Tag: politics
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Evangelicals seek positive change
USA Today: Evangelicals seek positive change … But not far below the surface, change is afoot in the ranks of a once-reliable GOP voting bloc and around that term, "evangelical." As has been widely reported, more evangelicals are breaking formation and tackling social problems such as poverty and human trafficking that weren't on the evangelical…
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Is the Christian Right Dead?
John H. Armstrong: Is the Christian Right Dead? Kathleen Parker asks, in her Washington Post syndicated column of April 5, this question: "Is the Christian right finished as a political entity?" By asking this question Ms. Parker is not asking if Christian involvement in moral issues is dead but rather "Is the Christian right finished…
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Obama, Warren, and “Everybody Loves a Holy War”
Well, you've undoubtedly heard that Obama has selected Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration. This decision has prompted psychotic zealotry from both ends of the political spectrum. The left is indignant that Obama would select a bigoted anti-choice homophobe like Warren, and the right is outraged at Warren for praying for a…
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A new faith in politics
Chicago Tribune: A new faith in politics Young Mennonites join world of politics GOSHEN, Ind.—At the east end of the giant Wal-Mart parking lot in this northern Indiana town of about 32,000, there's a metal-roofed building accommodating as many as 20 horse-drawn buggies. People in plain dress—flat black hats, white bonnets—can be seen around town.…
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Religion and the Presidential Vote: A Tale of Two Gaps
Pew Forum: Religion and the Presidential Vote: A Tale of Two Gaps For the presidential candidates and the pundits who write about them, one concern in the 2008 campaign is the "religion gap" – shorthand for the religious differences between Republican and Democratic voters. An analysis of national exit polls from 2004 shows there is…
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Faith-based politics: An exchange. (Linn and Wallis)
Christian Century: Faith-based politics: An exchange On not mimicking the religious right by Jan G. Linn The day after Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama appeared at a June 4 candidates forum on faith and politics, sponsored by Sojourners/Call to Renewal and televised on CNN, Sojourners leader Jim Wallis wrote: "Last night, we made…
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The Evangelical Surprise
New York Review of Books: The Evangelical Surprise (HT Denis Hancock) Republican politicians, in other words, have come to believe that the religious right speaks for most evangelicals—or, more precisely, that religious right activists will continue to bring the great majority of white evangelicals to the polls. If one message of last year's election was…
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You’ve never had it so good: The State of Britain
The Economist: You've never had it so good: The State of Britain COUNTRIES, just like people, have moods; and Britain's is somewhat grumpy right now. It is bored and disillusioned with politicians, not least with Tony Blair. It is unimpressed by public services, despite the public money Mr Blair has poured into them. It is…
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Sen. Tim Johnson, Democrat, has stroke
From Reuters: Sen. Tim Johnson, Democrat, has stroke WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, Democrat of South Dakota, had an apparent stroke on Wednesday at his office in Washington and has been hospitalized, NBC News reported. The condition of the 59-year-old Johnson was unknown, the network said. When the 110th Congress convenes on January…
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Spoils of Victory
From Christianity Today: Spoils of Victory In the immediate aftermath of the 2006 Democratic takeover of Congress, conventional wisdom said many evangelicals had abandoned the GOP. News outlets and analysts eagerly described a "seismic shift" that pointed to the "end of the conservative pendulum swing" and a weakened Republican base. In a widely publicized Beliefnet…