The Postmillennial President
At this morning's National Prayer Breakfast, President Obama made clear just how pure a postmillennialist Midwestern mainline Protestant he is.He spoke of how we as individuals acting in community...
View ArticleObama Campaign Taps Young Adviser, Michael Wear, for Faith Outreach
President Obama's re-election campaign has tapped a 23-year-old executive assistant in the White House faith-based office to head up its outreach to religious communities.Michael R. Wear, who has...
View ArticleRomney Learns How to Talk to Evangelicals
It's no wonder that Mitt Romney won plaudits from evangelical bigwigs for his commencement speech at Liberty University on Saturday. It showed he's learned how to talk to them--or at least, learned to...
View ArticlePolls on 'Religious Influence' Say More About The Media Than Religion
For over half a century, Gallup has been asking Americans whether they think the influence of religion is increasing or decreasing in the U.S., posing the intriguing question of what the results...
View ArticlePrivacy Isn’t What It Used to Be
On Slate, Emily Bazelon laments her colleagues’ lack of outrage at the revelations of the National Security Agency’s vacuuming up of data on what all of us are doing. In the New York Times, Ross...
View ArticleWelcome to New England, Tim
Now that you’re joining the Patriots, I’d like to offer you a few pointers on your new regional home. I realize that, to someone from the deep South, this may seem like just another part of Yankeedom,...
View ArticleThe LGBT Gap, By Religion
We all know that when it comes to the acceptance of LGBT folks, religions differ. But what the religions communicate, and how the people in the pews actually feel, are not the same.In a word, the rank...
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