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April 06, 2012 - KSPR
KSPR: Religious "reverts" return to religious groups across the country and ozarks
They're not "converts," they're "reverts."  Nationwide more and more people are returning to the religions they abandoned as children, and religious groups are recognizing and taking advantage of the trend.
April 06, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Reviving faith by 'taking up serpents'
This year's Easter service at the Tabernacle Church of God in La Follette, Tenn., will include many of the holiday's traditional rituals, like Holy Communion and footwashing.
April 05, 2012 - The Christian Broadcasting Network
CBN: Prison chaplains: faith key to rehabilitation
Prison chaplains say religious programs are the key to rehabilitating inmates, according to a new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
April 05, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Do you have faith in the media?
A visiting Martian might be forgiven for thinking that Americans care more about the religion of prospective presidential candidates than they do about the economy, the environment, health care, or even space travel.
April 05, 2012 - News & Record
News & Record: Opinion: A shift in black attitudes on gay marriage?
I found it interesting in our interview with Democrats Earl Jones and Marcus Brandon this week that both men readily expressed opposition to the proposed anti-gay marriage amendment in North Carolina.
April 05, 2012 - NPR
NPR: Family ties to Marriott heirs pay off for Romney
Mitt Romney has been far and away the best-funded of the Republicans running for president. In addition to his own campaign chest, he has the wealthiest superPAC backing him, Restore Our Future.
April 05, 2012 - USA Today
USA Today: 'Reverts' return to their childhood religions
Bruce Boling will celebrate Easter Sunday this weekend among Southern Baptists, just as he did when he prayed at a tiny Kentucky church where his family filled half the pews.
April 04, 2012 - Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service: Extremism, conversions common in prison
A survey of about half of the nation's state prison chaplains found a majority believes religious extremism among prisoners is fairly common, though they say that is related more to racial or religious intolerance than posing any threat to prison security.
April 03, 2012 - CNN
CNN: Muslim voters could swing election, report finds
The number of Muslims in the United States is tiny - less than one in 100 Americans - but their votes could sway the results of the presidential election in November, a new study says.
March 27, 2012 - The Daily News
Daily News: Bibles behind bars
In a jail setting where tempers can flare and tensions run high, religious services often soothe hostilities.
March 27, 2012 - Bloomberg News
Bloomberg: Cuba dismisses calls for political change during pope’s visit
Cuba’s government ruled out political change in the communist island as Pope Benedict XVI, who is visiting the country, urged them to look for alternatives to Marxism and said he was praying for those people who’ve been denied freedoms.
March 27, 2012 - LiveScience
LiveScience: Religious extremism in U.S. prisons
Turns out, religion is even bustling behind bars, according to a survey of prison chaplains in all 50 U.S. states by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life.
March 27, 2012 - The Dallas Morning News
Dallas Morning News: Opinion: Texas faith: Is there too much "God talk" in politics?
Two weeks ago, Wayne Slater posed a question about how much of a candidate's religious views the public is entitled to know. This week, let's take a different look at this issue.
March 26, 2012 - The Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle: Religion behind bars
For several years, I taught general humanities courses – literature, philosophy, history – in a university program offered to inmates in a Texas state prison facility in Rosharon, Texas. Students in the prison earned bachelor or master degrees in humanities from University of Houston-Clear Lake.
March 26, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Politicians giving religion a bad name
Religion in the 2012 presidential election is the topic that will launch a thousand PhD theses.
March 25, 2012 - The Daily Vidette
Daily Vidette: Religion an important factor in Ill. Republican primary
Religious affiliation and worship attendance among voters were some of the factors that affected Mitt Romney’s victory in the Illinois Republican primary.
March 23, 2012 - The Christian Post
Christian Post: Poll: most Americans think church should stay out of politics
A poll released this week found that 54percent of Americans think churches should steer clear of politics. The number was even higher among Catholics, with 60 percent saying that churches should keep out of political issues entirely.
March 23, 2012 - Religion News Service
RNS: Study offers view of religious life behind prison walls
Behind high prison walls and rolls of barbed wire, Muslim and pagan inmates are most likely to have extreme religious views and be the least assisted by religious volunteers.
March 23, 2012 - Catholic World News
Catholic World News: US Catholics grown more skeptical of Obama on religious-freedom issue
A new survey shows a “noticeable shift” in the opinions of American Catholics regarding the Obama administration’s position on religious freedom.
March 22, 2012 - Deseret News
Deseret News: New survey of prison chaplains shines light on religious life in jail
Four out of 10 state prison chaplains say religious extremism is somewhat or very common in the correctional facilities where they work, according to a survey released today by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
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