https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to faith-based initiatives en https://religiondispatches.org/2012/02/15/note-cpac-conservatives-city-upon-hill-wasnt-about-american-exceptionalism Bruce Springsteen channels John Winthrop. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:15:14 EST Julie Ingersoll b4c01fe2-515e-4299-822f-254a5eb241a7 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/09/19/case-against-church-state-separation-unlikely-source A new essay in an influential journal illuminates little-known intersections between Catholic thought and US social history. But then it goes on to prescribe an odd fix for US labor woes: razing the wall between church and state. Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:16:25 EDT Peter Laarman e73d8f27-69bb-470c-a3b9-91528e78cb9b https://religiondispatches.org/2010/11/18/obama-signs-executive-order-making-changes-faith-based-office-frustrations-remain But church-state separation advocates remain frustrated by administration’s failure to address constitutional issues of direct funding and hiring discrimination. Thu, 18 Nov 2010 03:47:24 EST Sarah Posner 9394ef45-6ee8-47a0-ab87-fde1d7dceeaa https://religiondispatches.org/2010/02/07/faith-based-anniversary-has-anything-changed Obama administration under fire from civil liberties advocates for failing to reverse Bush-era policies. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:23:38 EST Sarah Posner c7cefaf3-ee3e-4ae3-8e5f-6564d4330519 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/09/10/way-obama-and-faith-based-initiatives Obama’s proposal is too timid: How about asking religious groups to really step up? Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:26:23 EDT Randall Balmer d34880b3-1138-4e10-973f-0af3826db8c9 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/23/values-and-viruses-challenges-obamas-new-global-aids-coordinator Dr. Eric Goosby, Obama’s pick to run the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS relief, will face the challenge of faith-based opposition to condom distribution, among other difficulties, when he assumes this important position. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:43:05 EDT Ariana Childs Graham 8013716e-a707-470a-8fd7-2b6fd88d7d97 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/22/arguing-liberally-rift-religious-coalitions-goes-public A public row threatens to break out between the DC-based “Religious Industrial Complex,” which seeks new Democratic voters, and a small group of rabble-rousers who claim that they’ve compromised their progressive souls in reaching out to religious conservatives. How did it come to this? Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:50:20 EDT Mark Silk 3cf170ae-6a60-41f6-ab76-378b83fa06c7 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/18/you-gotta-have-faith-based-politics Even as it talks about inclusion and admits nonbelievers into the ranks of upstanding citizenry, the new administration, like the last one, has a plan to use religion to further its political goals. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:33:17 EDT Winnifred Fallers Sullivan 5d50f458-cac0-4132-b480-d84ee6dda720 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/18/new-theopolitical-order-what-about-women Even as they invite progressive religious groups to the table the leaders of the Democratic party shun religious feminism. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:30:07 EDT Frances Kissling 7f297300-6a91-4660-b559-5d890febd973 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/18/way-radically-conservative-faith-based-initiative Obama’s Bush-era strategy of using taxpayer money for faith-based social services not only risks infusing politics into religion, but also denies religious groups their traditional responsibility for caring for those in need—with their own funds. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:28:48 EDT Randall Balmer 6cb5f339-f74e-4427-8087-416bea3630fb https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/18/opinnion-reevaluating-faith-based-nation While it’s great that Obama’s faith-based program addresses nonbelief, without the proper vigilance we’ll simply get superficial “tolerance” of secularists with an assumed theistic backstory. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:27:43 EDT Anthony B. Pinn 43002c37-4c18-4820-9e9b-343c87c641be https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/17/religious-right-newsweek-woe-you-even-printing RD News Round-Up—December 15, 2008: Bush’s Faith-Based Initiative after 8 years; ‘War on Christmas’ mash-up; Religious Right layoffs and cutbacks, ‘Prop. 8—The Musical,’ Prop. 8 Gear, and the first Vietnamese American elected to Congress. