Kimberly Winston, Author at Crux

‘Christian America’ dwindling, including white evangelicals, study shows
- Church in the US, Religion News Service
- September 6, 2017
A new study, “America’s Changing Religious Identity,” shows Americans are also continuing to move away from organized religion altogether, as atheists, agnostics and those who say they do not identify with any particular religion — the group known as the “nones” — hold steady at about one-quarter (24 percent) of the population.
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‘Blood and Faith’: A new book links white nationalists to Christianity
- Church in the US, Interviews, Religion News Service
- August 24, 2017
In his new book, “Blood & Faith: Christianity in American White Nationalism,” Damon T. Berry traces how white nationalists — who believe whites are superior to other races and promote a whites-only vision of America — have cherry-picked Scripture to craft their exclusive ideology.
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Christian network kicks off new politics show with Sean Spicer as guest
- Church in the US, Religion News Service
- July 23, 2017
Two days before resigning his post as White House press secretary, Sean Spicer appeared as the first guest on the Christian Broadcasting Network’s new program “Faith Nation.” They were trying to tout their access to the Trump administration, but didn’t realize that their initial guest no longer had any.
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Explaining the Blaine Amendment and if SCOTUS killed it

Even though the issue in Trinity Lutheran v. Comer was playground equipment, some see the court’s 7-2 decision in favor of the church as a sign that school voucher programs, which both President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos support, would survive future legal challenges.

Hollywood composer writes Mass for his mother

Rosalie, the mother of Stephen Edwards, who is 55 and has scored dozens of films and television shows, died somewhat suddenly of ovarian cancer in 2006. Writing a requiem — a musical Mass for the dead — helped him both honor her and move beyond his grief.

Kimberly Winston