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It’s more than white republican conservative Christians who are losing confidence in Obama. A survey taken back in April reveals the roots of this season’s protests—the results are surprising.

It was a hot summer for the Family, the exclusive conservative Christian group with designs on DC power—three politicians with ties to their C Street headquarters were caught in sex scandals. Jeff Sharlet, author of the definitive book on the secretive group, talks with us about the flickering media spotlight, and the future of the Family.

The president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary thinks so. But here’s why he’s wrong. And why his own statement is more profane than he thinks.

The fact is that we are already committed to war in Afghanistan; we are already in. And while many of us may want to get out, the question is how?

Dan Brown reimagined Christianity in The Da Vinci Code. In his new novel, America’s most influential pop philosopher takes on Freemasonry, having fun with the bizarre legends surrounding the movement, and exposing the layer of mystical thinking that underlies modern rationalism.

In the official “Year for Priests,” dedicated by Pope Benedict, a priest in Florida has upped the ante on clerical malfeasance, allegedly fathering a child with a stripper, and threatening the woman with violence. What will it take for the Catholic Church to begin to take responsibility for priests gone wild?

When the director Roman Polanski sexual assaulted a 13-year-old, was it only US law he violated?

Over time, some politicians deceive themselves into believing that their desires are in sync with Jesus’ call for their lives: “Thy will be done” becomes “God bless my will.”

A disturbing story emerged this week of a scientist leaving his research out of fear for his and his family’s lives. What are our responsibilities in this area and what do our traditions have to say about it?

Conservatives are fond of using scripture to support their arguments, and they are great at tapping the emotional heart of a story. Liberals, not so much.