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Camp David Chaplain: "First we get the military, then we get the nation"

Chris Rodda | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

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Chris Rodda

Rather than endorsing a chaplain who subscribes to the goals of CCC's Military Ministry by attending his services, Obama should be ridding the military of such chaplains and organizations.

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Obama's speech bridges the Abrahamic faiths

Greg Barrett | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

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Greg Barrett

Can you imagine President Bush delivering a speech to Muslims and quoting seamlessly from the Bible, the Quran and the Talmud? Any reconciliatory word...

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Obama's Catholic Baptism By Fire

James Rotondi | Posted 05.19.2009 | Politics

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James Rotondi

The t-shirt slogan,"The Day the Dome Was Tarnished Forever" became holy inspiration for others to engage in crass sloganeering and even violent action.

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Weekly Churchgoers Are Down With Obama

CBN | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

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New information from the latest Gallup Poll shows a majority of weekly Church attendees are happy with the job he's doing. Read below from Gallup:...

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Obama Creates Advisory Council On Faith

CBN News | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics

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The Brody File has learned that President Obama will announce the creation of a new President's Advisory Council on Faith during this Thursday's Natio...

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This Is My Land

Nica Lalli | Posted 01.30.2009 | Living

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Nica Lalli

I thank my new President for thinking to include me, and the 42 million other non-believers like me, in his inaugural speech.

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Rick Warren Did Not Make Me a Believer

Disgrasian | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

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Disgrasian

Why the pronoun-switch midstream from "me" to "us"? Who is this "us"? You and other Christians? It sounded like you meant all of us, Rick Warren.

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Which One? Anti-Christ vs. Committed Christian Campaign Rhetoric

Eric Shutt | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

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Eric Shutt

Being a public figure doesn't mean you have to deny your beliefs. But as religion plays a role in American politics, preserving the boundary between religion and government is more vital than ever.

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Barack Obama and the (progressive) Religious Revival

Paul Raushenbush | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

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Paul Raushenbush

Barack Obama's transition team is ringing in the New Year with a series of meetings with religious groups. It is striking that the names that dominat...

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Obama Brings In Faith Groups To Help Craft Policy

US News & World Report | Posted 12.31.2008 | Politics

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In the eight weeks since Barack Obama was elected president, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism Director David Saperstein or members of his Was...

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Pastor and Servants?

Chez Pazienza | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

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Chez Pazienza

Warren's presence on inauguration day makes it seems as if God -- specifically the Pentecostal, Southern Baptist version -- will continue to be granted ascendancy within our government.

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Where Will The Obamas Worship? (PICTURES)

The Huffington Post | Willow Lindley | Posted 11.18.2008 | Living

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With the Obamas' impending move to Washintong DC in January, many have begun to speculate on all aspects of the family's new life, including where Sas...

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The Incredible Shrinking God Gap

Steven Waldman | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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Steven Waldman

No Democrat since Jimmy Carter has spoken as openly, and as often, about his personal faith, as Barack Obama.

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The Pro-God Parts of America

Steven Waldman | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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Steven Waldman

Conservatives who continue to push the idea that a vote for McCain is a vote for God, will only end up losing more and more religious voters who resent being told their faith is inauthentic.

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My Personal 'Faith Priorities' for this Election

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

People of faith, and all of us, should be "values voters" but vote all our values, not just a few that can be easily manipulated for the benefit of one party or another.

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Poll: Obama More "Friendly To Religion" Than McCain

CBN | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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Imagine if I told you four years ago that voters felt John Kerry was friendlier to religion than George Bush? You would say that is crazy and you'd be...

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Obama Rolls Out Faith-Based Merchandise

BeliefNet | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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God-o-Meter has learned that the Obama campaign is about to email religious supporters an annoucnement about a new line of Obama faith merchandise--bu...

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Multinationalism and the US Presidency: A Personal Story

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

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Daoud Kuttab

Obama wasn't the natural choice of some of our Arab-American relatives and friends. I could feel a slight sense of racism whenever his name would come up.

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The Divided States of America: One Nation Under Two Gods

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

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Michelle Haimoff

These diametrically opposed, partisan visions of America can never be reconciled because both parties feel that they are fundamentally saving the other party from itself.

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Back in the Saddle(back)

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 08.14.2008 | Politics

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Robert S. McElvaine

In trying to strike a balance between religious voters and those who are fearful of the religious right, McCain has, like Nixon in 1968, embraced those he knows are wrong.

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Poll: Obama Leads Among Christians

Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

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The Barna Group, a Christian research firm, shows Barack Obama leading John McCain by a substantial margin among Christian voters: A new nationwide s...

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New McCain Ad Implies Obama is the Anti-Christ?

Mara Vanderslice | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

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Mara Vanderslice

It is beyond offensive to suggest that Senator Obama is a false Messiah or the anti-Christ himself. How low can we go? It shows the McCain campaign is willing to make a mockery of our faith to feed people's fears.

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Change Believers can Believe In? Obama's Leap of Faith

Matthew Weiner and Travis Rejman | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

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Matthew Weiner and Travis Rejman

Can Obama's Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships be what he calls the "moral center" of his administration?

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Who Would Jesus Vote For?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

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John W. Whitehead

In their eagerness to sell voters on their Christianity, Obama and McCain have forgotten one critical fact: you cannot truly practice what Jesus taught and be successful in politics. After all, it was the politicians of his day who killed Jesus.

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Obama On Newsweek Cover: Finding His Faith

Newsweek | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

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In 1981 Barack Obama was 20 years old, a Columbia University student in search of the meaning of life. He was torn a million different ways: between y...

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