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Religion Writer blogger Andrea Useem has posted this curious photo of a Baptist church marquee in Lynchburg, Virginia, home of the Falwell dynasty. Apparently, some evangelicals are irked at the perception that Obama is emphasizing works at the expense of faith: The pastor seems to be taking a shot at Obama’s James-like emphasis on works…

Much ink has been spilled and airtime filled by Barack Obama’s supposed Jewish problem. But Mark Silk at Spiritual Politics points God-o-Meter to a new poll showing Obama ahead of John McCain among Israelis. He’s tied among conservative Likud Party voters.

To quote Jim Wallis, God is Personal, but never private. That’s especially true in politics. AP has the story of the Israeli paper that published Barack Obama’s handscrawled note to God in the Western Wall.

They’re finally here, just in time for Barack Obama’s trip to Jerusalem.

At the annual A Night to Honor Israel banquet in Washington on Tuesday night, here’s what spurned televangelist John Hagee told the assembled: What will I say when I’m asked to endorse another presidential candidate? Never Again! According to the New York Times, the crowd greeted the line with applause. Whoa. So a ballroom full…

John McCain rarely schedules meetings with high profile religious leaders, in stark contrast to George W. Bush–and Barack Obama. But after whacking Obama this afternoon for campaigning among foreigners in Berlin, McCain is trumpeting his one-on-one meeting tomorrow with a superstar religious leader from the international scene: the Dalai Lama. Irony of ironies, the powwow…

The Matthew 25 Network, a new faith-based political action committee started by John Kerry’s 2004 faith outreach director, is preparing to launch its second pro-Barack Obama radio ad this week, the group’s founder and director said on a conference call with reporters today. Matthew 25 will be spending $500,000 to broadcast the ad on Christian…

James Dobson’s 180-degree turnabout on John McCain has God-o-Meter thinking: has the candidate who’s famously inept on religious outreach seen the light and picked up the phone to call Colorado Springs? Dobson went a lot further than he needed to in his Obama-bashing broadcast yesterday. He could have bashed Obama and left it at that.…

Politico says the position has been created but not filled. It also reports the hiring as completely routine for presidential nominees: The creation of the position comes as Obama builds out a more traditional, constituency-based campaign structure than he had in the primary. But God-o-Meter can’t recall previous examples of presidential campaigns hiring Muslim outreach…

Earlier this month, God-o-Meter reported on the Obama team’s launch of the American Values Report, a weekly newsletter. The 8-page second issue was published on Friday. The report It includes “Spotlight on People of Faith” interviews with a Reform Jew and a Pentecostal Christian, which gives you a good idea about where the Obama camp…
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