Religion

Jonathan Choate resigned his post on the Cache County GOP and changed his affiliation to Libertarian after Republicans refused to formally condemn Donald Trump.

Mormons Uneasy With Trump Make A Question Of Reliably Red Utah

10:08am July 14, 2016

by Kirk Siegler

Utah has gone for every Republican presidential nominee since 1968, but this year could be different because Donald Trump is a hard sell with many of the state's Mormon voters.

Elie Wiesel speaks at Vermont's Middlebury College in 2002. The Holocaust survivor, Nobel laureate and author died July 2 at the age of 87.

Forgetting Isn't Healing: Lessons From Elie Wiesel

9:06am July 14, 2016

by Sonari Glinton

Calls for racial healing often focus on putting the painful past behind us. NPR's Sonari Glinton remembers the man who taught him never to forget: Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel.

Pew Report Tracks How Politics Correspond With Religion

7:23pm July 13, 2016

by Tom Gjelten

A new report from the Pew Research Center shows how Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are doing among religious and non-religious voters.

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How African-American Church Leaders Are Responding To New Challenges

7:46am July 11, 2016

by Tom Gjelten

The crisis in police-community relations again calls for a strong role for the church, but some black religious leaders fear they have lost the initiative to other groups like Black Lives Matter.

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Religious Leaders Address Dallas Ambush During Sunday Services

6:47am July 11, 2016

Church's across Dallas overflowed with messages of love and of unity. We hear about some Sunday church services in the city following Thursday night's attack on police officers.

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Religious Leaders Encourage Understanding After Week Of Violence

5:18pm July 10, 2016

by Adrian Florido

In Minneapolis, as in churches across the country, parishioners and clergy tried to make sense of the fatal shootings of black men by police and the subsequent Dallas attack.

Parishioners of First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, gather on July 10, 2016, to pray for the five police officers killed when a man used a high-power rifle in a sniper attack at a protest in Dallas late July 7.

As Country Reels From Violent Week, Clergies Offer Messages Of Healing

12:31pm July 10, 2016

by Cheryl Corley

The fatal police shootings of black men followed by the killings of five police officers have given members of the clergy much to think about. What will they be saying to their congregations?

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Religion

Mormons Uneasy With Trump Make A Question Of Reliably Red Utah

Forgetting Isn't Healing: Lessons From Elie Wiesel

Pew Report Tracks How Politics Correspond With Religion

How African-American Church Leaders Are Responding To New Challenges

Religious Leaders Address Dallas Ambush During Sunday Services

Religious Leaders Encourage Understanding After Week Of Violence

As Country Reels From Violent Week, Clergies Offer Messages Of Healing

How Police Chaplains Step In After Departments Cope With Officer Deaths

Former Evangelical Pastor Rethinks His Approach To Courtship

Officers Can Turn To Police Chaplains In Time Of Need