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By Benedicta Cipolla c. 2008 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly (UNDATED) When Sen. Barack Obama turns to talking about faith on the campaign trail, he sometimes invokes the New Testament book of James and its admonition that “faith without works is dead.” As she competed for the Democratic nomination, Sen. Hillary Clinton frequently did the same…

By Rick Bella c. 2008 Religion News Service PORTLAND, Ore. — The painful and apparently preventable faith-healing death of a 16-year-old boy on Tuesday (June 17) brings the secretive Followers of Christ church back under legal scrutiny, just four months after the boy’s infant niece died in similar circumstances. But unlike the girl’s death, which…

Associated Press – June 19, 2008 COLUMBIA, S.C. – A group that advocates separation of church and state filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to prevent South Carolina from becoming the first state to create “I Believe” license plates. The group contends that South Carolina’s government is endorsing Christianity by allowing the plates, which would include…

By Daniel Burke c. 2008 Religion News Service WASHINGTON — With the Democratic presidential nomination in his grasp, Sen. Barack Obama is making a full-throttle push for centrist evangelicals and Catholics. It’s a move that’s caught off guard some conservative evangelicals, who say they are surprised and dismayed to see a progressive-minded politician attempting to…
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