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Does the Left Understand the Faithful?

Peter Henne | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Progressive Christianity, Salazar v. Buono, Evangelical Christians, Barack Obama Religion, Evangelical Vote, Barack Obama Christian, Religion and Politics, Obama Evangelicals, Separation of Church and State, Barack Obama, Politics News
Peter Henne

Progressive Christians will never whole-heartedly embrace Democrats as long we feel the need to justify our faith during waves of Left-Right tensions over religious symbols.

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Down with Demonology: The Left Can Do Better

Nancy Wadsworth | Posted 10.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: Politics, Racism, Left Wing, Right Wing, Tea Party Protests, Monster, Evangelical Christians, Religion, Fox News, Denver News
Nancy Wadsworth

In my division at DU of over 70 professors, I can count the number of tenure-track faculty of color on one hand. In DU's service and maintenance position ranks, the demographics are reversed.

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Say It Ain't So

Donna Scott | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Clergy Abuse, Sarah Palin Book, Clergy Abuse of Women, Lynn Vincent, Evangelical Christians, Sarah Palin, James Carville, WORLD Magazine, Palin Lynn Vincent, Same Kind of Different, Politics News
Donna Scott

In a time where too few journalists try to tackle subjects that are controversial, Lynn Vincent is a bit of a maverick. Lynn is witty, funny, and like it or not, evangelical. And she's co-authoring Sarah Palin's new book.

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Do You Rock With Jesus?

Brandon Mendelson | Posted 10.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Religion, Christian Right, SUNY Potsdam, Evangelical Christians, Jesus, Religous Right, Comedy News
Brandon Mendelson

Trooper, Slightly Imperfect, Pablo, The Dirty Italian, and I were forced to go to a “Transfer Orientation” a day after arriving at SUNY Po...

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America Needs A True Revolution Of Values

David A. Love | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fundamentalism, Evangelical Christians, United Nations, Secession, Green, Green Business, Obama, Health Insurance, Green Energy, Fundamentalists, Fascism, Tax Day Tea Party, Values Voters, Mike Huckabee, Values, Green Technology, Republican Party, Health Care, Tea Party, Carrie Prejean, Jim Demint, Fascist, Environmentalism, Christian Right, Green Living, Barack Obama, Values Voters Summit, Michele Bachmann, Martin Luther King, Family Values, Health Care Reform, Environment, Green News, Value Voters Summit, Bill O'Reilly, Healthcare, Republicans, Marvin Gaye, Politics News
David A. Love

Who made Carrie Prejean and Mike Huckabee the experts on values? What can Sen. Jim DeMint, Bill O'Reilly or Rep. Michele Bachmann teach me on the subject?

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Roots of Right-Wing Populist Rage -- Reds to Beds

Chip Berlet | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Homosexuality, Values Voters, Populism, Family Values, Evangelical Christians, Sociology, Anti-Abortion, Christian Right, Right Wing, Right-Wing Populism, Sex Education, Politics News
Chip Berlet

There are tens of millions of conservative Christian evangelicals who read, watch, or hear crazy messages on a weekly basis. Stop laughing and start organizing.

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A Middle East Peace for Americans

Amjad Atallah | Posted 09.23.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Evangelical Christians, Arab-Americans, United Nations, Israel, Muslim-Americans, Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jewish-Americans, Tri-Lateral Meeting, Letter in Support of a Comprehensive Middle East Peace, World News
Amjad Atallah

Obama's struggle for Middle East peace, through an end to the occupation, can actually end up being another unifying factor among diverse groups of Americans.

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Roots of Right Wing Populist Rage -- Realignment

Chip Berlet | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Christian Right, Right Wing, Populism, Evangelical Christians, Right-Wing Populism, Sociology, Politics News
Chip Berlet

It is neither accurate nor useful to see the current Right wing as one gigantic top-down, corporate run, astroturf, revolt of ignorant wingnuts.

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Teaching to the Choir on Marriage

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Teen Pregnancy, Marriage, Birth Control, Christian Right, Teen Sex, Evangelical Christians, Sex Education, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

Opposing sex is such a losing battle that some advocates are proposing, if not an actual retreat, at least an advance in a new direction.

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Irving Kristol's Alliance With Anti-Semites

Max Blumenthal | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Jerry Falwell, Jews, Conservatives, Evangelical Christians, Irving Kristol, Christian Right, Israel, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News
Max Blumenthal

The story of one of Kristol's most momentous maneuvers, the brokering of a tactical alliance between Jewish neoconservatives and openly anti-Semitic evangelicals, has been omitted from his obituaries.

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Top Ten Ways to Convince the Muslims We're On a Crusade

Chris Rodda | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Religion and the Military, Religion, Iraq, Evangelical Christians, Mikey Weinstein, Afghanistan, Politics News
Chris Rodda

A former White House counsel discovered that the harassment his sons faced as Jewish cadets was far from an isolated problem, but part of the fundamentalist Christian takeover of the Air Force Academy.

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Health Care Reform is the New Gay Marriage

Morgan Warners | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Tea Bag Parties, Tax Day Tea Party, Modernity, Tea Bag, Tea Baggers, Tea Party, Tea Bagging, Gay Rights, Evangelical Christians, Economy, Christianity, Globalization, Gay, Gay Marriage, Health Care Town Halls, Town Hall Debate, Tea Party Protests, Town Hall Debate Reaction, Town Halls, Town Hall Meetings, Media News
Morgan Warners

Gay marriage and our increasingly obvious interconnectedness present threats to traditions and ways of doing things that many of us think should change. In that regard, health reform is the new gay marriage.

