April 16, 2012
- Christianity Today
Christianity Today: Will evangelicals vote for a Mormon candidate?
With Rick Santorum out of the Republican contest for the presidential nomination and Mitt Romney all but the official nominee, the political question of the moment is whether evangelicals will support Romney in the general election.
April 09, 2012
- America Magazine
America Magazine: Mormons and Charity
Whether Mitt Romney wins the Republican nomination for the presidency or not, his serious-contender candidacy has sparked an explosion of empirical research on Mormons in the United States.
April 09, 2012
- The Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel: Religion in prison
On March 22, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life hosted an event roundtable discussion on “Religion in Prisons,” moderated by Alan Cooperman and featuring the survey’s lead researchers Stephanie Boddie and Cary Funk, along with guest speakers John DiIulio from the University of Pennsylvania and Tom O’Connor with Transforming Corrections.
April 08, 2012
- FMT News
FMT News: Christianity’s via dolorosa
Recently, the human-rights activist, former Dutch politician, and Somali exile Ayaan Hirsi Ali wrote about a global war on Christians in Muslim countries.
April 07, 2012
- CBS News
CBS: Andrew Sullivan: There's so much bad religion right now
Appearing on "CBS This Morning: Saturday," Sullivan said the crisis facing Christianity was especially bad today for one reason: "When I go and see young people, their image of Christianity these days is one of judgment, intolerance and to some extent bigotry and politics," Sullivan said.
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
- 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 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 02, 2012
- Canada Free Press
Canada Free Press: Opinion: The terror attack in Toulouse: aberration or symptom?
The events in Toulouse shone a spotlight on the threat posed by global jihadism to Europe and on several problems that for some time have been on the French and European Union agenda, first and foremost the difficulties of integrating the Muslim immigrant community and the issue of anti-Semitism.
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
- 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 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.