Pew Forum in the News
November 16, 2009 - U.S. News & World Report
Rick Warren comes to Washington
When the Rev. Rick Warren walked into a conference room perched above Washington's K Street last Friday to address a group of journalists, I was surprised to see him warmly embrace a New York Times reporter. Warren literally hugged the guy.
November 16, 2009 - The Record
Church campaign focuses on same-sex marriage
Sharon Henry, music minister at Stockton's Valley Ministries MCC church, had a commitment ceremony in October 2004.
November 15, 2009 - Green Bay Post Gazette
Darwin and the great divide
A century and a half after Charles Darwin wrote "The Origin of Species," Tim Flood walked the Galapagos Islands and beheld creatures that inspired Darwin's theory of evolution.
November 15, 2009 - The Washington Post
The wonders and worries when traditions converge
We'll get ready, soon, to decorate the Christmas tree.
November 11, 2009 - Newsweek
Opinion: False dichotomies
We are giving ourselves shallow and untenable choices. Either Islam is a religion that condones violence.
November 6, 2009 - The Associated Press
Correction: Black Muslims story
In an Oct. 30 story about African-American Muslims, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a 2007 Pew survey estimated that 35 percent of the nation's Muslims were African-American.
November 6, 2009 - Agence France-Press
Muslim groups fear backlash after Fort Hood shooting
Fearing that a gunman who killed 13 people at a military facility in Texas may have been Muslim, US Islamic groups braced themselves for a public backlash against the faith on Thursday.
November 4, 2009 - The Gazette
Maine vote on gay marriage validates Dobson's message, Focus officials say
James Dobson might be leaving Focus on the Family, but executives with the Colorado Springs-based evangelical organization say Tuesday’s vote in Maine on same-sex marriages proves his influence and message remain relevant.
November 1, 2009 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Generations of Pentecostals divided on doctrine of speaking in tongues
At the beginning of an evening worship service at the First Assembly of God church, the Rev. Ryan Harris pitted teens against adults in a trivia game called Battle of the Generations.
October 30, 2009 - The Associated Press
Blacks still drawn to Islam despite FBI raids
By now, Sekou Jackson is used to the questions: Why does he need to leave a work meeting to pray?
October 30, 2009 - Chicago Tribune
Churches connect with parishioners online
At Park Community Church, hymn lyrics are projected on glowing screens, links to biblical messages are sent out on Twitter, announcements are made on Facebook and church leaders take text-messaged questions from the congregation during services.
October 29, 2009 - All Africa
Evangelical churches shake up the social order
The fire of Pentecostal evangelism is burning through the continent scorching "sins" and shaking the religio-political status quo to its very foundation.
October 28, 2009 - The Boston Globe
New T ads reach out to Hub’s nonbelievers
Beside ads beckoning believers to explore Islam, attend services at the Boston Chinese Evangelical Church, or learn about the healing powers of Christian Science, the walls of the city’s subway cars will make room this month for another creed: nonbelief.
October 22, 2009 - The New York Times
Catholic beliefs might give Anglicans pause
When the Catholic Church announced this week that the Vatican would make it easier for Anglicans to convert to Catholicism, much was made of the many similarities between the two faiths.
October 21, 2009 - CNN
Latinos may be 'future' of U.S. Catholic Church
ST. LOUIS, Missouri (CNN) -- "I'll take two chili, uh..." a hungry customer stammers at the front of a two-hour-long line. "Chile rellenos," the money-handler trills back in perfect Spanish. This is not a trendy Tex-Mex restaurant; and it's more than 1,000 miles from the Mexican border.
October 17, 2009 - The Toronto Star
Study dispels myths on Muslim population
A typical Muslim speaks Arabic and lives in the Middle East.
Most of Europe's Muslims are migrants clustered in the Netherlands and France.
Wrong on both counts.
October 11, 2009 - The Associated Press
Obama HRC Speech: "I Will End Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Says President Obama
President Barack Obama reaffirmed his campaign pledge to end the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military in a speech Saturday, but offered no timetable or specifics for acting on that promise.
October 11, 2009 - McClatchy Newspapers
As war on terror continues, Muslims in U.S. feel unfairly implicated
As the FBI pursues one alleged terrorist plot after another, Muslim Americans are grappling with a widespread sense that the government thinks they all could be terrorists.
October 10, 2009 - Los Angeles Daily News
Jews court Hispanic evangelicals
The idea of Francis Siciliano learning Hebrew, studying the Torah and observing Jewish services in a synagogue doesn't seem out of the ordinary on the Westside of Los Angeles.
October 10, 2009 - The Miami Herald
Pastor stirs crowd of 13,000 at Miami event
Guillermo Maldonado stood in front of his audience, opened his Bible, and shouted into his microphone, quoting the book of Galatians, extolling the ``supernatural power of God.''
October 8, 2009 - Newsweek
Marriage is Hard; The Religious Right admits it.
Billy Graham had a rule. He was a powerful man, away from his wife and children more often than he was with them. Aware of the significance of his reputation and convinced of the moral value of the Gospel message, he took precautions to guard against his own human weakness.
October 8, 2009 - The Guardian
One in four people is Muslim, says study
Islam may be most closely associated with the Middle East, where it emerged in Arabia in the seventh century, but today the region is home to only one in five of the world's Muslims, according to a study of the religion's global distribution.
October 8, 2009 - The Economist
A shifting locus
When Barack Obama made his appeal, back in June, for a new understanding between America and Islam, the venue he chose was Egypt—for some obvious reasons.
October 8, 2009 - The Guardian
Barack Obama to address gay rights group
Barack Obama will address a prominent US gay advocacy group on Saturday, as gay and lesbian voters who backed him for president grow sceptical about his desire to push aggressively to expand their rights and curb discrimination.
October 8, 2009 - The Associated Press
Report: Global Muslim population hits 1.57 billion
The global Muslim population stands at 1.57 billion, meaning that nearly 1 in 4 people in the world practice Islam, according to a report Wednesday billed as the most comprehensive of its kind.
October 2, 2009 - The Boston Globe
Support for abortion rights down in survey
The percentage of Americans who support abortion rights has slipped since last year, and opinion on the issue is now evenly divided, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.
October 1, 2009 - CNN
Abortion support falls sharply, new research finds
Support for abortion rights has fallen sharply in the past year, with Americans now split roughly 50-50 between those who back legal access to abortion and those who oppose it, according to a new survey.
September 23, 2009 - The Associated Press
Terror probe highlights police-Muslim tensions
The arrest of a New York City imam who investigators had considered a trusted partner was a blow in more ways than one for law enforcement.
September 17, 2009 - United Press International
More teen moms in more religious states
Areas of the United States associated with conservative religious beliefs have higher teen mother birth rates, researchers say.
September 16, 2009 - The New York Times
The right way to pray?
The Brooklyn Tabernacle, a 3,500-seat evangelical prayer palace in downtown Brooklyn, was built in 1918 as one of the largest and grandest vaudeville houses in North America.
September 16, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Opinion: A rising wave of anti-Semitism?
Earlier this month, James von Brunn, the 89-year-old bigot charged with killing an African American security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, appeared for a hearing in a Washington courtroom.
September 14, 2009 - Religion News Service
Atheists put their faith in Twitter
(UNDATED) P.Z. Myers’ Twitter bio reads, “godless liberal biologist.”
September 13, 2009 - The Boston Globe
Religion reporting is losing its prominence in American newspapers
MINNEAPOLIS - I spent the last few days here at the 60th annual convention of the Religion Newswriters Association, which is the national organization that represents the dwindling band of us who cover religion in the media. Attendance is off this year, in part because newsroom travel budgets are down, but also because the religion beat itself is suffering a serious reversal of fortune.
September 12, 2009 - The Indianapolis Star
Atheists, agnostics hold weekend conference in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS -- City buses in Bloomington and South Bend carry ads telling passengers "You can be good without God."
September 12, 2009 - The News Herald
Seeking salvation in a strip mall
PANAMA CITY — A stack of yellow koozies sat on a table near the entrance to the office. The foam drink-temperature protectors bore the black logo "CROSSBRIDGE," with a cross inside the O; "The church with free koozies" was written in italics underneath.
September 9, 2009 - The Associated Press
Survey: Americans learning more about Islam, but say anti-Muslim discrimination persists
Americans are learning more about Islam, and familiarity with the faith makes people more likely to view Muslims favorably and less likely to believe Islam encourages violence, according to a new study.
September 6, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Catholic dioceses take to the airwaves to bring followers back to church
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento is home to nearly 1 million Catholics. On a typical Sunday, less than 137,000 can be found in church.
September 6, 2009 - Winnipeg Free Press
The gay debate
There was a big story in Minneapolis last month, but it had nothing to do with the acquisition of former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre by the hometown Vikings.
September 3, 2009 - The Buffalo News
Outside faith, a rising tide of 'nones'
A few years ago, Tyler Manley would have considered himself a Presbyterian.
September 1, 2009 - Foreign Affairs
Opinion: Born Again in the U.S.A.
In international politics, religion has been the elephant in the room for most of the modern age. And in recent years, it has only grown larger and louder.
August 29, 2009 - Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
Various Faiths Represented in Northeast Mississippi
The Magnolia State is fairly homogenous when it comes to religion. According to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, almost half of Mississippians belong to evangelical Protestant Christian churches, but Northeast Mississippi is also home to Buddhists, Muslims, and Hindus, as well as devotees of various other faiths.
August 16, 2009 - The Washington Post
Column: Taking the President on Faith
Oh, for those halcyon days when our biggest worry was whether the federal "faith-based" office might encourage a homeless person to find Jesus.
August 16, 2009 - Wisconsin State Journal
The faith to convert: Stories of switching faiths a 'very common occurrence'
Willie Hall wasn't seeking a new religion that summer day in 1986, but one came knocking anyway.
August 15, 2009 - Newsweek
We Are All Hindus Now
America is not a Christian nation. We are, it is true, a nation founded by Christians, and according to a 2008 survey, 76 percent of us continue to identify as Christian (still, that's the lowest percentage in American history).
August 13, 2009 - Investor's Business Daily
Amana Growth Follows Islamic Rules
Nicholas Kaiser flew to Malaysia last week in search of investment ideas.
August 9, 2009 - The Denver Post
Buddhism strengthens ties to church
What in the recent past seemed exotic and foreign is now almost routinely folded into "the fold."
August 8, 2009 - Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
What will be the future of the religious right?
As membership in most Christian denominations decreases and many conservatives lament what they see as the advent of socialism in the U.S. many are wondering about the future of a movement that changed the face of American politics.
August 8, 2009 - The Telegraph
Muslim Europe: the demographic time bomb transforming our continent
Britain and the rest of the European Union are ignoring a demographic time bomb: a recent rush into the EU by migrants, including millions of Muslims, will change the continent beyond recognition over the next two decades, and almost no policy-makers are talking about it.
August 3, 2009 - USA Today
Why Obama's church choice matters
Does it really matter whether the president goes to church? The Constitution says there shall be no "religious test," so perhaps Sunday morning should be the one day each week when the president gets to sleep in. He certainly works hard enough.
August 1, 2009 - Religion News Service
Many Americans don't believe in hell, but what about pastors?
