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The inevitable reality, as it pertains to the Democratic Presidential race and the subsequent National election (sorry Senator Clinton), paints a canvas where the seasoned veteran from Arizona, Sen. John McCain will face the Junior Senator from Illinois, Barack Obama. As a member of the fast growing Brown Evangelical community, we find ourselves between the…

The criticism leveled against An Evangelical Manifesto, released this week, covers the expected territory, from questions about the motives of the steering committee and signers, to warnings that the devil is behind it all, to—get this—charges that the title of the document implies a connection with what is commonly called the Communist Manifesto. Never mind…

Earlier this week (“Christians and Politics: Too much or too little?”) I shared information from a public opinion survey which showed Americans’ significant level of comfort with “Christians being involved in politics.” The poll found the following levels of support for such involvement: all Americans (52%), Protestants (61%), weekly church attendees (65%), and born-again/Evangelicals (72%).…

Over the past few weeks, a national polling firm for LifeWay Research and the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission conducted a survey asking Americans to respond to this statement: “I am concerned that at times Christians are too involved in politics.” The results were quite informative. The majority of Americans (52%) either “strongly disagree” (32%)…

…or “If I Were to Run for Office.” Trust me, I’d be branded a right-winger, a neo-con Republican, an ultra-liberal Democrat, an anti-abortion pro-abortionist, and a bigoted anti-Semitic. And all because of the churches I’ve chosen to remain in. I decline to get involved in the Wright-Hagee thing because 1) it’s eclipsing other important issues,…

By: Marcia Ford Greetings! I’m Marcia Ford, author of We the Purple: Faith, Politics and the Independent Voter, and I’ll be your guest blogger this week. I know I’m in good company here; not only am I always up for a rousing and boisterous conclave on faith and politics, but also in my book I…

Steven Waldman asks his earlier question in a different way; this time focusing on the “moral” question of whether I, and others who supported the war, ignored the pope on this issue. Did I find John Paul II persuasive in the run-up to the invasion? Yes, in the sense that I checked and re-checked my…

On April 3, 2008, Texas Child Protective Services (CPS) authorities raided the Eldorado, Texas compound (known as the Yearning for Zion ranch) of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) polygamist sect. The authorities raided the compound based on reports that underage, pubescent girls were being forced into “spiritual” marriages with considerably older men—a…

On May 5, 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed a law marking the first Thursday in May every year as a National Day of Prayer. (Earlier, President Harry Truman had declared a National Day of Prayer in 1952, but did not specify a particular day.) Today, May 1, was the 20th anniversary of the National Day…

Steven Waldman asks “Why Didn’t Catholics Follow the Church on the War?” I wasn’t aware, and don’t mean this glibly, that the Church had an official position on the war. I am aware, of course, of all the “concern” about the war expressed by both popes, some curia, and the U. S. bishops. I also…
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