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October 28, 2011 - The Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Sun: The state of North American evangelicalism
The North American media seem obsessed with evangelical Protestants. Except for the occasional article about Pope Benedict XVI, evangelicals tend to be the dominant religion news makers. After all, evangelicals are often controversial.
October 27, 2011 - The Huffington Post
Huff. Post: Romney, Dawkins, and the 6th Article of the Constitution
Richard Dawkins was invited on September 30 to Miami by the University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences. Dawkins, one of the most renowned evolutionary biologists in the world, and one of the most active science preachers of modern times, came to present The Magic of Reality, his most recent book (which also comes in a beautiful iPad version).
October 26, 2011 - Religion News Service
RNS: Activists bemoan low priority given to religious freedom
Religious freedom advocates on Wednesday (Oct. 26) lamented America’s failure to protect the faithful abroad, saying things have gotten worse, not better, since the issue first gained traction more than a decade ago
October 25, 2011 - The Jewish Weekly
Jewish Weekly: Opinion: How many U.S. Jews, and who cares?
The last national Jewish population study, done in 2000-2001, was pretty much a disaster.
October 25, 2011 - Catholic Online
Catholic Online: 'Liberal' Muslims support 'gay rights' movement?
Born in Malaysia, the 49-year-old singer-songwriter and organization cofounder said, "the community we are building is very different from most of the mosques you would walk into.
October 24, 2011 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Church's pride in Cain outweighs differences
Where it matters most — down in the soul — Herman Cain is one of them. Always will be.
October 24, 2011 - National Catholic Reporter
Catholic Reporter: New survey offers portrait of U.S. Catholics
Our research team has now carried out the fifth survey of American Catholics.
October 24, 2011 - National Catholic Reporter
Catholic Reporter: What is core to American Catholics in 2011
The term “cafeteria Catholic” has been used for many years to refer to the fact that Catholics tend to selectively prioritize certain aspects of Catholic theology and tradition while seeing other strands as comparatively less important to the practice of Catholicism.
October 21, 2011 - Time
Time: The de facto religious test in presidential politics
Officially, the United States has no religious test for elected officials.
October 20, 2011 - The Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle: Faith and science: Can we find common ground?
Faith and science. For centuries, the two domains have intersected, diverged, conflicted and co-existed.
October 19, 2011 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Mitt Romney takes on Mormon ‘cult’ comments and the religious test for office
It was only a few seconds, but at Tuesday night’s debate, Republican presidential hopeful (and Mormon) Mitt Romney gave some of his most extensive religious comments yet of the 2012 presidential campaign, saying, “That idea that we should choose people based on their religion is the one that I find to be most troubling.”
October 19, 2011 - NPR
NPR: U.S. Hispanics choose churches outside Catholicism
As their numbers grow, Latinos are not only changing where and how they worship; they're also beginning to affect the larger Christian faith.
October 19, 2011 - The Huffington Post
Huff. Post: Muslim scholars issue fatwa declaring no conflict between Islamic law and U.S. Constitution
Islamic scholars tired of conservative charges that Muslims in the United States constitute a radical fifth column bent on subverting American values and obligated by their religion to launch jihadist terror attacks are fighting back by issuing a fatwa.
October 19, 2011 - Catholic Culture
Catholic Culture: Needed: a sense of urgency about religious freedom in US foreign policy
Not a single Christian church remains standing in Afghanistan.
October 19, 2011 - The Jewish Week
Jewish Week: Examining America's religious landscape
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey of the American Religious Landscape is more than three years old and, because of its size and cost, won't be updated for another two years, but it remains an important reference source and worth taking a look at.
October 18, 2011 - ABC News
ABC News: Is the Tea Party a Religious Movement? ‘Anthem’ Invokes God, Judgment Day
If there’s an anthem for the Tea Party, it’s Krista Branch’s song “I am America,” her fans say.
October 17, 2011 - The Boston Globe
Boston Globe: Nonbelievers striving for humanist connections
On a recent Sunday, as millions of Americans met to celebrate their belief in God, 18 people met in Harvard Square to celebrate their lack of religious conviction.
October 14, 2011 - CNN
CNN: Pray for the President? Yes thou shalt
Republican presidential contender Rick Perry recently urged social conservatives to pray for President Barack Obama.
October 11, 2011 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: The cult of anti-Mormonism
Here's some advice for Republican candidates appearing at Tuesday's presidential debate at Dartmouth College.
October 09, 2011 - The Heritage Foundation
Heritage Foundation: Religious freedom and a pastor in Iran
The world recognized an international symbol of the hunger for political freedom in the summer of 2009 when a young Iranian woman, Neda Agha-Soltan, was fatally shot during the Tehran uprising.
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