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Just when it seemed to have cooled off, the topic of hell is back on the front burner — at least for pastors learning to preach about a topic most Americans would rather not talk about.
July 25, 2009 - Birmingham News
Samford University's Beeson Divinity School offers workshops for pastors on topic of hell
Just when it seemed to have cooled off, the topic of hell got back on the front burner this week in workshops for pastors at Samford University's Beeson Divinity School.
July 24, 2009 - The Salt Lake Tribune
68% of LDS feel threatened by Hollywood
A new study shows what most Utahns already know: that LDS members are among the nation's most conservative and devout religious people in the United States.
July 24, 2009 - Odessa American
Interfaith relationships require strength
Santos Uvalle glanced at his wife as he thought about how to describe the first half of their marriage.
July 22, 2009 - The Associated Press
Ex-Christian Coalition firebrand looking for redemption with broader venture
Ralph Reed was once a powerful force in Republican politics, able to marshal millions of religious conservatives to the polls while leading the Christian Coalition.
July 19, 2009 - The State
A kinder, gentler American atheism
Has something gone wrong with the new atheism?
July 14, 2009 - The Sacramento Bee
Atheists put own stamp on summer camp in Sierra foothills
NEVADA CITY – At Camp Quest, campers may not believe in God, but they do have faith in their community.
July 13, 2009 - Reuters
Generational Shift for U.S. Hispanics on Abortion
A few weeks after a one-night stand and a failed morning-after pill, Ana saw only one option: Two days later she had her pregnancy terminated at a free clinic.
July 12, 2009 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Reed to refashion coalition: Conservative Christians appear ready for 21st century approach
One of the most controversial and successful figures of late 20th century politics wants to expand his brand to the 21st.
July 12, 2009 - Reuters
Muslim Americans encouraged, hopeful after Obama
Iraqi Americans Wasan Alqaisi and Sumer Majid made a Fourth of July family picnic of kebab -- served on hamburger buns with slices of American cheese.
July 11, 2009 - Richmond Times-Dispatch
Jehovah’s Witnesses gather in Richmond for annual assemblies
Food shortages, earthquakes, moral corruption and wars are clear signs of a looming Armageddon, according to Jehovah's Witnesses.
June 25, 2009 - Reuters
Southern Baptists (and Republicans): old, white and in decline?
The evangelical Protestant revival has been one of the most dynamic religious and social movements in the United States in the last three decades.
June 23, 2009 - U.S. News & World Report
Ralph Reed Launches New Values Group: 'Not Your Daddy's Christian Coalition'
Ralph Reed, the Republican operative who built the Christian Coalition into a potent political force in the 1990s by mobilizing evangelicals and other religious conservatives and who did similar work to help George W. Bush win two presidential elections, is quietly launching a group aimed at using the Web to mobilize a new generation of values voters.
June 20, 2009 - The Charlotte Observer
National anti-abortion group sees little potential for finding the common ground
In a commencement speech at Notre Dame last month, President Obama appealed for common ground in the tense debate over abortion.
June 18, 2009 - The Economist
Church attendance in recessions: No rush for pews
ON THE campaign trail, Barack Obama famously claimed that blue-collar workers in Pennsylvania clung to religion because of bitterness over lost jobs.
June 16, 2009 - The Washington Post
Faith-Based Competition
The meeting room at the Washington office of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life was packed last Wednesday to hear from Joshua DuBois, head of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
June 12, 2009 - The New York Times
A Child Turns to the Fold
IN April, Bob Sweeney’s son, Ryan, 13, suddenly announced he wanted to start going to church.
June 11, 2009 - CQ Politics
Under Obama, Greater Reach For Faith-Based Collaborations
President George W. Bush may be forever linked with faith-based initiatives due to his aggressive efforts to allow religious organizations to provide government-funded services.
June 11, 2009 - Religion News Service
Faith leaders press Obama on torture commission
Prominent religious officials led a march to the White House on Thursday (June 11), urging President Obama to form a "commission of inquiry" into interrogation practices under the Bush administration.
June 4, 2009 - Al Jazeera English
Americans 'negative' about Muslims
As Barack Obama, the US president, seeks to mend the image of the US in the Muslim world, a new survey indicates almost half of Americans have a negative opinion about Muslim countries.
June 2, 2009 - The Associated Press
Sotomayor would be 6th Catholic on Supreme Court
If Judge Sonia Sotomayor is confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, she will be the sixth Roman Catholic of the nine justices.
May 31, 2009 - Time
Obama's Vatican Pick: Boosting Hispanic Catholics
Barack Obama has an uncanny ability to disarm critics, especially those itching for a fight, and it was on full display this past week.
May 29, 2009 - The Washington Post
'The Mormons Are Coming!'
As more states take up the debate on same-sex marriage, some advocates of legalization are taking a very specific lesson from California, where the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dominated both fundraising and door-knocking to pass a ballot initiative that barred such unions.
May 27, 2009 - U.S. News & World Report
Obama Woos Catholics With Nuanced Abortion Talk
Until his Notre Dame speech Obama avoided bold statements on hot-button social issues.
May 27, 2009 - Newsweek
Opinion: Let's Talk About God
The atheist writers Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens have presented us with a choice: either you don't believe in God or you're a dope.
May 23, 2009 - Louisville Courier-Journal
Are churches taking elderly for granted?
At first, the idea of churches overlooking their elderly members seems hard to grasp.
May 23, 2009 - San Francisco Chronicle
Black, white East Bay churches meld in worship
The Rev. George Cummings looked out over his congregation in the Laurel District of Oakland and saw white faces sitting next to black ones.
May 22, 2009 - CNN
Torture prompts soul-searching among some Christians
The men first ordered Ken Cordier to strip naked.
May 22, 2009 - Politico
Lawmaker wants to make 2010 'Year of the Bible'
When the clock strikes midnight on Dec. 31, 2009, Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) hopes you’ll be ringing in “the Year of the Bible.”
May 19, 2009 - National Post
Gay marriage gains momentum in U.S.
The election of the first African-American President has brought 'a civil rights state of mind' to America.
May 16, 2009 - BBC News
Stage set for Obama at Notre Dame
When President Obama gives a speech there on Sunday, the man who was elected promising to bring an end to the so called "culture wars" will be hoping his views on abortion do not re-ignite hostilities.
May 15, 2009 - NPR
Minority Catholics Help Obama's Approval Ratings
A small plane has been flying low over the University of Notre Dame campus in recent days, pulling a banner that pictures an aborted fetus.
May 15, 2009 - The Columbus Dispatch
Come home, churches say
Congregations rolling out welcome-back mat for those who drifted away.
May 14, 2009 - The New York Times
On Abortion, Obama Is Drawn Into Debate He Hoped to Avoid
In nearly four months in office, President Obama has pursued a careful two-pronged strategy on abortion, enacting policies that secure a woman’s right to the procedure while vowing to move beyond the culture wars that have divided the nation on the issue for more than three decades.
May 14, 2009 - Chicago Tribune
Obama and Notre Dame: As commencement nears, debate over President Obama's invitation rages on
Notre Dame's Class of 2009 prepares for president's speech with praise, prayer and protests.
May 13, 2009 - Religion News Service
Religious people make better citizens, study says
First, the silver lining: people of faith are better citizens and better neighbors, and America is "amazingly" religious compared to other countries, says Harvard University professor Robert Putnam.
May 13, 2009 - The Associated Press
Torture debate prompts evangelical soul-searching
Among evangelical leaders, debate over the use of harsh interrogation techniques against suspected terrorists has prompted introspection about faith, ethics, the Golden Rule, just wars, Jack Bauer and Jesus.
May 12, 2009 - Religion News Service
GOP head steps back from comments on Romney's Mormonism
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has apologized for a recent comment he made that linked Mitt Romney's failed presidential campaign to Republicans' concern about Romney's Mormon faith.
May 10, 2009 - The Washington Post
An Evolution for Evangelicals
If only William Jennings Bryan had known Francis Collins.
May 9, 2009 - The Wall Street Journal
Notre Dame's Invitation to Obama Sparks Protests and Soul-Searching
For more than a century, a statue of the Virgin Mary has presided over the University of Notre Dame here from the top of the iconic golden dome in the center of campus.
May 8, 2009 - The New York Times
Roman Catholics’ War Over Abortion
Discord is nothing new for Roman Catholicism.
May 8, 2009 - The Washington Post
Editorial: A Faith for The Nones
There is a book that everyone will be talking about -- when it appears over a year from now.
May 7, 2009 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Survey: Jehovah's Witnesses pray the most nationally
On this National Day of Prayer, a survey finds that Jehovah's Witnesses are the most likely Americans to pray daily, Catholics are just below average and 5 percent of atheists claim to pray daily.
May 6, 2009 - Religion News Service
Evangelicals seem unfazed by torture. Why?
Does conservative Christianity encourage torture?
May 6, 2009 - Religion News Service
War can be justified. What about torture?
While elected officials and cable-news pundits have been debating whether torture of suspected terrorists is effective, legal or constitutional, a moral question has loomed in the background: is torture ever justified?
May 6, 2009 - U.S. News & World Report
Many Americans Are Saying Goodbye to Religion, but Not Faith
Polls show the unaffiliated are much less antagonistic toward religion that once thought.
May 6, 2009 - ABC News
Young Americans Losing Their Religion
New research shows young Americans are dramatically less likely to go to church -- or to participate in any form of organized religion -- than their parents and grandparents.
May 5, 2009 - Religion News Service
A Muslim woman walks into a Unitarian church ...
Some church-going families in the Western world would recoil at the thought of a Muslim being responsible for their children's religious education.
May 4, 2009 - The Washington Post
Pew Survey: Guys, Guns and Abortion
In the rush of opinion polls released last week (the one showing that support for torture seems to correlate with the intensity of one's Christian faith certainly is a jaw-dropper) one intriguing survey on abortion was largely overlooked. The survey, from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, found that support for legal abortion has slipped significantly -- mostly among men.
May 4, 2009 - CBS News
Churchgoers More Likely To See Torture As Justifiable
A Pew Research Center for the People & the Press survey released last week found that those who attend weekly church services are more likely than those who rarely or never attend services to say the use of torture on suspected terrorists is justifiable.
May 4, 2009 - The Christian Post
Megachurches Faring Slightly Better in Recession
U.S. megachurches are faring slightly better in the recession than smaller churches, findings from a new study show.
May 4, 2009 - U.S. News & World Report
Francis Collins: A Scientific Basis for God
Is there a scientific basis for the existence of God? Many believers think so, even as they often dismiss science because they think it's incompatible with their religious beliefs.
May 4, 2009 - The Christian Post
Torture Survey Reveals Gap Between NAE, U.S. Evangelicals
Though the organization claiming to represent millions of evangelicals in the United States has publicly stood against the use of torture for any reason, more than three in five self-proclaimed evangelicals say they believe torture can “sometimes” or “often” be justified, according to a recent survey analysis.
May 2, 2009 - The Washington Post
Pew Finds Many Americans Seeking Religion in the Market
A study of why people change religious affiliations, released this week by the Pew Forum for Religion & Public Life, found that more than half of Americans have changed faiths in their lifetime.
