Change Believers can Believe In? Obama's Leap of Faith
Can Obama's Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships be what he calls the "moral center" of his administration?
Can Obama's Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships be what he calls the "moral center" of his administration?
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...
TNR | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
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...
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home
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!"
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 07.08.2008 | Home
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.
CBN | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics
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...
CBN | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics
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...
Time | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics
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 ...
Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics
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...
Jim Wallis | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics
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.
John Lumea | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home
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.
AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
** UPDATE BELOW: OBAMA CAMPAIGN REJECTS AP REPORT ** CHICAGO — Reaching out to evangelical voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Oba...
Boston Globe | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics
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...
Chris Rodda | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics
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.
Leonce Gaiter | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home
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
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.
David Paul Kuhn | Posted 04.13.2008 | Politics
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.
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 04.11.2008 | Home
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.
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 04.11.2008 | Home
Obama tells Californians it's natural that the economically disenfranchised heartland turns to guns, religion, and xenophobia.
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Matthew Weiner and Travis Rejman | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics