http://pewforum.org/ The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. en-us Copyright: (C) Copyright 2005 The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. All rights reserved. info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info) info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info) Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:30:01 -0400 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:30:01 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://pewforum.org/images/rssfeeds.gif http://pewforum.org/ http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16425 Rudolph W. Giuliani, a former mayor of New York, said Senator Barack Obama thought a small Alaska suburb was not “flashy enough” or “cosmopolitan enough,” linking his campaign to “Hollywood celebrities.” Religion & Politics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16425 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16426 Sarah Palin displays an Israeli flag in her governor's office in Juneau, even though she has never been to the country, and attends Protestant evangelical churches that consider the preservation of the state of Israel a biblical imperative. Religion & Politics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16426 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16418 Sarah Palin often identifies herself simply as Christian. Religion & Politics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16418 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16417 In the five days since Sen. John McCain announced Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate, she has been embraced by the right and pilloried by the left as a staunch conservative on social and economic issues. Religion & Politics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16417 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16416 At the Pentecostal church where Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin worshipped for more than two decades, congregants speak in tongues and are part of a faith that believes humanity is in its "end times" -- the days preceding a world-ending cataclysm bringing Christian redemption and the second coming of Jesus. Religion & Politics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16416 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16411 The Rev. Ed Kalnins had no way of knowing he'd be a controversial figure in the 2008 presidential race when he became pastor of a small Pentecostal church in Alaska nine years ago. Religion & Politics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16411 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16403 There was a time when a minister like James David Manning could stand in the pulpit of his little church on 123rd Street in Harlem and say pretty much anything he liked about a presidential candidate. Religion & Politics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16403 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16410 Evidence that conservative Christians might sit out the 2008 election appears to be crumbling here at the Republican National Convention. Religion & Politics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16410 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16409 Barack Obama has struggled for 18 months to lock down the support of a traditionally Democratic group, Jewish voters. Religion & Politics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16409 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16408 The culture wars are making a sudden and unexpected encore in American politics, turning more ferocious virtually by the hour as activists on both sides of the ideological divide react to the addition of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to the Republican ticket. Religion & Politics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16408 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST