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If all the nominees the president-elect has chosen are confirmed, the Cabinet will have diverse religious backgrounds. The majority are Catholic, with five Jews, two Black Baptists and two Hindus.

(RNS) — Joe Biden’s Cabinet is set to make history in a number of ways. If all the nominees the president-elect has chosen are confirmed, the Cabinet — including the vice president, the heads of 15 executive departments and eight other key positions — will be the most racially and ethnically diverse ever. Among them are six African Americans, four Hispanics, three Asian Americans and one Native American. Half the nominees are women — the most ever nominated for a presidential Cabinet...

Some evangelicals who backed President Trump are doing soul searching after Capitol attacks Updated Jan 15, 2021; Posted Jan 15, 2021 FILE— Evangelicals, who make up about 1 in 5 voters and overwhelmingly propelled Donald Trump to the presidency in 2016, are facing what some of their faith leaders are calling a day of reckoning for their blind embrace of a man who flaunted seemingly anti-Christian transgressions. In this file photo from Sept. 9, people pray at an anti-abortion event at Co...

Guest Commentary As COVID-19 cases were rising dramatically the week before Thanksgiving, a teacher who tested positive for the virus continued to work — with no mask — at the Little Lambs Christian Dayschool in Radford, Virginia. Staff members were not required to wear masks as they cared for toddlers and infants.  The Washington Post reported that pastor Stephen Phillips sent a letter to parents stating there was nothing to worry about and they should not trust state health authoriti...

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Abortion rights. that is the basis of the relationship, and the added display of culture war here suggests that this is about evan yellicals in the cultural dimension, not in the religious dimension. were talking about a group that is disproportionately in small towns and rural areas, less educated than people who are not evangelical christians. theyre reacting to changes in their communities caused by immigration over time, the share of white christians in the american population has shrunk fro...