May 2, 2009 - The Associated Press
Notre Dame's Obama invite riles Catholic bishops
This coming week, Bishop Thomas Wenski of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando, Fla., will take the unusual step of celebrating a Mass of Reparation, to make amends for sins against God.
May 1, 2009 - The Columbus Dispatch
Fewer receive sacraments
Compared with previous generations, the youngest of today's adult Catholics are less likely to have celebrated the sacraments that provide the foundation of the faith.
May 1, 2009 - The Washington Post
Notre Dame's Obama Award OK with Most Catholics
There is a vocal and influential constituency of American Catholics who disapprove of the University of Notre Dame's decision to invite President Obama to speak at the Catholic university and receive an honorary degree in mid-May.
April 30, 2009 - The Associated Press
Notre Dame won't give top honor amid Obama protest
The University of Notre Dame says it will not award its highest honor for the first time in more than a century after its intended recipient bowed out over the school's decision to honor President Barack Obama at its commencement.
April 30, 2009 - NPR
Obama Struggles For Middle Ground On Abortion
President Obama has accomplished a lot in his first 100 days in office, but one campaign promise he's been unable to keep is a vow to make peace in one of the most polarizing issues in all of American politics: abortion.
April 30, 2009 - CNN
Survey: Support for terror suspect torture differs among the faithful
The more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists, according to a new survey.
April 30, 2009 - Beliefnet
Poll on Notre Dame controversy: Good news, bad news
Which is which may depend on where you stand on this divisive issue.
April 29, 2009 - U.S. News & World Report
Obama Works to Redefine Role of Faith in First 100 Days
The president tries to win over some religious conservatives while keeping secular liberals on board.
April 28, 2009 - Time
Church-Shopping: Why Do Americans Change Faiths?
Forty-three years ago, this magazine published a stark cover with the words "IS GOD DEAD?" stamped in red against an inky black background.
April 28, 2009 - The Sacramento Bee
When it comes to religion, U.S. is a nation of shoppers, study finds
To say that Brenda Boles is a spiritual seeker is an understatement.
April 28, 2009 - Chicago Tribune
In matter of faith, Americans show a restless spirit
When it comes to religion, Americans change their affiliation early and often, according to a national study released yesterday.
April 27, 2009 - The Christian Science Monitor
Why so many Americans switch religions
A new Pew survey suggests that many Catholics leave their church because of doctrine, whereas Protestants tend to leave because of life changes such as marriage.
April 27, 2009 - CNN
Americans not losing their religion, but changing it often
Ingrid Case was a devoted church-goer as a child, not only attending Sunday school, but also serving as an acolyte at her Episcopalian church in Greeley, Colorado.
April 27, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Study delves into why Americans change religions
A survey by the Pew Forum finds that people drift from childhood traditions or switch to a religious affiliation they like more.
April 27, 2009 - Religion News Service
Study probes reasons for leaving Catholic, Protestant faiths
Think former parishioners have left the pews because of sex scandals? Or because they no longer believe in God?
April 27, 2009 - USA Today
Survey: Half of U.S. adults have switched religions
More than half of all Americans have switched religions at least once, according to an in-depth survey released today.
April 27, 2009 - San Francisco Chronicle
Survey finds majority of Americans switch religions
Catholics who leave the fold largely do so because they disagree with church teachings, while Protestants who leave their particular denominations tend to do so because of life changes, such as marriage or moving.
April 27, 2009 - The Associated Press
Survey: Americans switch faiths early and often, reasons depend on childhood religion
The U.S. is a nation of religious drifters, with about half of adults restlessly switching faith affiliation at least once during their lives, a new survey has found.
April 27, 2009 - The Boston Globe
Why do Americans change their faith?
Americans are changing their religious affiliations at unprecedented rates, but Catholics are much more likely to cite concerns about their religion as a reason for leaving than are Protestants, who more often cite changing life circumstances.
April 27, 2009 - The Washington Post
Study Shows Americans Leave Religion Due to Drift, Not Rupture
More Americans have given up their faith or changed religions because of a gradual spiritual drift than switched because of a disillusionment over their churches' policies, according to a new study released today which illustrates how personal spiritual attitudes are taking precedence over denominational traditions.
April 27, 2009 - The Columbus Dispatch
Study explores reasons people change faiths
A new report released today explores how and why Americans move from one faith to another, from religion to no religion, and sometimes, back again.
April 27, 2009 - U.S. News & World Report
Pew Survey: Most Americans Have Switched Religious Affiliations at Least Once
Lynn Beattie has always been a Protestant but not always in a congregation like Christ Church, where she stopped in last Wednesday night for a charismatic-style service that saw a few hundred congregants lifting their hands in praise as they sang along to high-decibel Christian rock.
April 27, 2009 - USA Today
Opinion: Post-Christian? Not even close.
A high-profile ‘religious landscape’ survey is said to show that America is rapidly losing its faith in Christianity. One problem: It’s not so.
April 25, 2009 - The Sacramento Bee
Pentecostal church draws Latinos
In a plain building behind the Taco Bell off Watt Avenue, well-dressed worshippers sing and sway and shout to the Holy Spirit.
April 22, 2009 - Religion News Service
Study: Evangelicals trail other faiths on global warming
While a majority of white evangelicals believe there is solid evidence that the earth is warming, only one in three says human activity is the cause, according to a recent survey.
April 19, 2009 - The News & Observer
Where is same-sex marriage headed?
A Q&A with Pew Forum Senior Research Fellow David Masci.
April 17, 2009 - Reuters
White U.S. evangelicals most skeptical on climate change
Among U.S. religious groups, white evangelical Protestants are the least likely to believe that human activities are contributing to climate change, according to a new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
April 17, 2009 - The Guardian
Opinion: Just what is it with evangelical Christians and global warming?
A poll this week showed that only 34% of America's white evangelical Protestants accepted there is solid evidence that global warming is real and that it is attributable to humans.
April 17, 2009 - The Washington Post
Opinion: Red Faith, Blue Faith
Is "Christian America" dying? And if so, should we mourn or cheer?
April 16, 2009 - The Associated Press
NYC archbishop's challenge: Not losing Hispanics
When Archbishop Timothy Dolan became the leader of the New York Archdiocese this week, he read a part of his first sermon in Spanish.
April 15, 2009 - Reuters
Irish American installed as New York archbishop
The Roman Catholic Church installed Timothy Dolan as Archbishop of New York on Wednesday, filling the highest profile post in the U.S. Catholic Church with an Irish American extrovert likely to speak his mind.
April 15, 2009 - Scripps Howard News Service
Religion: Advice for journalists on the faith beat
In most news reports, Mother Teresa seemed like such a nice, quiet holy woman.
April 14, 2009 - Baptist Press
'Is Christianity the one true religion?'
A 2008 Pew Forum survey found that 65 percent of Americans believe many religions lead to eternal life -- and that 52 percent of American Christians believe salvation can be found in at least some non-Christian religions.
April 12, 2009 - Public Radio International
Religion in the 'Modern' world
An exploration religious faith in America and other parts of the world in a time of increasing secularism.
April 11, 2009 - Toledo Blade
Texas evangelist sees signs aligning for Jesus' return
The Rev. Hilton Sutton, an 84-year-old evangelist from Dallas, celebrated his 60th year in full-time ministry this week with a series of sermons on his area of expertise, Bible prophecy.
April 10, 2009 - Salt Lake Tribune
Romney and Huntsman have presidential buzz
Mormon duel? It's early, but they are positioning themselves for White House bids.
April 9, 2009 - The News & Observer
Choosing their religion
This week during Easter services, Fuquay-Varina United Methodist Church will welcome 27 families. Only a handful, however, will be lifelong Methodists.
April 8, 2009 - Cleveland Plain-Dealer
Opinion: Gay-Straight Alliance gives rejected students a family
When she was in her early teens, she thought the only way to escape scorching ridicule was to kill herself.
April 7, 2009 - The Christian Century
Mainline called uncounted force for change
The White House has an oft-overlooked religious ally for solving the country's social problems through greatly expanded government programs, if a new survey of senior pastors in mainline Protestant churches is a good indication.
April 6, 2009 - The Wall Street Journal
Opinion: God Still Isn't Dead
The decline of religion in America has been predicted again and again.
April 6, 2009 - National Post
Invitation to Obama riles Catholics
Notre Dame furor 'cathartic': professor.
April 4, 2009 - Newsweek
Opinion: The End of Christian America
The percentage of self-identified Christians has fallen 10 points in the past two decades. How that statistic explains who we are now—and what, as a nation, we are about to become.
April 4, 2009 - The Dallas Morning News
Atheists discuss their outlook, relationships
For 35 years, Terry McDonald was a devout Catholic, going to Catholic schools and participating in the parish council. Now he's recognized as something that confuses and even frightens some – he's an atheist.
April 3, 2009 - Christianity Today
Iowa Court Approves Gay Marriage, Vermont Passes Same-Sex Bill
Iowa becomes the first state in the Midwest and the fourth state in the country to allow same-sex marriages.
March 27, 2009 - Christianity Today
Muslim Priest and Buddhist Bishop-Elect Are Raising Questions About Syncretism
For years, Episcopal Church leaders have taught that God can be found in other faiths. Now some clergy are pursuing him there.
March 25, 2009 - CNN
Catholic faithful face church closures
Along the Rust Belt and in cities dotting the Northeast and Upper Midwest, Catholic communities are mourning the loss of parishes.
March 24, 2009 - The Wall Street Journal
Obama Walks Religious Tightrope Spanning Faithful, Nonbelievers
In the early days of his administration, President Barack Obama has developed an unusual pattern as he talks about religion: He regularly puts nonbelievers on the same footing as religious Americans.
March 23, 2009 - The Austin American-Statesman
Austin church attendance up for some during recession
But national studies show little connection between economy and religious participation.
March 23, 2009 - USA Today
Opinion: Do women have a prayer?
Men have been the driving force behind the world’s religions since the days of Adam and Eve. Yet an analysis of religious trends in America today finds that women are more active in their faith than men.
March 22, 2009 - The Christian Post
Assemblies of God Africa Aims to Baptize 10 Million New Believers
The Africa Assemblies of God Alliance (AAGA) has set out to baptize 10 million believers within a ten year period, the denomination’s news agency reported this past week.
March 19, 2009 - The Wall Street Journal
Will Gay Couples' Marriage Vows Survive California Court Review?
The California Supreme Court is weighing an incendiary question: Should it recognize the gay couples who married last year, when same-sex marriage was briefly legal?
March 18, 2009 - Religion News Service
A down economy doesn't mean a boost for church attendance
When the economy heads downward, pastors sometimes expect the pews to get a little more crowded.
March 17, 2009 - Catholic News Agency
Media risks making politics a religion by marginalizing the Church, Archbishop Chaput says
Unless the media improves its basic understanding of Catholic beliefs and practices, it risks marginalizing the Church and replacing its voice in society with politics, a set of beliefs “with the same vestments, but less conscience,” Archbishop Charles J. Chaput told a gathering of prominent journalists on Tuesday at the Pew Forum.