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Republican Mobs Stirrng The Pot Until It Boils Over

Wayne Besen | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Dick Armey, Nazis, Conservatives, Evangelical Christians, Pakistan, Dr. Michael Brown, Town Halls, Health Care Reform, Republican Party, Health Care, Sarah Palin, Rwanda, Politics News
Wayne Besen

Americans are human beings, just like everyone else. The notion that what we say does not matter "because it could never happen here" is jingoistic foolishness.

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Sleeping Versus Converting: Some Thoughts

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 09.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: South Africa, Christianity, New York Times, Napping, Missionaries, Evangelical Christians, Sleep Deprivation, My Dad., Sleep, Comedy News
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

If you're thinking of converting to Christianity and possibly harming other people as a result, maybe take a nap instead. On the other hand, if you are sleeping away your life because you are depressed, try becoming a Christian.

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Gay America's Afternoon in the White House

Tom Gregory | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Family Values, Equal Rights, Sally Kern, Doma, President Obama, Evangelical Christians, Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, Politics News
Tom Gregory

At Monday's address, President Obama renewed thin promises while asking for patience. There was no message indicating that homophobia is the problem, not homosexuals.

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Iran and America: The Spirit of 1908

John Ghazvinian | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

Read More: Constitutional Revolution, Iran, 1908, Iranian Revolution, Iran Election, Russia, Britain, Twitter, Shah of Iran, Evangelical Christians, Cossacks, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Federalist Papers, Barack Obama, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Morgan Shuster, Islamic Republic of Iran, Basij, Regime Change, Middle East, Iran Protests, Protest, Tehran, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ayatollah Khomeini, Tea Party, World News
John Ghazvinian

Is 101 years a bit far to go back to help us understand what's happening today? Not in Iran.

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Christian Belief Through the Lens of Cognitive Science: Part 2 of 6

Valerie Tarico | Posted 06.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Christianity, Brain Science, Cognitive Psychology, Psychology of Belief, Evangelical Christians, Living News
Valerie Tarico

If dogs had a god, God would be a dog; if horses had a god, God would be a horse. Not all human gods or magical beings have human bodies, but they do, however, have human psyches -- minds with quirks and limitations that are peculiar to our species.

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Classic Cartoons, As Rewritten by an Evangelical

Greg Boose | Posted 06.30.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Scooby Doo, Thundercats, Smurfs, The Jetsons, Inspector Gadget, Evangelical Christians, He-Man, Comedy News
Greg Boose

He-Man has a new mission and Smurfette has been reformed.

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Explaining The Nation's Non-Reaction To Gay Marriage

Dan Pashman | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jerry Falwell, Gay Rights, Evangelical Christians, Christian Broadcasting Network, Christian Right, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Pat Robertson, Politics News
Dan Pashman

As people start to see that New England hasn't turned into Sodom and Gomorrah, they're becoming more comfortable with the notion of same-sex marriage.

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Green News Report - May 14, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Pesticides, Evangelical Christians, Epa, Green News, Religious Right, Glenn Beck, Climate Change, Climate Legislation, Green News Report, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

In Today's Audio Report: Zombie lies that just won't die; EPA bans pesticide in U.S.; Just whose side is God on in the climate legislation debate?

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Who Would Jesus Torture?

Phil Zuckerman | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Atheists, Torture, Evangelical Christians, Politics News
Phil Zuckerman

What's the deal? I thought Christians were into things like mercy, love, and forgiveness. Not water-boarding. I just don't recall the "Thou Shalt Torture" passages in the New Testament.

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US Soldiers in Afghanistan Told to "Hunt People for Jesus... So We Get Them into the Kingdom" (Video)

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

Read More: Bible, Military Chaplain, Bagram, Evangelical Christians, Afghanistan, Christianity, Lieutenant-Colonel Gary Hensley, Al Jazeera, Breaking News, Afghanistan War, Evangelicals, William Boykin, Video, World News
Jeremy Scahill

Trying to convert Muslims to any other faith is a crime in Afghanistan. The fact that the video footage is being broadcast on Al Jazeera guarantees that it will be seen throughout the Muslim world.

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Going Nuclear: Young Christians Redefine Evangelical Politics

Rev. Tyler Wigg-Stevenson | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Christian Youth, Evangelical Christians, Evangelicals, Jesusland, Politics News
Rev. Tyler Wigg-Stevenson

Political divisions based on the left-right seating plan of human legislatures never did lend itself to good cartography for the kingdom of God.

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Army Chief of Chaplains Promotes Ministry That Called Navy Secretary Satanic

Chris Rodda | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Religion and the Military, Religion, US Military, Douglas Carver, Evangelical Christians, Mikey Weinstein, Jon Kyl, Evangelicals, Politics News
Chris Rodda

According to past ADOF newsletters, the promotion of this ministry to the military chaplaincies has been a regular occurrence each spring by both the Air Force and the Army.

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Does Evangelical Giving Do the World Good?

Valerie Tarico | Posted 05.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Generosity, Evangelical Christians, Altruism, Freethought, Good Works, Volunteering, Missionary, Christian, Living News
Valerie Tarico

When a person's altruistic impulses are directed toward winning converts, it is valid to ask whether they are actually serving human well-being or simply serving a mind virus.

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