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Religion Dispatches
According to author Kevin Kruse, the idea that America is a “Christian nation” was invented only recently, forged by an alliance between industrialists and conservative clergy who preached the…
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Religion Dispatches
Alex Theodoridis, a political scientist at the University of California, Merced, conducted a survey last fall of Americans’ understanding of President Obama’s religious beliefs. Remarkably, he found…
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Religion Dispatches
Earlier this week, reacting to the faux controversy over President Obama’s National Prayer Breakfast remarks, Ed Kilgore argued that all too often, the media ignores the views of liberal Christians…
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Religion Dispatches
Many conservative commentators are apoplectic over these remarks by President Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast yesterday: But we also see faith being twisted and distorted, used as a wedge — or…
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Religion Dispatches
No religious leader has ever addressed a Joint meeting of Congress—so, why now?
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Religion Dispatches
The Rev. Rob Schenck, president of the Capitol Hill-based National Clergy Council, a religious right group whose mission is “to bring classical Christian moral instruction to bear on the conversation…
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Conservative US Christians rally ‘round Putin; African Anglicans defend anti-gay laws.
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With departure of DuBois, is there change coming for the faith-based office?
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Or just endless tenure in a job that doesn’t require an IQ test.
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