March 13, 2009 - Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
Stem Cell Dilemmas
New religious and ethical debates this week after President Barack Obama cleared the way for federal tax dollars to fund expanded embryonic stem cell research.
March 12, 2009 - Medill Reports
Blacks say church should have role in social issues, politics
Lisa Ramsey was at Bible study one Tuesday night and, afterward, saw emergency lights as she went to her car.
March 12, 2009 - Religion News Service
One priest, two faiths, and lots of questions
Friday afternoons find the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding at the Al-Islam Center in Seattle, reciting Muslim prayers.
March 11, 2009 - The Washington Post
Creationist Students Take Field Trip to Hotbed of Evolution
Every winter, David DeWitt takes his biology class to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, but for a purpose far different from that of other professors.
March 9, 2009 - The Associated Press
Stem cell decision exposes religious divides
The embryonic stem cell research debate is steeped with religious arguments, with some faith traditions convinced the research amounts to killing innocent life, others citing the moral imperative to alleviate suffering, and plenty of religious believers caught somewhere in between.
March 9, 2009 - Akron Beacon Journal
President opens door to funding stem-cell research
President Barack Obama announced Monday that he will allow federal financing of medical research using stem cells from discarded human embryos, the vanguard of a broader effort to end what he calls a Bush-era ''war on science.''
March 9, 2009 - USA Today
Most religious groups in USA have lost ground, survey finds
When it comes to religion, the USA is now land of the freelancers.
March 7, 2009 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Religious groups normally at odds can agree: fix the economy
If there's one thing that Americans of different religious groups can agree on, it's that the economy should be the government's top priority.
March 6, 2009 - The Wall Street Journal
California's Gay-Marriage Ban Gets Court Airing
The California Supreme Court appeared to lean toward upholding the state's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage in a three-hour hearing Thursday, but signaled a reluctance to invalidate the 18,000 marriages that took place before the ban became law.
March 4, 2009 - U.S. News & World Report
Kathleen Sebelius and the Fight Over Who's Truly Catholic
Lots of response to my post on Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Kathleen Sebelius's explanation for personally opposing abortion while supporting abortion rights. Most comments are from opponents of abortion, many of whom object to Sebelius calling herself a Catholic.
March 3, 2009 - The Christian Post
Women More Likely Than Men to Pray, Believe in God
Women are more likely to profess belief in a God, pray and attend religious services than men, according to a new analysis of survey data.
March 2, 2009 - The Christian Post
Study: Jews Less Likely than Christians to 'Switch' Faith Affiliation
Jews are less likely to change religious affiliation than Protestant Christians and Catholics, a new study claims.
February 24, 2009 - U.S. News & World Report
A New Tradition for Obama's Presidential Events: Opening With a Prayer
When Barack Obama's presidential campaign contacted Ryan Culp last year to ask him to deliver a prayer at an Obama rally in Culp's native Elkhart, Ind., the high school wellness teacher declined.
February 23, 2009 - Reuters
Pope names Dolan archbishop of New York
Pope Benedict Monday named the archbishop of Milwaukee as the next archbishop of New York, the highest profile post in the U.S. Catholic Church.
February 23, 2009 - Bloomberg
Pope Names Milwaukee’s Dolan as New York Archbishop
Pope Benedict XVI named Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan to replace Cardinal Edward Egan as archbishop of New York, a post the late Pope John Paul II once called “the archbishop of the capital of the world.”
February 20, 2009 - The Kansas City Star
Pew study looks at the religious landscape of African-Americans
Through slavery and segregation, the black church has provided hope, unity and sanctuary.
February 18, 2009 - First Things
What Happened to the Values Voter?
The 2008 presidential campaign was punctuated by pastor controversies.
February 16, 2009 - Christianity Today
Quieter Killings
More than 10 years after Oregon stoked fears when it became the first state in the nation to legalize physician-assisted suicide, Washington and Montana quietly followed suit in late 2008.
February 15, 2009 - The Florida Times-Union
Many sides to the 'black church'
Survey: Faith stronger among African-Americans
February 13, 2009 - The Associated Press
Churches nationwide to talk about whether creation, evolution can co-exist
After a lifetime in the church, the Rev. William L. Rhines Jr. lately has started to question one of the Bible's fundamental teachings, that God created man.
February 11, 2009 - The Vancouver Sun
You can love both Darwin and divinity
Charles Darwin is widely praised by atheists for the way his theory of evolution denies the existence of God.
February 7, 2009 - Deseret News
There is something about money
Search the Bible and you will find hundreds of verses addressing the topic of wealth.
February 6, 2009 - The Christian Science Monitor
Obama's faith in faith-based works
Barack Obama was not raised in a religious household, but his work as a Chicago community organizer – funded by a Christian group – stirred up a faith that begets good works.
February 2, 2009 - The Canadian Press
Do Obama's nods to non-believers signal turning tide for U.S. atheists?
On a bustling day in a downtown D.C. neighbourhood, a street vendor named Samuel is doing a brisk business selling President Barack Obama T-shirts.
February 2, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
AskMoses.com isn't a direct line to God, but it's quicker than climbing Mount Sinai
Have you ever tried to define God? Or wondered whether it is ethical to eat meat? Or debated if pornography is a sin?
January 30, 2009 - Religion News Service
Report: African-Americans surpass others in religiosity
African-Americans surpass others in the U.S. in a range of expressions of faith, from praying more to attending religious services more frequently, a new report shows.
January 29, 2009 - Courier-Journal
Preaching made better
Academy trains, mentors young church leaders.
January 28, 2009 - Foreign Policy
Why Benedict Has Hope
Despite a rocky start, the Vatican may have found a president it can work with in Barack Obama.
January 26, 2009 - Newsweek
The Quest for a Spiritual Home
A surprising number of Americans are switching religions.
January 26, 2009 - Newsweek
Faith Beyond His Father’s
Doug Paul grew up in the midst of the Reagan Revolution. Now he's on the other side of a yawning evangelical generation gap.
January 26, 2009 - The News & Observer
Evangelical worship attracts Hispanic Catholics
Behind its bland, warehouse-like exterior, Comunidad Cristiana Hosanna on Sunday morning is a feast for the senses.
January 18, 2009 - Chicago Tribune
Should God be in inaugural details?
Since the birth of the republic, American presidents have entered the White House with a salute to the divine.
January 17, 2009 - The Miami Herald
Congregations no longer a matter of black or white
The Sunday service at Miami Shores Presbyterian Church features a blast of choir music by two dozen people whose backgrounds range from Korean to Cuban and Jamaican and shades of skin from white to brown and black -- just as multiracial as the full congregation.
January 14, 2009 - The Christian Science Monitor
Most US Christians define own theology
More than half say other faiths can also lead to salvation.
January 13, 2009 - The Denver Post
The pulpit and the presidency
Rick Warren has the power to broaden the evangelical agenda.
January 9, 2009 - Irish Times
Spiritual convenience food for the God-shaped hole in your life
Ever-adaptable American capitalism is pioneering new products to bring religion to those in a big hurry, writes Duke Helfand in Los Angeles.
January 8, 2009 - Christianity Today
Abortion opponents head into Obama presidency after big losses
"The first thing I'd do as President," Barack Obama told Planned Parenthood in 2007, "is sign the Freedom of Choice Act."
January 6, 2009 - The New York Times
New Voices in Congress Will Change the Tone of the Democratic Majority
From a former Nixon aide to a former head of Common Cause, a liberal government watchdog organization, the freshman House class of the 111th Congress represents a diverse but decidedly moderate group.
January 5, 2009 - The Christian Post
For Goodness Sake?
Just before the end of 2008, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life released a report indicating that a significant percentage of American evangelicals are rejecting the biblical claim that Jesus is the only way of salvation.
January 5, 2009 - USA Today
Congress Looks Like the People
When it comes to religious affiliation, diversity reigns on Capitol Hill.
January 5, 2009 - The Boston Globe
Christian Science refocuses mission
The leadership of the Christian Science Church, acknowledging declining membership and a series of unsuccessful ventures in recent years, is trying to calm and stabilize the small denomination and reemphasize its belief in spiritual healing.
January 5, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
111th Congress reflects greater religious diversity in the U.S.
Atheists, agnostics are underrepresented: Only Fremont's Rep. Pete Stark claims no belief in God. Since 1961, numbers are down for Protestants and up for Catholics, Jews, Mormons, Buddhists, Muslims.
December 29, 2008 - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Congress' religious makeup changing
When the 111th Congress convenes Jan. 6, Buddhists, Muslims and Hindus will be underrepresented.
December 26, 2008 - The New York Times
Opinion: Heaven for the Godless?
In June, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life published a controversial survey in which 70 percent of Americans said that they believed religions other than theirs could lead to eternal life.
December 26, 2008 - Religion News Service
Religion's Big and Unprecedented Role in '08 Politics
Barack Obama may have chosen Joe Biden, and John McCain may have turned to Sarah Palin, but in the end the most sought-after running mate in the 2008 campaign never appeared on a single ballot.
December 26, 2008 - The Modesto Bee
Study finds diversity growing within more U.S. churches
The Sunday service at Durham, N.C.'s King's Park International Church features a blast of hymns, gospel and praise music performed live and loud by band members that are as multiracial as the people in attendance.
December 22, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
Religious displays to be debated in court
Whether the issue is a Nativity scene in a town square or the Ten Commandments at a city hall, Americans never seem to tire of debating whether public displays of religion are constitutional.
December 22, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
Religious displays to be debated in court
California jurists next year will rule on the constitutionality of crosses on public land, teachers' speech rights and students' Bible clubs.
December 18, 2008 - The Associated Baptist Press
Survey says most Americans believe in multiple paths to salvation
A majority of American Christians believe that at least some non-Christian faiths can lead to eternal life, says a new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
December 18, 2008 - USA Today
Where is Christ in Christmas?
Merry Christmas. Seriously. And some people do mean seriously.
December 18, 2008 - USA Today
Many beliefs, many paths to heaven?
Most American religious believers, including most Christians, say eternal life is not exclusively for those who accept Christ as their savior, a new survey finds.
December 18, 2008 - The News & Observer
Diversity arises in more churches
The Sunday service at Durham's King's Park International Church features a blast of hymns, gospel and praise music performed live and loud by band members that are as multi-racial as the people in attendance.
December 16, 2008 - Christianity Today
What Cizik's Resignation Means for Creation Care
While some celebrate, others lament advocate's departure from National Association of Evangelicals.
December 10, 2008 - Windy Citizen
‘Hot Rod’ Blagojevich not so hot in eyes of Orthodox community
The tiny Serbian-American population once celebrated Rod Blagojevich’s hard-to-pronounce name in the headlines.
December 9, 2008 - Time
Top Religion Stories of 2008: #5 - America's Unfaithful Faith
Americans are some of the most religious people in the world — but a huge survey noted that the religion in question changes with astonishing frequency.
December 9, 2008 - USA Today
A call to give religion full voice in the public square
Our national self-image is that America is a land of religious liberty and pluralism where people of faith can make their voices heard in the public square. But is that so?
