Dispatches from the Election: John McCain, Great White Nope
Friday’s historic debate in Mississippi showcased the McCain campaign’s election strategy: Talk down to Obama and play to the racist element in the Republican Party.
Read MoreFriday’s historic debate in Mississippi showcased the McCain campaign’s election strategy: Talk down to Obama and play to the racist element in the Republican Party.
Read MoreHis “new evangelical” positions on global warming, condoms, et al., separate Warren from the old guard of the religious right—but when it comes to reproductive and gay civil rights, the best-selling reverend assumes the hardest of the hard line.
Read MoreFather and daughter talk about religion and culture, from traversing the borderlands with immigration activists, to ‘Girls Nation’, to a United Church of Christ youth gathering.
Read MoreThe roots of the economic crisis tap directly into a movement within American fundamentalism. Much has been made of Palin’s Pentecostalism but her links to The Family go unnoticed.
Read MoreRacism takes many forms, and the history of American racial prejudice is centuries-long. Is it naive to think that it does not play a role in the 2008 election?
Read MoreIn a debate in which the bar was set so low as to be subterranean, values-related issues were almost entirely ignored.
Read MoreFor the congregation of a Baptist church in Brooklyn Obama’s candidacy inspires hope, but there is so much work to be done—a progressive urban agenda is at stake. Will the candidate remember this when he comes into his kingdom?
Read MoreIf science and religion had learned to work together, would we be in the same position—fighting two wars while dealing with increasing water shortages, rising energy costs and a tanking economy? Probably not.
Read MoreA new survey reveals not only that church attenders and youth have swung back into Obama’s camp, but that he’s perceived as “friendlier” toward religion than McCain.
Read MoreWhat the presidential candidates’ responses to a question about the nature of evil reveal about the state of American Christianity…
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