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

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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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1% Of Voters Think Obama Is Jewish

TNR | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

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The latest Pew Poll (in which Barack Obama leads John McCain 48-40) asks registered voters what religion they think Barack Obama is. Only 57% say that...

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Zanesville On Obama's Faith-Based Initiatives: Thanks But No Thanks

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home

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Secular Democrats don't like Obama's faith-based plans any more than church leaders do. "Cut out the Jesus part?" one asks me. "I don't think so!"

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Obama, God And Governance

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 07.08.2008 | Home

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Through his unabashed Christian faith, Obama is redefining the American Dream. His vision is one of individual freedom but tempered by obligation. Obama is pious and he is going to put us on a national diet.

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Obama's Religious Outreach Group Runs Into Trademark Issue

CBN | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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The Obama Campaign will not be using the name, "Joshua Generation" after all. In their attempt to reach out to younger faith voters, that WAS going to...

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Christian Group Wants Obama To Be Known As "The Abortion President"

CBN | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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Oh my. The fight against Barack Obama on abortion has officially begun. The Christian Defense Coalition, who are known to shock folks from time to tim...

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Poll: McCain And Obama Tied Among Catholics

Time | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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Douglas Kmiec is the kind of Catholic voter the GOP usually doesn't have to think twice about. The Pepperdine law professor and former Reagan Justice ...

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Obama's Outreach To Christian Left

Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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Obama's high-profile speech on religion was only one part of his effort to bring evangelicals over to the Democratic party, CNN reports: Obama's ou...

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Obama's Faith-Based Plan

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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My relationship with the Bush White House ended after my public criticism of the path to war in Iraq. Yet I continued to support the idea and promise of the faith-based initiative.

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The Conspicuous Silence At The Heart Of Obama's Patriotism Speech

John Lumea | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home

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Attacks on Obama's patriotism fueled by fear-mongering speculation about his religious faith demand a vigorous defense of patriotism on First Amendment grounds. That's not what we got this week.

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Obama Vows To Expand Bush's Faith-Based Programs

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

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** UPDATE BELOW: OBAMA CAMPAIGN REJECTS AP REPORT ** CHICAGO — Reaching out to evangelical voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Oba...

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How Obama Can Reach Out To Muslims (Without Hurting His Campaign)

Boston Globe | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

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Last week, two Muslim women in headscarves were moved from their seats behind Senator Barack Obama's stage where they would have been visible on video...

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Stephen Mansfield's "Internet Mugging"

Chris Rodda | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

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While I've lambasted Stephen Mansfield for his regurgitation of Christian nationalist American history lies in his book, I now find myself in the peculiar position of defending him a bit.

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Democrats Were Never Anti-Religious

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home

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The right wing evangelical agenda was never a quest for freedom; it was a quest to deny it to others. This year might see significant political, and yes, spiritual growth among the evangelical voting population

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Obama's "Cultural Issues" At Play in Chicago

Christine Escobar | Posted 06.05.2008 | Home

Supporters of Fr. Pflegler believe street-level advocates bring about the change Obama speaks so eloquently about. To turn away from that in the face of shoddy criticism seems to second guess their work.

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Unforced Error: Obama as San Fran Liberal Elitist

David Paul Kuhn | Posted 04.13.2008 | Politics

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Obama has stood by his "bitter" remark, stating there are "a whole bunch of folks in small towns" who "feel like they have been left behind." That is true. But that's not the issue now haunting his bid for the presidency.

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Obama Exclusive (Audio): On V.P And Foreign Policy, Courting the Working Class, and Hard-Pressed Pennsylvanians

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 04.11.2008 | Home

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Here is the full audio from Senator Barack Obama's fundraiser hosted at a home in Pacific Heights, San Francisco on Sunday, April 6, 2008.

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Obama: No Surprise That Hard-Pressed Pennsylvanians Turn Bitter

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 04.11.2008 | Home

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Obama tells Californians it's natural that the economically disenfranchised heartland turns to guns, religion, and xenophobia.

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