December 9, 2008 - The Boston Globe
Religion and the vote in the 2008 election
At the final session of the Faith Angle conference today, two prominent survey researchers, John C. Green and Anna Greenberg, examined a variety of polling data about the relationship between religious affiliation and voting behavior in this year's presidential election.
December 9, 2008 - USA Today
Religion and the 2008 election: Surprising finds
The exit polls from the 2008 election aren’t released yet but early studies by political scientist John Green and democratic pollster Anna Greenberg, find the race and religiosity -- whether one attends weekly worship -- are just as polarizing as they were in 2004.
December 8, 2008 - USA Today
Is Sunni-Shia conflict more urgent than Middle East?
Should the Palestinian-Israeli conflict take a back seat to a focus on the power balance in the Sunni-Shia conflict?
December 7, 2008 - Cleveland Plain-Dealer
Inner-city black churches struggle to blend youth, tradition
The black church in America is at a historic turning point that could reshape the social, economic and political health of the nation's cities.
December 5, 2008 - CNN
Missing atheist sign found in Washington state
An atheist sign criticizing Christianity that was erected alongside a Nativity scene was taken from the Legislative Building in Olympia, Washington, on Friday and later found in a ditch.
December 2, 2008 - The Christian Century
In the None Zone
Religion in the Pacific Northwest.
December 2, 2008 - The Seattle Times
Nonbelievers' sign at Capitol counters Nativity
Atheists and agnostics with the Freedom From Religion Foundation put up a sign in the state Capitol that says, in part: "Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds."
December 1, 2008 - Religion News Service
Religion shaped 2008 in big, dramatic ways
Barack Obama may have chosen Joe Biden, and John McCain may have turned to Sarah Palin, but in the end the most sought-after running mate in the 2008 campaign never appeared on a single ballot.
December 1, 2008 - The Associated Press
Is gay the new black? Marriage ban spurs debate
Gay is the new black, say the protest signs and magazine covers, casting the gay marriage battle as the last frontier of equal rights for all.
November 29, 2008 - The Des Moines Register
Lively church for young adults
The downtown Des Moines area is re-creating itself with lofts, shops, restaurants and bars that cater to the 20- and 30-somethings.
November 28, 2008 - Baltimore Jewish Times
Survey says Jews believe less than Christians, but belong more
Imagine a Jew who doesn’t believe in God but is active at his or her synagogue. Apparently that scenario is not so far-fetched, according to a report titled “Belonging Without Believing,” issued recently by the Florence G. Heller Jewish Community Center Association Research Center.
November 24, 2008 - The Star-Ledger
Hindus find new faiths in marriage
The perfect man for Aparna Kachalia, who was born to Hindu parents from Bombay, will be one who loves the 20-year-old Edison resident and treats her well.
November 22, 2008 - Salt Lake Tribune
LDS political activism on gay marriage could impact Romney future
The key role played by the LDS Church in passing California's gay marriage ban could have long-lasting consequences - good and bad - for the future of the nation's highest-profile Mormon politician: Mitt Romney.
November 20, 2008 - The New York Times
With Same-Sex Marriage, a Court Takes on the People’s Voice
When the California Supreme Court begins weighing arguments over same-sex marriage — again — in December, some 18,000 such marriages could hang in the balance.
November 19, 2008 - The New York Times
Al Qaeda Coldly Acknowledges Obama Victory
In a propaganda salvo by Al Qaeda aimed at undercutting the enthusiasm of Muslims worldwide about the American election, Osama bin Laden’s top deputy condemned President-elect Barack Obama as a “house Negro” who would continue a campaign against Islam that Al Qaeda’s leaders said was begun by President Bush.
November 18, 2008 - The Washington Post
Some Abortion Foes Shifting Focus From Ban to Reduction
Frustrated by the failure to overturn Roe v. Wade, a growing number of antiabortion pastors, conservative academics and activists are setting aside efforts to outlaw abortion and instead are focusing on building social programs and developing other assistance for pregnant women to reduce the number of abortions.
November 18, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal
Atheists Reach Out -- Just Don't Call It Proselytizing
Late next month, atheists, humanists, freethinkers, secularists -- in short, nonbelievers of every description -- will gather in dozens of cities to mark the holiday they call HumanLight.
November 17, 2008 - Politico
No gain for Obama with religious whites
Despite Barack Obama's aggressive courting of white weekly churchgoers, exit polls showed that just 29 percent of them voted for him this year, the same percentage that Democrats John Kerry and Al Gore won in the previous two presidential elections.
November 16, 2008 - BBC News
Uncertain times for US Religious Right
As the dust settles on Washington following the Barack Obama earthquake, one group more than any other is expecting to be out in the cold.
November 15, 2008 - Newsweek
Is Obama the Antichrist?
On Nov. 5, Todd Strandberg was at his desk, fielding E-mails from around the world.
November 15, 2008 - Gannett News Service
Many Christians discovering meditation
Like many churchgoers in the Bible Belt, Kristy Robinson teaches Sunday school with her husband and helps prepare communion at their Episcopal church in Franklin, Tenn.
November 14, 2008 - The Florida Times-Union
Catholic voters help elect a pro-choice president
Tom Masters said he's "disturbed" that a majority of his fellow Catholics voted for Barack Obama despite the Democrat's well-known support for abortion rights.
November 13, 2008 - Religion News Service
Obama narrows, but doesn't end, electoral 'God gap'
The first take on exit polls dissecting Barack Obama's historic presidential victory indicates the famous "God gap" dividing American politics is still largely in place, but Obama fashioned a victory by cutting it down nearly everywhere -- among those who worship frequently and those who don't.
November 13, 2008 - The Kansas City Star
Opinion: Election ends Missouri’s bellwether status
The Nov. 4 election returns flushed out Missouri’s secret.
November 12, 2008 - The Washington Post
Bishops Call Obama-Supported Abortion Rights Bill a Threat to Catholic Church
The nation's Catholic bishops Tuesday approved a statement declaring that if the Democratic-controlled Congress and the incoming Obama administration enact proposed abortion rights legislation, they would see it as an attack on the church.
November 12, 2008 - The Associated Press
Humanist holiday ads say just be good
Christmas culture wars getting started.
November 10, 2008 - USA Today
Opinion: Green, meet God
The secular environmental movement sees an opportunity in the world of religion. Is this a marriage made in heaven?
November 9, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
Religious voters helped Obama to victory
His focused effort to target a group that had heavily favored Republicans paid off, an exit poll shows.
November 8, 2008 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Obama shifted some church voters
President-elect Barack Obama’s effort to swing religious voters his way and close the God gap with Republicans worked.
November 8, 2008 - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Economy won out for voters of faith
Voters of faith shifted decidedly left in Tuesday's presidential election, reflecting an electorate more concerned about the economy than abortion and gay marriage, and Barack Obama's ability to connect with religious voters in a way no Democrat had before him, observers say.
November 7, 2008 - Religion and Ethics Newsweekly
Election Wrap-Up
How did the religious groups vote?
November 7, 2008 - National Catholic Reporter
The Catholic Vote: Complex, significant but no realignment
Obama won among 'all Catholics’; McCain won regular churchgoers.
November 7, 2008 - The Associated Press
Election highlights racial divide in U.S. churches
The barrier-crossing election of Barack Obama did little to bridge the deep racial divide in American churches.
November 7, 2008 - The Guardian
Democratic converts narrow 'God gap'
Barack Obama managed to narrow the "God gap" with Republicans in the elections, performing better among every religious group than the Democrats in 2004, it emerged yesterday.
November 7, 2008 - The Washington Times
Catholic voters heavily favored Obama, analysis shows
Large numbers of Catholics and religiously unaffiliated voters heavily contributed to President-elect Barack Obama's huge margin of victory over Republican Sen. John McCain, according to an analysis of exit poll surveys by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
November 6, 2008 - The Christian Science Monitor
Obama made inroads with religious vote
The Democrat prevailed with Roman Catholic and Jewish voters. He even picked up support among Evangelicals.
November 6, 2008 - Newsweek
Analysis: A Post-Evangelical America
The religious building blocks of Obama's victory.
November 6, 2008 - The Associated Press
Experts: Obama gained faithful voters but didn't redraw map
In building a winning coalition of religious voters, Barack Obama cut into the so-called God gap that puts frequent worshippers in the Republican column, won Catholics, made inroads with younger evangelicals, and racked up huge numbers with minorities and people with no religious affiliation.
November 6, 2008 - Chicago Tribune
Barack Obama makes inroads with religious voters
Democrat does better with Catholics and white evangelicals than John Kerry in 2004.
November 6, 2008 - The Dallas Morning News
Obama outperforms Kerry's '04 results among religious voters
Barack Obama polled better than John Kerry did four years ago across the religious spectrum. But some of that swing may be more about changing demographics than changing minds.
November 5, 2008 - The Dallas Morning News
John Green of Pew looks at the effect of religion on the election
John Green is is senior fellow for religion and American Politics for the Pew Center and one of the absolute top analysts of how religion affects American politics. Less than 9 hours after his first look at the exit poll data late late Tuesday night, he was back on the phone talking to reporters. Iron man!
November 4, 2008 - Lexington Herald-Leader
Bishop: Election letter was matter of principle
Bishop Ronald Gainer said Monday that he wrote a letter stressing the church's stance on abortion to the Lexington Diocese because he felt that too many Catholic politicians had misstated key Catholic teachings.
November 3, 2008 - Newsweek
Analysis: The silent issue
Abortion hasn't been a central debate in the 2008 campaign. But that doesn't mean that its opponents feel any less strongly about it.
November 3, 2008 - Religion News Service
Black churches shift away from politics
The preacher's voice rises to a booming pitch. Near the end of his sermon, the Rev. David Cobb Jr. runs down a list of politicians in mesmerizing, rapid-fire rhythm:
November 2, 2008 - Dallas Morning News
Presidential candidates know religion plays a role
There's been lots of talk about Wall Street and Main Street in the 2008 presidential election. But Church Street looms large, too.
November 1, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
Korean churches growing rapidly in Southern California
They tend to practice a brand of Christianity that puts an emphasis on daily worship and missionary work.
November 1, 2008 - Politico
No gain for Obama with churchgoers
Barack Obama has courted white weekly churchgoers as avidly as any Republican-leaning bloc of voters, though it now appears his efforts may fall flat on Election Day.
October 28, 2008 - The Detroit News
Values may become secondary at polls
Socially conservative voters and observers cite a shift in priorities from prior presidential years.
October 24, 2008 - Religion and Ethics Newsweekly
Religion and America's Role in the World
While economic issues have dominated the country and the presidential campaign in recent days, the candidates have also faced some tough questions about US foreign policy. On the campaign trail, both John McCain and Barack Obama have referred to America as a force for good in the world. Do Americans agree?
October 24, 2008 - NPR
Obama Redraws Map Of Religious Voters
Religious language trips off Barack Obama's tongue as if he were a native of the Bible Belt.
October 23, 2008 - NPR
How McCain Shed Pariah Status Among Evangelicals
When it comes to evangelicals, John McCain has remade himself in eight short years.
October 22, 2008 - San Francisco Chronicle
Prop. 8 rivals seek support in black churches
The electoral battle over whether same-sex couples can marry is reaching its peak, and both campaigns are turning their attention to African Americans, particularly the churchgoing.
October 21, 2008 - Gannett News Service
Atheists become increasingly vocal
Alan Canon grew up in a fundamentalist household and was a Bible camp prize winner.
October 20, 2008 - Religion News Service
Secular voters feel abandoned, ignored by candidates
Lori Lipman Brown has had her fill of God-talk.
October 20, 2008 - USA Today
Opinion: Don't count us out
As the presidential campaign winds down, members of America's largest and most silent minority may be excused for feeling a little left out.
October 19, 2008 - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Faith factor in politics creates many blurred lines
Religious beliefs cross political lines in very personal, meaningful ways.
October 19, 2008 - The Christian Post
Lutheran Leader Urges Church to Engage in Faithful Political Talk
The head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is urging people of faith to speak out publicly on the vital issues facing the nation and the world and to exercise faithful civic engagement.
October 17, 2008 - The Wichita Eagle
More than mission work
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is among the fastest-growing churches worldwide.
October 17, 2008 - The New York Times
Opinion: True Lifer
This summer, some weeks before John McCain settled on his choice for running mate, delegates to the Republican convention received e-mail invitations to something called the “Life of the Party Party.”
October 16, 2008 - Lexington Herald-Leader
Obama's faith is widely mistaken in Kentucky
Public misconception is widespread in Kentucky about Barack Obama's faith, a Herald-Leader/WKYT Kentucky Poll shows.
October 14, 2008 - The Harrisburg Patriot-News
Religious voters broaden agendas, but many hold to allegiances
A group of twentysomethings at the Evangelical Free Church of Hershey spoke admiringly about Barack Obama's eloquence, his impulse to heal divides and his historic campaign as a black man nominated for the presidency.
October 14, 2008 - Christianity Today
Evangelical Moderates
Are they becoming less conservative? Or are they just saying so?
October 13, 2008 - Agence France-Presse
Religion playing lesser role in US elections than in past
Scratch the surface of any US elections, and religion can usually be found not far below.
October 13, 2008 - Chattanooga Times Free Press
Pulpit, politics create fine line for clergy
Dr. Bill Owens, senior pastor of 2,452-member Ridgedale Baptist Church, says he’d like to answer a parishioner who asks how he’ll vote in next month’s presidential election.
October 11, 2008 - Lakeland Ledger
A Few Religious Groups May Affect Outcome of Election
With election day drawing near, the Rev. Manny Torres has a dilemma.
October 11, 2008 - Dallas Morning News
Opinion: Anger on campaign trail shows culture war is alive and well
Just when it looked like the culture war was over, somebody opened up the ammunition.
October 10, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal
The Mystery Worshipper
Department stores hire mystery shoppers. Restaurant chains bring in undercover diners to rate their food and service.
October 7, 2008 - Newsweek
Power In The Pews
Latino evangelicals are an in-demand group this fall.
October 7, 2008 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Ministers try to push IRS to enforce law
The Internal Revenue Service receives a lot of checks in the mail, but last week may be the first time it received copies of sermons.
October 6, 2008 - Christianity Today
Barack Obama is making a lot of evangelicals think twice
Despite his liberal record, Barack Obama is making a lot of evangelicals think twice.
October 5, 2008 - Las Vegas Sun
Romney visit rallies more than GOP base
Area’s Mormons could be the difference in tight race for Nevada’s votes.
October 3, 2008 - Newsweek
Palin Reignites The Culture War
Her Everywoman act plays well, and the GOP may try again to target Obama as elitist.
October 2, 2008 - The Economist
The stunning growth of Christianity in China
Inside China’s fastest-growing non-governmental organisation.
October 1, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
To some evangelicals, Palin's career violates biblical teachings
The Alaska governor has lifted John McCain's support among conservative Christians, but some believe her work outside the home has turned 'husbands lead, wives submit' on its head.
September 30, 2008 - NPR
Obama's Lead Narrows Among Jewish Voters
A new poll from the American Jewish Committee shows that Sen. Barack Obama's lead over Sen. John McCain has narrowed.
September 29, 2008 - The Associated Press
Pastors using pulpits to endorse candidates, defy IRS regulations
Pastor Luke Emrich prepared his sermon this week knowing his remarks could invite an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service.
September 27, 2008 - The Washington Post
Changing Ramadan Rituals
Growing up in southern Egypt, Mohamed Sayed ended Ramadan's daily fast with lots of friends and relatives sharing a big feast, sitting around the television, drinking sweet tea and eating dates "like Thanksgiving multiplied by 30."
September 24, 2008 - The Washington Post
Opinion: Abortion: Rhetoric or Results
Abortion has been one of the most divisive and polarizing issues in American politics for the past 35 years. Despite the extensive public debate, people's views are not changing.
September 23, 2008 - U.S. News & World Report
Sarah Palin Sparks Revival of the Culture War
Along with the economic concerns, voters split over so-called values issues.
September 20, 2008 - The News Journal
Catholics debate abortion in presidential election
Though the American banking crisis and the effect it will have on the presidential campaign grabbed the media's attention this week, abortion has remained a flashpoint in Catholic circles.
September 20, 2008 - The New York Times
Opinion: The Push to ‘Otherize’ Obama
Here’s a sad monument to the sleaziness of this presidential campaign: Almost one-third of voters “know” that Barack Obama is a Muslim or believe that he could be.
September 18, 2008 - Time
The Bible Goes Green for the Prius Age
Green runs through the Bible like a vine.
September 16, 2008 - Reuters
U.S. Catholics pray for more priests
The sign outside St. James Church in the affluent Boston suburb of Wellesley sums up Catholicism's deepening struggles in the United States.
September 16, 2008 - The Associated Press
Family ties: Obama counts rabbi among relatives
Here's something about Barack Obama you probably didn't know: He's related to a rabbi.
September 15, 2008 - Seattle Times
Muslims turn to bus ads in Seattle to create awareness about Islam
The Seattle chapter of the Islamic Circle of North America is sponsoring bus ads to stir conversation and steer people toward information about Islam.
September 14, 2008 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Catholic vote key; both sides want it
Sen. Sam Brownback made his way up the long, curving drive of Seton Hill College last week for the third stop on a day that started in Ohio and would end in Washington, D.C.
September 14, 2008 - ABC News
What Does Palin's Faith Mean for U.S.?
It's happened to John McCain and Barack Obama. Now it's Sarah Palin's turn to go through what one observer has called a "spiritual vetting."
September 12, 2008 - Newsweek
Analysis: A Winning Streak with Evangelicals
The Palin pick is only one reason McCain is suddenly doing well with the religious right.
September 11, 2008 - The Economist
The born-again block
The Democrats are having a lot of trouble wooing evangelical voters.
September 11, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal
Palin's Entry Gives GOP Ticket Shot at Capturing the Youth Vote
With colleges back in session and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on board as the Republican vice presidential nominee, social conservatives are intensifying efforts to woo young voters, a demographic they once all but conceded to the Democrats.
September 10, 2008 - Religion News Service
Hispanic pastors' political sway on the rise
As the Rev. Nino Gonzalez sees it, voting is like learning English or earning citizenship -- something that is fundamentally American.
September 10, 2008 - Agence France-Presse
Palin helps McCain with evangelicals, doesn't ensure their vote: analysts
The "Palin factor" may have boosted support for Republican presidential contender John McCain among evangelical Christians but he should not bank on the religious right putting him in the White House as it did George W. Bush in 2004, analysts said Tuesday.
September 10, 2008 - The National Post
Alaska Shrugs Off Palin's Faith
Sarah Palin, the Alaska Governor, may be the most overtly religious candidate for U. S. vice-president in recent memory, but she comes from the state with one of the lowest levels of interest in religion.
September 9, 2008 - CNN
McCain ahead in national polls; Obama up in electoral votes
Sen. John McCain has inched ahead of Sen. Barack Obama in national polls, but the Democratic candidate holds a steady lead in the most recent Electoral College estimates.
September 9, 2008 - Reuters
Alaska town forged Republican "northern light"
In Sarah Palin's hometown of Wasilla, folks pray hard and when they go fishing they also arm themselves against bears.
September 7, 2008 - Macon Telegraph
Counting Christians: Democrats seeking to gain ground with evangelical voters
In January, a week before the South Carolina presidential primary, Barack Obama stood in the pulpit of Macon's Harvest Cathedral Church and tried to ease Christians' concerns that he was Muslim.
September 6, 2008 - National Catholic Reporter
What’s behind candidate Palin’s ‘God talk’
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin claims no denomination when asked what kind of Christian she is, confining her description to “Bible believing.”
September 5, 2008 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Palin may bring more Georgia evangelicals to McCain camp
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, with her conservative Christian credentials, appears to have turned grudging support from Georgia evangelicals into an excited buzz that may translate into votes for John McCain.
September 4, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal
Massive Churches Rising in Muslim Indonesia Are Testament to New Christian Boldness
Indonesia's sprinkling of small churches have periodically been raided, burned down or bombed by angry mobs. It would seem to be a good place for Christians to keep a low profile.
September 2, 2008 - National Catholic Reporter
Conservative Christians energized by McCain-Palin ticket
Evidence that conservative Christians might sit out the 2008 election appears to be crumbling here at the Republican National Convention.
September 2, 2008 - Religion News Service
McCain to make full-throttle push for Catholic vote
At 67 million strong and packed into must-win states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Florida, U.S. Catholics are the ultimate electoral prize for any candidate seeking the White House.
August 31, 2008 - The News Journal
Biden's faith strong, but abortion stance draws fire
Abortion-rights view puts Biden at odds with his denomination.
August 30, 2008 - The Associated Press
Evangelicals energized by McCain-Palin ticket
Sarah Palin already has energized conservative religious leaders who had fretted that John McCain would pick an abortion rights supporter as his running mate.
August 28, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal
Tiptoeing to the Right on Abortion
At an opening interfaith prayer ceremony at the Democratic convention Sunday, an evangelical minister spoke about saving unborn children.
August 27, 2008 - CQ Politics
Evangelical Democrats Hope to Turn Mustard Seed of Outreach Into Great Tree of Votes
After a week of partisan thunder, a conservative Republican will bring a quiet close to the Democratic National Convention.
August 27, 2008 - Religion News Service
Dems make faith push at convention
Democratic Party leaders are making an aggressive push for Catholic and evangelical voters, splashing attention on faith-focused ideas and gurus here at the Democratic National Convention.
August 26, 2008 - U.S. News & World Report
Can Biden Help Obama Win Catholic Voters?
They could be a key swing vote, but there has never been a Catholic vice president.
August 26, 2008 - CQ Politics
Muslim Democrats Stake Claim in Process, But Obama Campaign Still Wary
At a rally for GOP presidential nominee John McCain earlier this year, a local radio host in Cincinnati repeatedly referred to Barack Obama as “Barack Hussein Obama.”
August 26, 2008 - The Tennessean
Democrats' new platform aims for faith vote
When it comes to presidential elections, abortion is the end-all, be-all issue for the conservative evangelicals who propelled George W. Bush to the White House.
August 25, 2008 - Christianity Today
Getting People Excited about John McCain
Evangelical outreach coordinator Maryls Popma had resigned from the campaign last year but quickly changed her mind.
