Barack Obama Religion

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

Chris Rodda | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics


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.

Obama's speech bridges the Abrahamic faiths

Greg Barrett | Posted 06.04.2009 | World


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...

Obama's Catholic Baptism By Fire

James Rotondi | Posted 05.19.2009 | Politics


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.

Weekly Churchgoers Are Down With Obama

CBN | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics


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:...

Obama Creates Advisory Council On Faith

CBN News | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics


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...

This Is My Land

Nica Lalli | Posted 01.30.2009 | Living


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.

Rick Warren Did Not Make Me a Believer

Disgrasian | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics


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.

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

Eric Shutt | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics


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.

Barack Obama and the (progressive) Religious Revival

Paul Raushenbush | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics


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...

Obama Brings In Faith Groups To Help Craft Policy

US News & World Report | Posted 12.31.2008 | Politics


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

Pastor and Servants?

Chez Pazienza | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics


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.

Where Will The Obamas Worship? (PICTURES)

The Huffington Post | Willow Lindley | Posted 11.18.2008 | Living


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...

The Incredible Shrinking God Gap

Steven Waldman | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics


Steven Waldman

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

The Pro-God Parts of America

Steven Waldman | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics


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.

My Personal 'Faith Priorities' for this Election

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics


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.

Poll: Obama More "Friendly To Religion" Than McCain

CBN | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics


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...

Obama Rolls Out Faith-Based Merchandise

BeliefNet | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics


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...

Multinationalism and the US Presidency: A Personal Story

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics


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.

The Divided States of America: One Nation Under Two Gods

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics


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.

Back in the Saddle(back)

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 08.14.2008 | Politics


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.

Poll: Obama Leads Among Christians

Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics


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

New McCain Ad Implies Obama is the Anti-Christ?

Mara Vanderslice | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics


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.

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

Matthew Weiner and Travis Rejman | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics


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?

Who Would Jesus Vote For?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics


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.

Obama On Newsweek Cover: Finding His Faith

Newsweek | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics


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...