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(RNS) — Pastors, whether they want to be or not, 'are on the front lines of this mental health crisis,' said an author of the study.

By Elaine Howard Ecklund, Rice University and David R. Johnson, Georgia State UniversityDistrust of atheists is strong in the United States. The General Social Survey consistently demonstrates that as a group, Americans dislike atheists more than any other religious group. According to various studi...

Criminal Justice Reform Series [Part II] – BPR Interviews: Sharon Dolovich July 9, 2021 In this installment of our criminal justice reform series, we meet Sharon Dolovich, Professor of law and Director of the UCLA Prison Law and Policy Program. Professor Dolovich started the which has aggregated Department of Corrections data concerning the impact of COVID-19 on incarcerated people. The data covers infection rates and deaths in state and federal prisons as well as jails nationwide. She has written extensively about the role of decarceration in dedensifying prisons and jails and mitigating...

Republicans and Democrats switch sides on religion vs. science Mistrust of the scientific community is affecting the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. But research suggests the religion and science debate wasn’t always this divisive. Science vs. religion (RNS) — As public health officials grapple with the slowing rate of COVID-19 vaccinations in the U.S., two groups of Americans stand out as being particularly resistant to rolling up their sleeves for the shots: Republicans and white evangelicals.  In mid-April, about 20% of white evangelicals said they would “definitely not” get the shot, c...

White Evangelical Resistance Is Obstacle in Vaccination Effort Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham © Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg Demonstrators hold signs during a protest outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta last month. Stephanie Nana, an evangelical Christian in Edmond, Okla., refused to get a Covid-19 vaccine because she believed it contained “aborted cell tissue.” Nathan French, who leads a nondenominational ministry in Tacoma, Wash., said he received a divine message that God was the ultimate healer and deliverer: “The vaccine is...