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:01:41 EDT Bill Berkowitz c3629b6f-533c-4ab0-8e92-42b4a3c1631f https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/15/rd-news-round-nov-4-2008 Top Ten Religious Right groups rake in more than half-a-billion dollars; Churches v. Christian Zionism; Bush turns to faith-based groups to bail US out of health care crisis; Saving the GOP from itself? Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:18:04 EDT Bill Berkowitz 4bbcf26a-8094-401a-9ce4-b04fb4583635 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/15/faith-based-initiatives-obama-administration If the Obama Administration sticks with Bush’s faith-based initiatives they would do well to avoid the numerous mistakes and predilection for corruption that haunted the Bush version. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:58:38 EDT Bill Berkowitz 209c9803-9b56-41b7-a44d-6358edf4865f https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/11/way-revolting-evangelicals Conservative evangelicals plan to protest for the right to endorse candidates from the pulpit; they forget that their tax-free existence is a right, not a privilege… Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:44:05 EDT Randall Balmer 956eed59-4bcb-464d-b0a4-c9043cab69c9 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/10/obamas-faith-based-makeover Obama pledges to remake Bush’s faith-based initiative. No one is pleased… Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:31:28 EDT Bill Berkowitz dd6b82a7-f7e3-4a0f-8209-0e972f38ef01 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/10/organizing-obama-faith-action The “compassionate conservatism” of the Bush era was based on the idea that “sinful sloth” leads to poverty, and only religion can cure such a weakness. But the underpinning of Obama’s faith-based plan is political, not theological… Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:30:40 EDT Ira Chernus a5239871-e2ac-4df5-95ae-247990af236c https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/10/obamas-turn-right Any faith-based plan to combat poverty, including Obama’s, is threatening to the rights of poor LGBTQ Americans, who have always been discriminated against by religious organizations… Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:29:24 EDT Rev. Irene Monroe 2df89dc6-3db0-4808-b79a-0c97062eb7bf https://religiondispatches.org/2009/04/07/junk-religion-white-house-fills-remaining-faith-based-slots The 10 remaining picks did little to rectify the anti-reform, anti-woman, anti-gay tilt of Obama’s Faith-Based Advisory Council. Not to mention the conspicuous absence of a single academic theologian. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:16:35 EDT Frances Kissling 7b5a5cfe-be1f-4f84-b7cb-8eb559d10782 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/04/05/white-house-conference-call-seeks-common-ground-abortion On Friday White House officials launched a campaign to appease those on all sides of the abortion issue. Do they realize it’s nearly as thorny as Israel/Palestine? Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:55:28 EDT Frances Kissling c44133ce-7b05-444a-954d-e6a9a7a16986 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/04/02/bad-news-faith-based-council Not only is the balance on Obama’s Faith-Based Council tipped toward conservatives, it seems that for every gay rights advocate there must be a homophobe. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:45:59 EDT Frances Kissling 2276c946-5bd7-4c95-b9f7-9b615bb4853f https://religiondispatches.org/2009/03/20/teen-births-rise-can-faith-based-leaders-help Only a minority of Obama’s faith-based leaders have any expertise on the topic and most are far more philosophically attuned to abstinence-only sexuality education Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:11:24 EDT Frances Kissling 687fcec2-bd32-4458-a2f9-9885e80f4a5c https://religiondispatches.org/2009/02/11/dont-ignore-lies-about-economic-stimulus-religious-freedom The truth about the secret anti-faith clause in the stimulus package. Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:26:17 EST Peter Montgomery 51b46dc0-fb12-4a36-8d9f-2fb9f1665ac2 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/02/09/allowable-discrimination Obama seems to be backpedaling on the issue of “allowable discrimination.” Appropriating tax dollars to bigoted faith groups is not the change we were looking for. Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:45:16 EST Jonathan L. Walton dd2bb54a-5ae9-4fe2-afe5-1e06712d1203