August 25, 2008 - The Washington Times
Democrats court religious voters
The 2008 Democratic National Convention kicked off on Sunday with a first-ever interfaith gathering aimed at luring the devout to the party fold.
August 25, 2008 - Religion News Service
Is voting a Christian rite or right?
Jason Ford, 29, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., will be spending Election Day at home this year.
August 24, 2008 - U.S. News & World Report
McCain and Obama Largely Avoid Abortion, Gay Marriage
Social issues are largely out of the spotlight in the presidential election.
August 23, 2008 - San Francisco Chronicle
Muslims work around prejudice in politics
Shahed Amanullah registered the domain name for MuslimsForObama.com more than a year ago. But he has waited to develop it as he saw Muslim identity being smeared, his belief system used for political attack.
August 22, 2008 - Christianity Today
Americans (and More Evangelicals) Want Churches out of Politics
A majority of Americans want religious institutions to keep out of political matters, a survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life shows.
August 22, 2008 - The Dallas Morning News
Survey: Obama's support from religious voters no better than Kerry's in '04
Despite months of intensive outreach, Barack Obama is doing no better among religious voters in the presidential race than fellow Democrat John Kerry did four years ago, according to a new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
August 22, 2008 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Poll: More think religion and politics shouldn’t mix
Religious conservatives are having a change of heart about mixing politics and religion, says the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
August 21, 2008 - Politico
Poll: Most want church out of politics
For the first time in a dozen years, a majority of Americans believe that churches and religious institutions should “keep out” of politics, according to the annual Pew Religion and Public Life Survey.
August 21, 2008 - Reuters
More Americans want church and politics separate: poll
A slim majority of Americans, including more conservatives and Republicans than previously, want to keep religion out of politics, a survey released on Thursday found.
August 21, 2008 - The Associated Press
Conservatives grow wary of mixing church, politics
Social conservatives are growing more wary of church involvement in politics, joining moderates and liberals in their unease about blurring the lines between pulpit and ballot box, a new study found.
August 21, 2008 - CNN
Survey: Americans feel churches shouldn't meddle in politics
A slim majority of Americans think churches should stay out of politics, according to a new survey.
August 21, 2008 - NPR
Poll: Slim Backing For Keeping Politics, Religion Apart
A new poll from the Pew Research Center has found a slim majority that says religious institutions should not speak out on political and social issues.
August 21, 2008 - Religion News Service
Most Americans think churches should avoid politics
A slim majority of Americans, including rising numbers of conservatives, say churches should stay out of politics, according to a survey released Thursday (Aug. 21) by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.
August 20, 2008 - Reuters
Role of religion in U.S. election
The race for the White House often comes down to so-called battleground or swing states, where the outcome may hinge on a few crucial votes.
August 20, 2008 - Religion News Service
McCain's faith journey largely unspoken
Sen. John McCain has one story he tells again and again about his religious life.
August 19, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
Leah Daughtry is on a mission to narrow the 'God gap' in politics
The Pentecostal minister, political planner and 'black chick from Brooklyn' is leading an effort to bring religious voters to the Democratic Party.
August 18, 2008 - USA Today
Opinion: Misunderstood Megachurches
These goliaths have become all the rage in recent years, largely seen as political engines chugging along for conservative Republicans.
August 17, 2008 - The Dallas Morning News
McCain, Obama share their views on evil, marriage, abortion at faith forum
Barack Obama and John McCain offered a sharply different prescription of how faith would inform their presidency during a joint appearance Saturday at a California megachurch.
August 16, 2008 - Politico
Candidates make their appeals to evangelicals
Until recently, an event like this would have been unimaginable: The Democratic and Republican presidential nominees meeting at a megachurch to face questioning from an evangelical preacher.
August 16, 2008 - Politico
The rise of the evangelical center
On Saturday, John McCain and Barack Obama will sit on the same stage for the first time during this presidential election. But don’t call it a debate.
August 16, 2008 - The Modesto Bee
Atheists speak up, seek tolerance
It's difficult at times being a person of faith, but it can be even harder to be an atheist, someone who believes there is no God.
August 16, 2008 - The Boston Globe
Questions renew on Romney prospects
An apparent effort by former presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee to diminish the chances of former rival Mitt Romney becoming the Republican vice presidential nominee is reviving questions about whether Romney's prospects are being damaged by opposition from evangelicals and religious conservatives.
August 16, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal
Young Clergyman Leads Obama's Drive to Attract 'Faith Voters'
Barack Obama and John McCain will appear on stage together for the first time in the general election campaign Saturday at the megachurch of evangelical leader Rev. Rick Warren. The event presents challenges for both men.
August 15, 2008 - NPR
McCain, Obama Seek Converts At Church Forum
Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain will make their first joint appearance as their parties' presumptive presidential nominees on Saturday.
August 15, 2008 - The Washington Post
GOP Loyalty Not a Given For Young Evangelicals
Jonathan Merritt is a Baptist preacher's son with a pristine evangelical lineage.
August 15, 2008 - The Economist
American Politics: The God Question
John McCain and Barack Obama each has a problem with religion. Who will the faithful follow?
August 14, 2008 - The Economist
The next Billy Graham
Rick Warren has emerged as the most powerful evangelical in America.
August 14, 2008 - Religion News Service
Belief in hell dips, but some say they've already been there
Ernie Long believes he has been to hell. He can even narrow it down to a particular moment.
August 14, 2008 - Reuters
Obama and McCain aim for faith vote at forum
U.S. presidential rivals Barack Obama and John McCain target religious voters on Saturday when as guests of one of America's foremost evangelists they discuss faith in public life, AIDS, the environment and other issues.
August 13, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
Christian school loses case against University of California
A judge rules that the university system was not discriminatory in its refusal to count certain classes toward admission.
August 11, 2008 - USA Today
Analysis: The race for the religious center
John McCain and Barack Obama both realize that when it comes to faith and the American voter, the sweet spot is right down the middle.
August 10, 2008 - The National Post
An opportunity awaits Obama among the evangelical vote
Texan Jake French and Minnesota native Erik Hadland, both evangelical Christians, think Barack Obama has a lot to offer: he is young, compassionate and charismatic, a welcome change from eight years of George W. Bush.
August 8, 2008 - The News & Observer
Evangelicals increasingly tolerant of other paths
At a meeting with Sen. Barack Obama recently, the Rev. Franklin Graham asked the presidential hopeful a burning question: Did he think Jesus was the way, or merely a way?
August 5, 2008 - Religion News Service
Report: Religion rivaled race, gender coverage during primaries
Religion rivaled race and gender combined during media coverage of this year's primary campaign season, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center.
August 2, 2008 - The Washington Post
Unitarians Keep the Faith After Attack in Church
Across the country, as well as in the Washington area, hundreds of Unitarian Universalist congregations held services and candlelight vigils this week after a deadly rampage at a Knoxville, Tenn., church to show support for their denomination's long-standing progressive tradition.
July 31, 2008 - The Associated Press
Los Angeles Jews forge bond with Pentecostal Latinos to counter anti-Semitism
When Randy Brown visited Hispanic Pentecostal congregations in Southern California, he was stunned by displays of Star-of-David flags, fervent prayers for peace in Israel and Hebrew words in their church names.
July 28, 2008 - Bloomberg.com
Obama Wins Young Evangelical Voters in Battleground-State Push
Sophomore Michelle Miller is the head of her university's Obama for America chapter, and she's doing everything she can to get him elected.
July 25, 2008 - The Economist
In many parts of the world, the right to change one's beliefs is under threat
As an intellectually gifted Jewish New Yorker who had reached manhood in the mid-1950s, Marc Schleifer was relentless in his pursuit of new cultural and spiritual experiences.
July 25, 2008 - Reuters
Obama and Muslim voters a "double whammy?"
Barack Obama should be able to count on heavy support from U.S. Muslims in the November election, if polls are correct, but he risks offending some members of that faith by having to explain he is not one himself.
July 25, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal
Rebel With a Cause: Bobby Jindal's Spiritual Journey
In 1988, 16-year-old Piyush Jindal totaled his father's new car a few weeks before graduating from Baton Rouge High School.
July 24, 2008 - USA Today
At nation's churches, guys are few in the pews
Churches nationwide are fretting and sweating to reel men into their sanctuaries on Sundays.
July 24, 2008 - The Guardian
American Jews predicted to vote Democrat by significant margin
American Jewish leaders yesterday predicted a big turnout among Jews in November's presidential election in favour of Barack Obama, in spite of suspicions about his views on Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
July 19, 2008 - The Associated Press
Democrats of faith hope to attract believers to the party
The request befuddled Leah Daughtry. The experienced political hand in charge of planning next month's Democratic National Convention — a self-described "black chick from Brooklyn" and ordained Pentecostal minister — didn't know what to tell the atheists.
July 19, 2008 - The New York Times
Uncertainties About the Role of Doubt in Religion
“Belief in God isn’t quite the same thing in 1500 and today,” writes Charles Taylor in “A Secular Age” (Harvard University Press, 2007), his formidable exploration of how the conditions of religious belief — and of unbelief, too — have changed for modern Westerners.
July 18, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal
Opinion: Evangelicals Haven't Embraced the Democrats' Agenda
A few weeks ago, John McCain met with the Rev. Billy Graham in what was widely seen as an effort to step up his outreach to religious people.
July 15, 2008 - Dallas Morning News
Analysis: Pentecostals could influence swing states
When Reunion Arena closed last month, most of us in Dallas focused on the end of an era for the basketball showcase. But the religious revival held at Reunion on the night of its last hurrah also had plenty to say about the future, politically speaking.
July 14, 2008 - Newsweek
‘I Am a Big Believer in Not Just Words, But Deeds and Works’
Barack Obama talked to NEWSWEEK's Lisa Miller and Richard Wolffe about how faith plays into his everyday life. Excerpts:
July 13, 2008 - Anchorage Daily News
Believe it or not, Alaska's one of nation's least religious states
We have mega-congregations, neighborhood Bible churches and strip-mall chapels of love, but a good number of Alaskans still aren't in the pews on Sunday.
July 13, 2008 - The Burlington Free Press
Faithless in Vermont?
Are Vermonters heathens?
July 12, 2008 - St. Petersburg Times
Obama openly woos voters of faith
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign talks about religion at "American values" house parties.
July 8, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal
What’s the Meaning of Evangelical?
I’ve given talks and interviews on “the politics of evangelical voters” numerous times over the past seven years, so I was surprised after a TV appearance last week when my wife turned to me and asked, “Um, Hun, what do you mean when you say ‘evangelical?’”
July 5, 2008 - Dallas Morning News
McCain steps up efforts to woo religious voters
John McCain has stepped up his appeal to Christian conservatives, meeting recently with religious leaders in Ohio and making a publicized pilgrimage to see Billy Graham.
July 3, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal
Churches Work on Their Message
It has long been a challenge for Christian pastors.
July 2, 2008 - Gannett News Service
Evangelical voters not sold on McCain yet
John McCain hasn't sealed the deal with many evangelical voters, a group that may make up about a third of the Republican Party's activist base.
