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November 08, 2011 - Time
Time: For black conservatism, the right time and the wrong candidate
Herman Cain’s improbable rise to the top of Republican presidential primary polls — and the prospect that two black men, including an incumbent, could compete head-on for the White House next year — should be proof that American politics has moved beyond race.
November 07, 2011 - The Holland Sentinel
Holland Sentinel: Skeptics in the Pub offers place for questioners
Growing up in Zeeland in the 1970s, it was simply common knowledge that Sundays were not for play.
November 04, 2011 - Deseret News
Deseret News: Conversion: Most American adults have changed faith
The little red church David Hansen and his wife attended when they moved to Virginia was an obvious choice, at first.
October 29, 2011 - The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadephia Inquirer: 5 Bucks churches try service instead of services
For about 1,700 years, "going to church" has mostly meant warming the pews.
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 - 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 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 07, 2011 - The Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune: Naperville not putting out welcome mat for Islamic religious center
For years, HOPE United Church of Christ advertised on its front lawn plans to build a church on 14 acres it owned just southwest of Naperville, and the minister there says he never heard so much as a peep of displeasure.
September 21, 2011 - The Huffington Post
Huffington Post: Surveying U.S. and French Muslims
The results of two interesting surveys were released recently: one by the Pew Research Center on U.S. Muslims' lives and attitudes and one by IFOP (the leading French market research and opinion poll institute) on French Muslims and the evolution of their socio-religious attitudes over the past two decades.
September 21, 2011 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: In GOP race, public prayers seem more political than personal
Among the Republican candidates running for president in 2012, there’s been a whole lot of praying in public.
September 16, 2011 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Converts vs. 'Cradle Catholics'
Do converts to the faith make better evangelists than "cradle Catholics"? Pope Benedict XVI seems to think so.
July 19, 2011 - Catholic News Service
CNS: Overcrowded Bible study seen as sign of growing hunger for God's word
A simple Sunday bulletin notice brought an overflow crowd to a Friday afternoon Bible study class, and a brief pulpit announcement at the weekend Masses called more than 100 participants to still another the following Wednesday evening.
July 03, 2011 - The Des Moines Register
Des Moines Register: Iowa poll: Likely GOP caucusgoers educated, religious
Likely Iowa Republican caucusgoers are a highly educated bunch who are not wildly out of step with the rest of America in their religious profile.
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 21, 2011 - Tulsa World
Tulsa World: Billboards allow atheists to 'come out of the closet'
Ten billboards touting atheism will go up in Tulsa next week, part of a national campaign by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
May 18, 2011 - Religion Dispatch Magazine
Religion Dispatch: ‘Soul of Yoga’ at stake in Texas regulation push
A vote away from the desk of Texas Governor (and potential 2012 Republican candidate for president) Rick Perry is a bill that has ignited a debate over the so-called “soul of yoga” and who, if anybody, is entitled to regulate it.
May 16, 2011 - ABC News Radio
ABC: Heaven a 'fairy story' to Stephen Hawking, not to many Americans
British physicist Stephen Hawking may think that heaven is a mere "fairy story," but he's hard-pressed to find those who share his perspective on this side of the pond.
May 04, 2011 - Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle: National Day of Prayer prompts reflections on the practice
Millions of Americans will gather today to pray for the United States and its leaders, remembering the victims of tornadoes that swept across the South, the national economy and the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
April 26, 2011 - The Advocate
The Advocate: Lent request: Come home
Giving something up for Lent? Catholic leaders are hoping this Lenten season will prove the right time for those who may have given up on the church or just grown apart from it to return home.
April 24, 2011 - The News Journal
The News Journal: Delaware religion: A rockin' rebirth
It's a good bet that Brad Kellum will be the only Delaware pastor to take the stage this morning and launch into a heavy-metal medley that starts with Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" as a fog machine shrouds the musicians in mist.
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