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Hunger Advocate and Former Congressman Tony Hall Connects Faith to Economic Woes
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Mara Vanderslice
Beginning next week, the Matthew 25 Network will run a new ad on Christian radio stationsin Ohio connecting the Christian mandate to care for the least among uswith the economic crisis in Ohio and around the country. FormerCongressman Tony Hall, a pro-life Democrat from Dayton, Ohio is featured in the ad. Former Congressman Hall is…
Buddhist Values in the Public Square
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Paul Raushenbush
Given the recent summit on Value Voters, and the crisis on Wall Street I thought it might be interesting to ask a non-Christian on what values informed his approach to the public square. I sent an email to Robert Thurman, a Progressive Revival blogger and Professor of Buddhism at Columbia University. He sent me this response…
Palin: The Religious Right’s American Idol (by Lisa Sharon Harper)
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Paul Raushenbush
Lisa Sharon Harper is executive director of New York Faith & Justice and the author of Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican … or Democrat If the Republican Convention was American Idol and Palin’s speech was a rock ballad, Palin would be preparing for next week’s big sing-off right about now. But this is NOT…
Votes and Consequences
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Ed Kilgore
There’s been a lot of discussion here at Beliefnet and elsewhere about the variable impact of cultural issues like abortion in the current presidential campaign. And it’s safe to say most Democrats have concluded that Barack Obama’s prospects for victory depend in no small part on making the contest turn on economic rather than cultural…
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