Attacking Obama’s Beliefs
Religious Right leaders insist it’s not only legitimate, but necessary, to question the legitimacy of Sen. Barack Obama’s Christian beliefs.
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Play to Extinction: Religious Groups Unite Against Predatory Gambling
What could James Dobson’s Focus on the Family and the League of Women Voters possibly have in common? They’re both members of a coalition to raise awareness of the devastating effects of, and to block, state-sponsored casino gambling in Massachusetts.
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Biblical Battered Wife Syndrome: Christian Women and Domestic Violence
Although Rick Warren’s Saddleback church teaches women that physical abuse is not grounds for divorce, there is a growing literature for evangelical women—by their peers—that shows women how to get out of an abusive marriage, while remaining in the church.
Read MoreThe Omission of the “New” Evangelicals
While the political focus of evangelicals shifts, mum is still the word on abortion.
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Much-Married Newt Gingrich Converts to Catholicism
Newt Gingrich may be a Catholic now, but he’s still going for the jugular.
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