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Steven Waldman

Amidst the debate over Barack Obama’s controversial comments about salvation, I asked why progressive Christians don’t believe that John 3:16 means one can only be saved. Community member “Robert” responded: Even Billy Graham has said that he has come to believe that, while all who are saved are saved through Christ, not all of the…

Jill Stanek, the pro-life activist who pushed the “born alive” legislation in Illinois — and has been a leading foe of Barack Obama — suggests that some on her side have let perfectionism block sensible pro-life steps. All children slated for abortion are going to die. But if given the opportunity, do we not rescue…

Would you have the strength to do what she did?: Dr. Halima Bashir, now 29, was working at a clinic in a remote African village [in Darfur] when the government-backed Janjaweed – Arabic for “devil on horseback”- surrounded a girl’s school and systematically raped dozens of students as young as eight, as well as their…

For those of you feel that Obama would have lost if only the press had paid more attention to Rev. Jeremiah Wright, consider this finding from a fascinating new Pew study of press coverage of religion in the campaign: “Looking at the entire primary season and general election period together – from January through mid-October…

I have argued that on balance, the influence of the religious right probably cost the Republican ticket more than it helped it. But I have to say, religious conservatives are now being scapegoated in an almost grotesque way. Kathleen Parker, a conservative who gained noteriety for criticizing Sarah Palin during the campaign, wrote this week…

At a recent conference of religious leaders who are politically liberal, I heard the following conversation: “I’m concerned that Obama is going to put more troops into Afghanistan instead of bringing them home.” “Oh, I think he was just saying that to get elected.” “No, I think he really means that.” “Oh dear. Really?”

Mike Huckabee has been out promoting his provocative new book. In explaining his opposition to gay marriage on The View, Huckabee argued that the gay rights movement should not occupy the same moral status as the civil rights movement for blacks because blacks were subject to far more violence. I’ll let others discuss the idea…

Our beloved Crunchy was on the right track when he tried to get at the truly interesting part of the debate about Obama’s Christianity: what it says about the relevance of orthodoxy. But I’m not wild about the typology he creates for Christians. He believes that most Progressive Christianity amounts to “Moralistic Therapeutic Deism”: Progressives…

One of our Most Inspiring Person nominees was a brain scientist who had a stroke and decided that it was a great spiritual gift. (Vote here on the Most Inspiring Person)

With the conclusion of the election, our beloved God-o-meter will be going on its traditional inter-election hibernation. As it does, we sadly also say goodbye to our God-o-Meter editor, Dan Gilgoff, who has been a great colleague, a brilliant editor for me, and a top-notch journalist. Under Dan’s leadership, God-o-Meter won the prestigious Online News…
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