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Sign In | Subscribe Ad-Free Latest News Home Recommended RealClearReligion Saturday, November 2 Friday, November 1 Thursday, October 31 Wednesday, October 30 Tuesday, October 29 Monday, October 28 Set this view as default? Yes No Set this view as default? Yes No The Overstated Collapse of American Christianity Ross Douthat, New York Times Why I Am a Protestant Carl Trueman, First Things God’s American Israel Daniel Dreisbach, Mosaic Magazine The First Freedom Fades Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review Debate Over Religious Liberty Sparks in Colorado Once Again Nicole Russell, WE China’s Campaign To Silence Americans and Religious Freedom Robert Carle, RU Paula White Weaponizes Faith for Politics Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel Christianity As We Know It is Dying. Welcome New Life Ahead Amy Butler, RNS Kanye Embeds Black Gospel Music in White Evangelical Theology Tyler Burns, WP He Catches Me When I Fall: A Journey To Tawakkul Merium Khan, Muslim Matters Sign up for RealClearReligion Today Follow RealClearReligion: Facebook | Twitter RCReligion Analysis Congress Should Recognize the Armenian Christian Genocide Now Toufic Baaklini, RealClearReligion More than a century after the Ottoman Empire’s systematic and deliberate destruction of millions of its Christian subjects –... Read More Swim the Mississippi: Why Conservative Lutheranism is the Faith Tradition Many Evangelicals Seek Tom Raabe, RealClearReligion A lot of evangelicals are swimming these days. They’re slipping on their metaphorical fins and masks and churning their way across... Read More Presidential Candidates Fail to Consider Harms Against Religious Institutions Nathan A. Berkeley, RealClearReligion At the CNN LGBTQ Town Hall on October 10, among the claims discussed was the supposed incompatibility of religious liberty and LGBTQ... Read More More From Real Clear Videos Brandt Jean to Amber Guyger: ‘I forgive you’ Buzzfeed The Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb share their joy Buzzfeed ’Sing Hallelujah to the Lord’ Has Become the Anthem of the Hong Kong Protests Buzzfeed What Does Christianity Have to Say About Injustice? Buzzfeed The Overstated Collapse of American Christianity Ross Douthat , New York Times Fifty years ago, many observers of American religion assumed that secularization would gradually wash traditional Christianity away. Twenty... Read More Why I Am a Protestant Carl Trueman , First Things The week of October 31, the traditional time to remember the Reformation, is also the annual moment when I like to reflect on why I am a... Read More God’s American Israel Daniel Dreisbach , Mosaic Magazine The American political experiment has been shaped by diverse intellectual traditions; among them are British constitutionalism, Enlightenment... Read More The First Freedom Fades Ramesh Ponnuru , National Review A lot of Democrats were annoyed by a comment Beto O’Rourke made at a CNN forum on gay rights. Asked whether churches that "oppose same-sex... Read More Debate Over Religious Liberty Sparks in Colorado Once Again Nicole Russell , WE Here we go again: Does a Colorado law punish professionals if they refuse to publish material that conflicts with their deeply held religious... Read More China’s Campaign To Silence Americans and Religious Freedom Robert Carle , RU On Oct. 4, Daryl Morey, the general manager of the National Basketball Association’s Houston Rockets tweeted, "Fight for freedom, stand with... Read More Paula White Weaponizes Faith for Politics Editorial Board , Orlando Sentinel Recently, on The Jim Bakker Show (yes, that Jim Bakker), Central Florida pastor and Donald Trump spiritual adviser Paula... Read More Christianity As We Know It is Dying. Welcome New Life Ahead Amy Butler , RNS In a recent study, Pew reported that 26% of Americans now self-identify as religiously unaffiliated, up from 17% just 10 years ago.... Read More Kanye Embeds Black Gospel Music in White Evangelical Theology Tyler Burns , WP Kanye West has officially stepped away from his persona as the brash, profane performer who vacillated between flaunting his... Read More He Catches Me When I Fall: A Journey To Tawakkul Merium Khan , Muslim Matters In the midst of discussing an emotionally-heavy issue, my therapist brought up the point that in life, we can reach a point of acceptance... Read More RCReligion Analysis More From Real Clear Videos Brandt Jean to Amber Guyger: ‘I forgive you’ Buzzfeed The Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb share their joy Buzzfeed ’Sing Hallelujah to the Lord’ Has Become the Anthem of the Hong Kong Protests Buzzfeed What Does Christianity Have to Say About Injustice? Buzzfeed Religious Freedom The First Freedom FadesA lot of Democrats were annoyed by a comment Beto O’Rourke made at a CNN forum on gay rights. Asked whether churches that "oppose same-sex marriage" should lose their tax-exempt status, the former congressman and current presidential-race asterisk said, "Yes. There can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break, for anyone, any institution, any organization in America, that denies the full human right Read More more from Religious Freedom Protect Religious Rights of Muslims. They’re Your Rights, Too.What Are the Biggest Threats to Religious Liberty in the US?Presidential Candidates Fail to Consider Harms Against Religious InstitutionsLiberty and Religion are Drifting ApartHouses of Worship Swim the Mississippi: Why Conservative Lutheranism is the Faith Tradition Many Evangelicals Seek Mark Silk , Religion News ServiceA lot of evangelicals are swimming these days. They’re slipping on their metaphorical fins and masks and churning their way across bodies of water to emerge on the other shore as members of a different faith community. Those that move from evangelicalism to Roman Catholicism are said to swim the Tiber; those that become Orthodox swim the Bosporus. Reasons for their aquatic activities vary. Some Read More more from Houses of Worship Pope to Reopen Women Deacons Commission Matthew Bowman , Salt Lake TribuneBishops Back Ordination of Married Men as Priests in Amazon Kelly Marcum , The American ConservativePope Francis, the Revolutionary, Takes On Traditionalists Casey Chalk , The FederalistThe Overstated Collapse of American Christianity Leo J. O’Donovan , America MagazineReligion and Politics The Cult of Trump? What ’Cult Rhetoric’ Actually Reveals Kira Ganga Kieffer , Religion & PoliticsIn August, Anthony Scaramucci—the former White House director of communications turned Trump critic—called for the political left to approach the Trump administration the way that concerned individuals would approach a cult. "When you’re trying to deprogram people from a cult, one of the first things you have to do is allow them to change their mind," he explained on Fox News. He amplified thi Read More more from Religion and Politics Barr and Pompeo: Why Evangelicals Won’t Abandon Trump Ryan Burge , Religion News ServiceDo White Evangelicals Care About Middle Eastern Christians? Julie Zauzmer , Washington PostPresidential Candidates Fail to Consider Harms Against Religious Institutions John Gehring , Religion News ServiceThe GOP is the Party of Jewish Values Sarah McCammon , NPRToday’s Topics Religion & Society A Push to Deny Muslims Religious Freedom Gains Steam Theorizing the Moral Foundations of Democracy Two Painful Truths of America’s Religious Culture War The Deepening Crisis in Evangelical Christianity The Dogmatic Rivalry at the Heart of America Politics, Law, & Religion Can Ilhan Omar Overcome Her Prejudice? The Equality Act Will Harm Religious Freedom Is it Christian or Illegal to Aid Migrants? A Christian Case for Religious Liberty The Peace Cross Case Represents the Best of America Religion & Education Jewish Education’s Ancient New Dilemma Silencing the Voices of Faith Educators Need More than Male and Female He Created Them Detaching Universities from the Church Hasn’t Freed...