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Religion Dispatches

Rick Santorum, Muslim Theologian and GOP Candidate, Would Bomb Iran

The resurgent candidate believes it’s no accident that a non-military nuclear facility is located in a holy city.
Hussein Rashid
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Is Mitt’s Mormonism Responsible for South Carolina Loss?

New data tracks role of religion in the race.
Joanna Brooks
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Gingrich, Israel, and the Assassinate Obama Comments

What’s to come when a right wing billionaire funnels money to Newt and a columnist jokes about killing the president?
Shalom Goldman
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On Rick Santorum’s Piety: “Torquemada Was, in that Sense, a Model Catholic”

Garry Wills gets our vote for quote of the week.
The Editors
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Jesus and the GOP (and some Whitney)

A professor, a rabbi and two comedians discuss religion and politics.
The Editors
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Romney Shovels Walks to No Avail

With doors slamming in the candidate’s face, perhaps it’s time to take a page from Mormon missionaries.
Joanna Brooks
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Marco Rubio: Mormon

Will Florida senator’s LDS childhood impact his VP chances?
Joanna Brooks
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The Republican “No Schools Left” Program

The religious right’s goal of dismantling public education.
Julie Ingersoll
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Obama’s “Phony Religion” is Environmentalism, Santorum Explains

“Man should be in charge of the earth,” says the candidate.
Julie Ingersoll
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Santorum Invoked Satan

Why are we surprised?
Joseph Laycock
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