San Francisco Chronicle: Richard Flory on Newsom and Religion
The San Francisco Chronicle asked Richard Flory how Newsom's religious rhetoric would affect for potential voters. Read More
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By ‘focusing on the family,’ James Dobson helped propel US evangelicals back into politics – making the Religious Right into the cultural force it is today
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. Read More
Preaching Into our Post-Election Divides
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. Read More
Newsweek: Richard Flory on “Evangelicals for Harris”
Newsweek asked CRCC's Richard Flory whether an "Evangelicals for Harris" advertisement featuring the late Rev. Billy Graham would be effective with voters. Read More
A Year of Crisis and Opportunity: 2024 Trends in Religion and Society
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. Read More
The Christian Science Monitor: CRCC on How to Raise a ‘Good Person’ in Fractured Times
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. Read More
Kumu Hina and Walter Ritte: ‘A very Hawaiian place’
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.” Read More
CRCC Looks Back at 2021 and Looks Forward to 2022
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. Read More
Foreword – The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Cities
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. Read More
Building on the Past, With an Eye to the Future – A Reflection from CRCC’s New Executive Director
Thank you all for the notes of congratulations and kind words of support. I’m very excited for this next chapter for CRCC as we build on the solid foundation established by Donald Miller and Brie Loskota. I will always be grateful for the opportunities afforded me through working with each of them. "How can we take what we know and push it out to groups that are working hard to make our city, state and nation a better place?" Read More
