Obama’s interview with Cathleen Falsani, recently published on Beliefnet, has re-ignited not only some political wars but religious fights that have persisted for almost 2,000 years: what does it mean to be a Christian? Joe Carter, Rod Dreher, Rick Santorum and several posters in the comment area of the blog post have suggested that Obama…

Amy Sullivan collects recommendations about what church Obama should attend. It’s a much more fraught decision than for most Presidents. Does he go to a black church? An evangelical church? One with a very, very boring preacher? Amy’s best suggestion: Obama should worship at a local military base.

McCain and Obama are meeting today. I expect they’ll mostly talk about how they can work together with McCain on the hill, but if both of them are open to the idea of McCain taking an actual job in the Obama administration, here’s my proposal: make John McCain Service Czar. No one is more associated…

The most interesting findings from the new survey from a trio of progressive religious groups (Faith in Public Life, Sojourners and Catholics in Alliance for Public Good): Obama significantly improves upon perceptions of Democratic Party’s “friendliness” to religion. Fifty-four percent of voters see Obama as friendly to religion, and a similar percentage see McCain as…

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