New Poll Shows Religious Right and Left Look Very Different
Those on the religious right and left not only diverge wildly on everything from abortion to torture, but in their composition and distribution as well.
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Review: Is the Religious Right Dying?
A crop of new books on the waning influence of conservative Christianity in American politics.
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Arguing Liberally: Rift in Religious Coalitions Goes Public
A public row threatens to break out between the DC-based “Religious Industrial Complex,” which seeks new Democratic voters, and a small group of rabble-rousers who claim that they’ve compromised their progressive souls in reaching out to religious conservatives. How did it come to this?
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Change, Not Charity: What Ails the New Left-Right Coalition Against Poverty
The Poverty Forum’s supposedly cross-the-spectrum plan to reduce poverty runs the gamut—from A to B. While it is perpetually depressing to see the Democrats drinking the Kool-Aid of “No Enemies Among The Privileged,” it actually turns the stomach a bit to see faith leaders who claim to care about the poor slurping up the same reality-free brew.
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Leahy’s Immigration Provision Sows Sex Panic Among Key Religious Groups
Who is really pointing the dagger to the heart of immigration reform, the senator who seeks to include permanent partners (including gays) or the Bishops and evangelicals who oppose it?
Read MoreNew Poll Shows Evangelicals Vote Democrat Too
Evangelical voters are defying old assumptions, and expanding their agenda.
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Obama’s Pastor “Dream Team”
A front page story in the Times revealed that 5 different pastors are hard at work guiding our president. But why make it public?
Read MoreWill Jim Wallis Represent True Worker Justice Before Senate Committee?
Once again, despite having little to no expertise in the area, Jim Wallis has been tapped to give the progressive position. This time it’s the critical Employee Free Choice Act.
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