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Religion & Politics 2012 includes news, analysis and data on the role of religion in politics, social issues, candidates and political parties relevant to the 2011-12 primary and general election cycle.

 

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EVENT TRANSCRIPT May 15, 2007
God's Will: Iran's Polity and the Challenges of the Future
Some of the nation's leading journalists gathered in Key West, Fla., in May 2007 for the Pew Forum's biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life.
INTERVIEW May 9, 2007
School Graduations, Religion and the Courts
Spring is the season for school graduations, and graduation ceremonies play a featured role in the national debate over the place of religion in public education. Is a clergyman's benediction at a public school event a violation of the separation of church and state?
EVENT TRANSCRIPT May 8, 2007
International Religious Freedom: Religion and International Diplomacy
Has the State Department interpreted the international religious freedom policy too narrowly over the past decade by focusing on individual cases of religious persecution?
ANALYSIS March 27, 2007
Strange Bedfellows: Why Are Some Religious Groups Defending 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus'?
by David Masci, Senior Research Fellow, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life March 27, 2007 A recent Supreme Court case involving the free speech rights of students is producing some very unusual alliances. Christian conservative groups, such a...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT December 4, 2006
Religion in a Globalizing World
Some of the nation's leading journalists and distinguished scholars gathered in Key West, Fla., in December 2006 for the Pew Forum's biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life. Peter Berger, professor emeritus of religio...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT November 20, 2006
Legislating International Religious Freedom
With the passage of the International Religious Freedom Act in 1998, the United States became one of the few countries in the world to make promotion of religious freedom an explicit foreign policy goal. The act, signed into law by President Clint...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT November 13, 2006
Religious Voters and the Midterm Elections
Despite predictions from some pundits that sex scandals involving former Rep. Mark Foley and former National Association of Evangelicals President Ted Haggard would make evangelicals disillusioned with the GOP, exit polls showed evangelicals suppo...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT November 2, 2006
Judicial Showdown: The Supreme Court Returns to the Abortion Debate
On Nov. 8, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases that challenge the constitutionality of the federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act. The Act aims to prohibit a doctor from performing what the legislation calls a "partial bir...
ANALYSIS November 1, 2006
Is There a Culture War? A Dialogue on Values and American Public Life
James Davison Hunter and Alan Wolfe Pew Forum Dialogues on Religion & Public Life E.J. Dionne Jr. and Michael Cromartie, Series Editors Executive Summary (.pdf) Order the book In the wake of a bitter 2004 presidential campaign and in the face ...
ANALYSIS November 1, 2006
The Supreme Court Revisits the Partial Birth Abortion Issue
Gonzales v. Carhart and Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood Download the full backgrounder (12-page pdf) Abortion resource page Introduction On Nov. 8, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in two cases that challenge the constitutionality o...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT September 26, 2006
God's Country? Evangelicals and U.S. Foreign Policy
In his recent article in Foreign Affairs, Walter Russell Mead argues that as U.S. evangelicals exert increasing political influence, they are becoming a powerful force in foreign affairs. In recent years, evangelicals have voted overwhelmingly Rep...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT September 8, 2006
Dr. No? The Debate on Conscience in Health Care
Does requiring pharmacists to dispense medication they find morally objectionable violate their rights to the free exercise of religion? Or, are religious objections secondary to a woman's right to receive an approved prescription in a timely mann...
POLL August 24, 2006
Many Americans Uneasy with Mix of Religion and Politics
69% Say Liberals Too Secular, 49% Say Conservatives Too Assertive August 24, 2006 Download the complete report Navigate this Report Introduction and Summary Section I - Religion and Public Life Section II - Religion and Politics Section III - Reli...
INTERVIEW August 22, 2006
Five Years After 9/11, 'Dialogue' with Islam Cause for Hope
Five years after 9/11, Pew Forum interviews Samuel Huntington on his groundbreaking book, The Clash of Civilizations.
INTERVIEW August 18, 2006
Five Years After 9/11, The Clash of Civilizations Revisited
In an interview with leading expert on contemporary Islam, Akbar Ahmed, says dialogue is the crucial to diffusing the climate of fear and anger between Islam and the West.
INTERVIEW July 26, 2006
Washington State High Court Upholds Gay Marriage Ban
The Pew Forum's legal expert David Masci explains the impact of the latest legal ruling on gay marriage in Washington.
EVENT TRANSCRIPT July 24, 2006
The Revival of Shia Islam
The violence in Lebanon and Israel of the past two weeks has drawn renewed and urgent attention to a crucial shift in the balance of political power from Sunni to Shia not seen since the fall of the Persian empire in the 18th century. Vali Nasr, a...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT July 21, 2006
The Death Penalty Today: Defend It, Mend It or End It?
The Pew Forum, together with the Federalist Society and the Constitution Project, recently held an event examining the application, morality and constitutionality of the death penalty in the United States, focusing on issues such as habeas corpus ...
INTERVIEW July 18, 2006
John Green Addresses Religious Dynamic in Stem Cell Politics
John Green discusses how values and morality, grounded in religious belief, have shaped the politics of the stem cell research debate.
INTERVIEW July 10, 2006
Islam and the West: How Great a Divide?
In a wide-ranging interview at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, Princeton's Amaney Jamal commented on the findings of a recent survey from the Pew Global Attitudes Project about Muslim and Western perceptions of each other. She also di...
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