian...

August 10, 2016

Exorcism as pastoral care

I came across a long, detailed account of an evangelical pastor who casts out demons....

August 10, 2016

Evan McMullin for President?

Finally, an independent candidate for president has emerged, an alternative to both Hillary Clinton and...

August 10, 2016

The whole world’s gone hipster

Go into a "cool" coffee shop. Notice the reclaimed wood, big glass windows, subdued colors,...

August 09, 2016

Did Trump call for Hillary’s assassination?

Donald Trump has done it again, appearing to say something so over the top that...

August 09, 2016

“There’s no such thing as an ex-Catholic”

J. D. Flynn explains that a person who has been baptized into the Roman Catholic...

August 09, 2016

More on Russia’s anti-evangelism law

Michael Avramovich explains more about Russia's new laws restricting religion. We have blogged about the one requiring...

August 09, 2016

Conservatives voting Green?

Some conservatives, refusing to vote for Donald Trump, are hatching a "Machiavellian" solution to the...

August 08, 2016

Clinton’s social gospel vs. Trump’s prosperity gospel

Bobby Ross brings together some religious reporting on both candidates and gives us one of...

August 08, 2016

A pig with a human brain

The ethical issues involved in combining human DNA with animal DNA are so great--and so...

August 08, 2016

St. Sebastian, patron saint of athletes and of Rio

You don't have to believe in the Roman Catholic cult of the saints to find...

August 05, 2016

Pope connects gender ideology to economic exploitation

Pope Francis connected the new gender ideology, according to which children can choose their own...

August 05, 2016

After School Satan Clubs

Satanists are planning "After School Satan Clubs" for elementary children. Satanists are targeting school districts that...

August 05, 2016

Oklahoma feels better now

While the rest of the country was celebrating the 4th of July, my state of...

August 05, 2016

The Olympics begin

Despite the Zika virus, Russian dopers, apartments said to be unfit for human habitation, fear...

August 04, 2016

Where Christianity is growing the fastest

The world's fastest growing church is that of IRAN. Despite--or maybe because of--horrific persecution, the...

August 04, 2016

Trump’s knee-jerk retaliations

Donald Trump has the pathological habit of responding to every criticism by lashing out with...

August 04, 2016

Empiricism, common sense, and flossing

First we were told that we should avoid food that is high in cholesterol; then...

August 03, 2016

Young men living the dream

Research shows that young men 18-30 are more likely to be living with their parents...

August 03, 2016

Our unchecked, unbalanced Presidency

Donald Trump couldn't really do all of the off-the-wall things he is calling for, some of...

August 03, 2016

Update on the Zika plague

The Center for Disease Control has issued a travel advisory warning people to stay away from...

August 02, 2016

The Christian case for Trump?

Wayne Grudem is a conservative evangelical theologian who has written an article entitled Why Voting...

August 02, 2016

Patriotism vs. Nationalism

The words "patriotism" and "nationalism" have different meanings. So explains Jonah Goldberg, channeling William F....

August 02, 2016

Makers of Planned Parenthood videos cleared of all charges

You will recall how a Texas grand jury investigating whether or not Planned Parenthood was...

August 01, 2016

He is the priest, He is the Samaritan, He is the robber

A few weeks ago, our pastor (and son-in-law) was preaching about the parable of the...