Evangelicals

Sneak Peak: Obama's Outreach To Young Evangelicals

David Brody | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

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In early August, the Obama campaign will launch a new effort aimed at bringing young Evangelicals together in support of Barack Obama. This effort was...

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James Dobson's Toilet Politics

Christine Wicker | Posted 07.22.2008 | Home

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Christine Wicker

How does a transvestite go to the toilet? I don't mean anatomically. I mean locationally, as in to which bathroom? I never thought about it until Focus on the Family began battling Colorado's new anti-discrimination bill.

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Evangelical Sheep? Don't Count On That

Christine Wicker | Posted 07.14.2008 | Home

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Christine Wicker

One out of four Americans identifies as evangelical. A recent Pew survey of their opinions, however, found a diversity that should give political pundits pause and fuel Obama's efforts to woo them.

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Why I'm Not Writing That Check to Obama Today

Gloria Feldt | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

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Gloria Feldt

Looking at his statements about abortion in the big picture, Obama's character begins to appear as someone who is quick to deflect, demur, defer to his challengers.

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David Barton: Bobby Jindal is "One of the Really Cool Guys"

Chris Rodda | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

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Chris Rodda

Since Barton came on the scene in the late 1980s, his mythical version of American history has been employed by members of Congress with disturbing frequency, often finding its way into legislation

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Dobson and Obama: Who is 'Deliberately Distorting'?

Jim Wallis | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

James Dobson is insinuating himself into this presidential campaign, and his attacks against his fellow Christian, Barack Obama, should be seriously scrutinized.

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Jim Wallis, Evangelical Leader, Defends Obama, Rips Dobson

Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

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Greg Mitchell

Wallis says, "Dobson and Minnery's language is simply inappropriate for religious leaders to use in an already divisive political environment."

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Screw the Evangelical Vote!

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

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Ian Gurvitz

How did this country become so colossally retarded? Sure, there will always be the lunatic fringe, but they belong on the fringe -- not playing host to presidential candidates.

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Obama, Mathew, and Joshua

Bob Ostertag | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

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Bob Ostertag

Obama's campaign is launching a grassroots effort, tentatively called Joshua Generation, with plans to hold concerts and house meetings targeted at young evangelicals and Catholics.

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Religious Right 'Caught Off Guard' By Obama's Evangelical Outreach

Washington Post | Daniel Burke | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

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With the Democratic presidential nomination in his grasp, Sen. Barack Obama is making a full-throttle push for centrist evangelicals and Catholics. I...

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The Coming Storm (or, why McCain as Nominee is Great for Democrats)

Mike Stark | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics

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Mike Stark

After chewing on the situation, I decided recently to ask McCain a question about fidelity. The first reason has to do with raw politics. The second is McCain is already on thin ice with evangelicals.

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McCain The Cad: A Study in Republican Hypocrisy and Why Obama Will (or Should) Win the Family Values Vote

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

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Frank Schaeffer

Evangelicals will have to reach a new level of hypocrisy to support McCain. The military code states you never leave a comrade behind -- but that's exactly what he did to his wounded and disfigured wife.

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The Religious Right vs. Every Day Christians

R.T. Eby | Posted 06.08.2008 | Home

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R.T. Eby

Some televangelists come into so much money and notoriety that it corrupts them. History is filled with similarly corrupted leaders. In my little church, we are not power brokers. We are Christians.

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Evangelism and the Olympics

Monroe Price | Posted 06.04.2008 | Media

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Monroe Price

In the really vigorous competition to use the Olympics as an opportunity for persuasion, one sector to watch involves outside Christian missionaries.

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McCain's Pastor Problem

Sarah Posner | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

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Sarah Posner

Bush, Cheney, and their band of neoconservative outlaws who led us into one catastrophic war and might lead us into another are pleased to have these faith-based cheerleaders on the sidelines.

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We Get It -- The Joke, That Is

David Roberts | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

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David Roberts

grist.orgYou may be aware that last week a group of conservative evangelicals launched the "We Get It!" campaign, arguing against action on ...

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The Evangelical Swing Vote

Christine Wicker | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics

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Christine Wicker

The swing-vote evangelicals are three to five times as numerous as evangelicals who toe the Religious Right political line. Who says? The evangelicals themselves.

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Young Evangelicals Abandoning GOP Over Iraq, Economy

Seattle Times | Posted 05.11.2008 | Politics

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Michael Dudley is the son of a preacher man. He's a born-again Christian with two family members in the military. He grew up in the Bible Belt, where...

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McCain Didn't Need to Rap Obama to Relax Evangelicals

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

No matter how much saber rattling evangelical leaders do against McCain, they are still Republicans, and even the worst Republican by their standard is better than a Democrat.

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Expelled: Ben Stein's Fall from Disgrace... to... Something Even Lower

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

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Jeff Dorchen

Ben Stein is the face of Creationism in the new movie Expelled, which is about how "Big Science" is robbing radical geniuses of their rightful rewards.

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Gains for the Democrats Among Evangelicals

Tony Campolo | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

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Tony Campolo

Given their broadened agendas, younger Evangelicals are finding the Democrats, and especially Barack Obama, more on their wavelength as the 2008 election approaches.

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Jesus for President, a Review for Atheists -- Part 2: God's Story

Zack Exley | Posted 04.01.2008 | Home

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Zack Exley

A Bible-based world view isn't about rolling society back to the year -3000, but it is about re-applying, through community, some of those ancient values to the complexity of the present day.

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Obama Provides A Way for the Evangelicals to Redeem Themselves -- Following the Bush Disaster They Foisted on the Rest Of Us

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

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Frank Schaeffer

The least evangelicals can do is denounce the hate mongers and liars and demand that Obama is given the courtesy of a fair shake.

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Blab It, Grab It: Why Evangelicals are Finally as Mad as Hell

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 03.25.2008 | Home

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Karen Dalton-Beninato

McCain is walking into the buzzsaw of denouncing the evangelical community again. Walking away this time is going to be more difficult than he anticipates.

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Leading "Christians" Have Crucified Jesus The Real Jesus Should Be Resurrected This Easter

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 03.20.2008 | Living

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Robert S. McElvaine

The Christian Holy Week provides an opportune moment for looking at how the names "Christianity" and "Jesus" have been stolen by people who preach and do the opposite of what Jesus taught.

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