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June 23, 2011 - Religious Dispatches Magazine
RD Magazine: Seven-in-Heaven Way, Hybrid Pope, & “Chrislam”
NBC apologized over the weekend for editing out “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance in a promotional video during golf’s U.S. Open.
June 22, 2011 - CNN
CNN: U.S. evangelicals gloomy about future, 'global south' optimistic, study finds
Half the world's evangelical Protestant leaders are optimistic about the future, confident that evangelical Christians have an increasing influence in their countries and that things will be better for them in five years.
June 22, 2011 - Voice of America
VOA: Evangelical leaders see secularism as greater threat than Islam
Despite many who have criticized Islam, Evangelical leaders around the world say they do not see Muslims as as much of a threat to their faith as secularism and popular culture.
June 22, 2011 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Global evangelical surprises: women pastors in, prosperity gospel out
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has just released its Global Survey of Evangelical Protestant Leaders. This study is very important because evangelicalism is changing rapidly around the world and the consequences of this not only for world religions, but also world politics, are potentially enormous.
June 22, 2011 - Reuters
Reuters: Evangelicals split on faith's influence: survey
Christian evangelicals' influence is seen waning in developed countries, while the faith's future is bright in the developing world, a survey of evangelical church leaders concluded on Wednesday.
June 22, 2011 - Religion News Service
RNS: Evangelicals see declining influence in U.S.
Are U.S. evangelicals losing their influence on America? A new poll released Wednesday (June 22) from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life seems to say just that, with the vast majority -- 82 percent -- of U.S. evangelical leaders saying their influence on the country is declining.
June 22, 2011 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Global evangelical leaders: church declining in North, surging in South
A new survey out today reflects a potentially massive, important chasm growing within evangelical Protestantism – between those in the Northern (and largely more developed) parts of the world and those in the South (largely less developed, but rapidly changing).
June 17, 2011 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Crisis pregnancy group reflects Jewish divide on abortion
Saraleah was 19 and a part-time student when she discovered she was pregnant.
June 15, 2011 - The Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle: Southern Baptists adopt ‘Gospel response’ toward undocumented immigrants
On Wednesday, the Southern Baptist Convention adopted a resolution supporting government efforts to provide paths to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and pledged that churches work toward just treatment of people regardless of legal status, Baptist News reported.
June 14, 2011 - Religion News Service
RNS: Crisis pregnancy group reflects Jewish divide on abortion
Saraleah was 19 and a part-time student when she discovered she was pregnant.
June 13, 2011 - Courier-Journal
Courier-Journal: Hindus engage all the senses
Sunday’s grand re-inauguration of the Hindu Temple of Kentucky — story and photos here — was a full experience for the senses.
June 07, 2011 - The Daily Star
Daily Star: Opinion: Americans must give their Muslim brethren a break
Muslim Americans deserve a break. There are as many as 6-8 million Muslims living in the United States, where they have been contributing to the country as doctors, engineers, artists, actors and professionals.
June 03, 2011 - The Jewish Daily Forward
Daily Forward: The poverty of riches
In April, we learned that the poorest municipality in the country by income is Kiryas Joel, the Satmar Hasidic hamlet in Orange County, New York.
June 02, 2011 - The Independent
The Independent: America's first Mormon president?
A statue of the angel Moroni gazes triumphantly over Salt Lake City. Covered in gold leaf and clutching a bugle, he glistens amid an identikit cluster of skyscrapers and fast-food outlets of Utah's largest metropolis.
June 02, 2011 - The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune: Mormons talk policy and more at Obama White House
If the White House could ensure that gay marriage would not lead to requiring the LDS Church to allow same-sex weddings in its temples, that would go a long way toward allaying Mormon fears.
June 02, 2011 - The Huffington Post
Huff. Post: Republican presidential candidates to address Evangelical Christians at Faith and Freedom Coalition
When the Faith and Freedom Coalition kicks off its annual conference on Friday with a who's who lineup of conservative political speakers, it will be a coming out for a little-known organization aiming to become a powerful new force of the religious right.
June 02, 2011 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Republicans hope to spark political revival among evangelicals for 2012 race
Is it possible to revive the evangelical political movement into the potent voting bloc it once was?
June 02, 2011 - CNN
CNN: Is America ready for a Mormon president?
Mitt Romney’s campaign team knows that his Mormon faith scared off Republican voters the last time he ran for president. But they believe a lot has changed in the last four years.
June 02, 2011 - The Huffington Post
Huff. Post: Pope Benedict XVI on 'Today' show: Religious leader tells Americans to 'Continue the faith in Christ'
Speaking for just a few seconds as he greeted television host Matt Lauer on during Thursday's broadcast of NBC's "Today" show, Pope Benedict XVI had this message for Americans: "Confidence in God, continue the faith in Christ."
May 18, 2011 - The Jewish Week
The Jewish Week: Jewish secularism’s moment
Nearly 50 years ago, Time magazine, in a report about Jewish opposition to “religious practices” in public schools, described a rise in Jewish secularism that disturbed some leaders of the American Jewish community.
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