Voters Don’t Care About Religion? It’s Not That Simple
A lesson in religion reporting.
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Conventional Wisdom: RNC/DNC Giving God a Bad Name?
All the invocations of God’s name and snippets of the Bible and Nuns On the Bus and what have you can’t really help the Democrats so long as the larger religiously-tinged framing about what’s good and what’s bad remain untouched.
Read MoreGod Bless You, Barbara Herz
A brief take on the platform God-bacle.
Read MoreManufactured Outrage Over ‘Godless’ Democratic Platform [UPDATE]
Praise for role of faith not enough for word-counters.
Read MoreDNC Platform, Thy Name is Esther
In which we prooftext without apology.
Read MoreWhat Romney Didn’t Tell You about Mormonism at the RNC
Mormons lined up to attest to the candidate’s humanity, but our collective story gets no airtime.
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Mitt Romney: Wooden Pastor or Real Boy?
How many men do you know, Mr. Oparowski asked, that would take the time out of their busy schedule to visit a boy like David? My answer is almost every single one (and women, too). Having been raised Mormon in the heart of Salt Lake City I recognize Mormonism’s tremendous organizational imprint on Mitt’s life; his experiences echo those of my parents and grandparents, cousins, neighbors, and even my own.
Read MoreClint Eastwood Upstages Mitt Romney with a Chair
Why old actors need scripts.
Read MoreRomney’s Speech, and Boehner’s Catholicism
The unspoken theology at the Convention.
Read MoreRNC Takes America to Church, Mormon Style, as Rank-and-File LDS Step Up
Now that the Convention’s over, time to ask the real questions about Romney’s faith and politics.
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