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The San Francisco Chronicle asked Richard Flory how Newsom's religious rhetoric would affect for potential voters.

For decades, one name was ubiquitous in American evangelical homes: Focus on the Family. And one man’s name was nearly synonymous with it: James Dobson.

The following were Richard Flory’s opening remarks at the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture’s Compelling Preaching Across Divides conference, held on November 20, 2024.

Newsweek asked CRCC's Richard Flory whether an "Evangelicals for Harris" advertisement featuring the late Rev. Billy Graham would be effective with voters. 

In CRCC’s annual trends post last year, we wrote about surviving, if not thriving. We write this year’s trends with a special place in our hearts for CRCC’s senior editor Nick Street, who took a significant role in compiling these trends each year, always balancing a sense of cynicism and optimism.

During a time when morals have become a matter of individual preference rather than societal norm, the Christian Science Monitor wrote about how families are teaching their kids about how to live. The article quotes CRCC's Richard Flory and Diane Winston.

Even if de-occupying the entire state of Hawaii is a nearly impossible dream, inklings of what a more Hawaiian Hawai'i might look like help to keep the dream alive. Wong-Kalu smiles when we tell her we are going to Molokai to interview Ritte, whom she calls Uncle Walter.

“When you go to Molokai,” she says, “it’s a very Hawaiian place.”

It is hard to believe that we are just weeks away from the end of 2021 and a new year is on the horizon. The year has continued to be difficult for many, and CRCC has continued its work, adapting how we operate within the limitations imposed by the reality of the pandemic.

The specific “place” that provides the context through which we interact with the larger world is of key importance in developing our ongoing understanding of that world. Religion is no different in this regard.