July 2, 2008 - Christian Science Monitor
Christianity in a Chinese workplace? For some.
A spiffy corporate campus in China isn't exactly where you'd expect to find a four-foot-tall wooden cross, let alone a church filled with Chinese singing hymns.
July 1, 2008 - The New York Times
Obama Wants to Expand Role of Religious Groups
With an eye toward courting evangelical voters, Senator Barack Obama presented a plan here on Tuesday to expand on President Bush’s program of investing federal money in religious-based initiatives that are intended to fight poverty and perform community aid work.
June 30, 2008 - USA Today
An exodus from Iraq
The country’s religious minorities have been brutalized and driven away as a result of the Iraq war.
June 30, 2008 - Newsweek
Evangelicals Are Crucial to Winning the 2008 Election
The leaders of the religious right don't have great affection for John McCain.
June 29, 2008 - The Boston Globe
What lies beneath
Life is hell, or so the expression goes, but, for many Americans, the afterlife is looking up.
June 29, 2008 - CNN
Evangelical movement touts 'Jesus for president'
They're spiritual misfits. Rabble-rousers. They packed the shell of the old Baptist church on Negley Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to hear author, Christian activist and fellow misfit Shane Claiborne stump on the campaign for a third party candidate, Jesus.
June 27, 2008 - Nashville City Paper
Theologian helps Obama find his religious voice
Shaun Casey, a religious adviser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, was on a family trip to California in March when he got word — he was a pinhead.
June 26, 2008 - Chicago Tribune
Modern Pagans give ancient religion a contemporary twist
Give them that old-time religion — ancient religion — and then watch an exploding population of modern Pagans give it a contemporary twist.
June 25, 2008 - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life survey finds evangelicals back liberal causes
America's largest religious groups have reached consensus on public policies supporting environmental protection, aid to the poor and less foreign involvement, according to a survey on religion that indicates Democrats may have an opportunity to pick up evangelical votes this fall.
June 24, 2008 - U.S. News & World Report
The Role of Religion in This Year's Election
A new survey suggests the complex role of faith in the race for the White House.
June 24, 2008 - Hartford Courant
Poll Finds Many In State Unsure About God
In the thorny business of measuring belief in God, Connecticut comes up a bit on the lukewarm side.
June 24, 2008 - The Christian Science Monitor
New findings about U.S. religious life
Practices do not always line up as theologians may expect, a Pew Forum survey finds.
June 24, 2008 - Dallas Morning News
Study: Most Americans say many religions can lead to eternal life
Most Americans say they are absolutely sure about standards of right and wrong – and are just as sure that no one religion holds an exclusive franchise on the truth.
June 24, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
Survey shows Californians less religious than rest of nation
Californians are less likely to consider religion 'very important.' But of the 36,000 people surveyed, 42% said they think Hollywood is a corrupting influence.
June 24, 2008 - The New York Times
Survey Shows U.S. Religious Tolerance
Although a majority of Americans say religion is very important to them, nearly three-quarters of them say they believe that many faiths besides their own can lead to salvation, according to a survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
June 24, 2008 - The Washington Post
Most Americans Believe in Higher Power, Poll Finds
Most Americans believe that angels and demons are active in the world, and nearly 80 percent think miracles occur, according to a poll released yesterday that takes an in-depth look at Americans' religious beliefs.
June 23, 2008 - The Washington Post
Discussion: Pew Forum Survey on Religion in America
Greg Smith, a research fellow for the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, was online Monday, June 23 at 2:30 p.m. ET to discuss the institute's extensive new survey of American religious beliefs.
June 23, 2008 - The Boston Globe
Massive study finds most Americans devout, tolerant
The United States is a nation of believers: Most Americans say they believe in God, they pray, and they attend worship services regularly; they also believe in angels and demons, in heaven and hell, and in miracles.
June 23, 2008 - Politico
Pew survey finds believers flexible
Who says Americans aren’t optimistic?
June 23, 2008 - Time
Christians: No One Path to Salvation
Americans of every religious stripe are considerably more tolerant of the beliefs of others than most of us might have assumed, according to a new poll released Monday.
June 23, 2008 - The Associated Press
Religious Americans: My faith isn't the only way
America remains a deeply religious nation, but a new survey finds most Americans don't believe their tradition is the only way to eternal life — even if the denomination's teachings say otherwise.
June 23, 2008 - USA Today
Survey: More have dropped dogma for spirituality in U.S.
Religion today in the USA is a salad bar where people heap on upbeat beliefs they like and often leave the veggies — like strict doctrines — behind.
June 23, 2008 - Religion News Service
Think you know what Americans believe about religion? You might want to think again.
Seven in 10 Americans who follow one particular faith believe many religions can lead to eternal life.
June 23, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal
Obama Walks a Fine Line With Muslims
It is inaccurate to call Barack Obama a Muslim. Is it a slur?
June 22, 2008 - Reuters
Young evangelicals aim to broaden agenda
Matt Dunbar is not your typical evangelical Christian.
June 21, 2008 - Wichita Eagle
Stray Catholics
A Pew survey indicates that the faith has lost the most members among American adults.
June 20, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
Pew Forum surveys denominations' views on gay marriage
Study finds a wide range of attitudes on same-sex unions from tolerance and support to strong opposition.
June 18, 2008 - Religion News Service
Obama plans full-throttle push for evangelicals
With the Democratic presidential nomination in his grasp, Sen. Barack Obama is making a full-throttle push for centrist evangelicals and Catholics.
June 16, 2008 - USA Today
Opinion: Why the Christian right fears Obama
The language of faith isn’t a foreign tongue to the senator of Illinois.
June 12, 2008 - National Catholic Reporter
USCCB: The 'browning' of Catholicism and the value of Catholic schools
Two experts in religious sociology addressed the U.S. bishops this afternoon, each in a way making a simple point.
June 12, 2008 - Religion News Service
Catholic bishops told immigration is key to future of church
Immigration has not weakened the Christian identity of the United States but rather strengthened it, the director of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life told Catholic bishops here Thursday (June 12).
June 12, 2008 - The Orlando Sentinel
Bishops tackle prayer book, views on Catholic faith
When the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meets in Orlando starting today at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, the agenda will include two issues that affect Catholics sitting in the pews: a new translation of the service prayer book and recent surveys of Catholic attitudes toward their faith.
June 11, 2008 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Bishops want Catholics back
From as long ago as he can remember, Josey Baker's mom took him to Mass each Sunday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Columbia, Ill.
June 10, 2008 - Christianity Today
How many evangelical votes are really in play?
News reports about Sen. Barack Obama's appeal among conservative Christians, especially young evangelicals, have raised the question: Could they help propel the Democratic candidate to victory in November?
June 9, 2008 - The New York Times
Evangelicals Are Still Wary Despite McCain’s Outreach
Lori Viars, an evangelical activist in Warren County, Ohio, essentially put her life on hold in the fall of 2004 to run a phone bank for President Bush. Her efforts helped the president’s ambitious push to turn out evangelicals and win that critical swing state in a close election.
June 7, 2008 - The Baltimore Sun
Religion's sway felt in elections past, present
Obama, McCain only latest to navigate bumpy terrain.
June 6, 2008 - St. Petersburg Times
Leaving church tough for many, not just Obama
It took weeks of political pounding before Barack Obama finally renounced his membership in Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ.
June 3, 2008 - Bloomberg.com
Obama's Focus on Faith Offers Promise, Pitfalls for Democrats
Barack Obama may be shaped by his religious faith more than any Democratic presidential nominee since Jimmy Carter.
May 31, 2008 - San Diego Union-Tribune
Diversity of opinion on same-sex unions
Rabbi Martin Lawson is ready.
May 31, 2008 - The Stockton Record
Old ritual finds new popularity
It was gray and drizzling outside Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Lathrop on the Saturday afternoon when Michelle Pintos' friends and relatives came to celebrate her coming adulthood.
May 29, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal
Conservative-Catholic Voters May Be in Play
For the first time since the presidential election of 1988, the observant white Catholic vote might be up for grabs this November.
May 28, 2008 - The Associated Press
Factions eye political use of California's gay wedding ruling
For conservative Christian activists, this month's California Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage provides an opportunity to rekindle interest in an issue that has fallen well behind the price of gas in the national consciousness.
May 28, 2008 - Reuters
Obama, McCain both need abortion issue
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain has one ace up his sleeve in his bid to woo disgruntled conservative Christians: his unflinching opposition to abortion rights.
May 27, 2008 - The Washington Post
Muslims Try to Balance Traditions, U.S. Culture on Path to Marriage
As imam of one of the Washington region's largest mosques, Mohamed Magid counsels married couples, including those with a problem he sees among Muslim Americans: husbands and wives who were virtual strangers before they wedded.
May 26, 2008 - The Associated Press
Political hazards of pastors
Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, both seeking to use religion to their advantage in the presidential campaign, have learned painful lessons about the risks of getting too close to religious leaders.
May 26, 2008 - San Francisco Chronicle
Battle looms for plan to ban same-sex nuptials
A constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in California isn't yet on the November ballot, but politicians, gay rights groups, religious organizations and others are preparing for a battle that will ripple across the state and could help decide who is elected president.
May 26, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
California gay marriage ruling isn't seen as trend
As the nation's most populous state, California often sets in motion social and political trends that sweep across the country.
May 24, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
New fuel for religion-science debate
A letter by Einstein and comments by a Vatican astronomer stoke the discussion.
May 24, 2008 - The Columbus Dispatch
McCain repudiates Parsley's backing
Sen. John McCain has rejected Columbus pastor Rod Parsley's endorsement after holding on to it for nearly three months.
May 24, 2008 - The New York Times
Spotlight Recasts Church Leaders and Their Support
When George W. Bush ran for president in 2000, an influential megachurch pastor from Texas made an early endorsement that helped him win over skeptical evangelical conservatives.
May 24, 2008 - The Seattle Times
Leap of faith: Shopping around for a place of worship
When Randy and Joanne Harvey of Crown Hill set out to find a church, they weren't thinking so much about Sunday school for their two boys, Emmett, 5, and Griffen, 3.
May 23, 2008 - Agence-France Presse
A US temple where faithful don't have to believe in God
It looks more like a theater than a church, there are no sacred symbols, and the faithful who gather at this monumental Art Nouveau edifice believe deeply that there is not necessarily a god.
May 20, 2008 - The International Herald Tribune
Analysis: Mecca and moderation
For many people in the West, Islam is increasingly associated with violence and terrorism. According to a 2007 survey conducted by the Pew Forum, 45 percent of Americans believe Islam is more likely to encourage violence than other religions, up from 36 percent in 2005.
May 19, 2008 - The San Francisco Chronicle
Church tackles tough subject of race
From the pulpit of a Danville church, the leader of the 1.2 million member United Church of Christ on Sunday urged those gathered to start a national, "sacred" conversation about one of the most toxic topics in American life: race.
May 18, 2008 - The New York Times
California Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage Fuels a Battle, Rather Than Ending It
Just hours after the California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, Mathew D. Staver was already raising money to overturn the decision.
May 18, 2008 - The Washington Post
Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Makes Waves
Opponents of same-sex marriage say they will ask the California Supreme Court to delay the implementation of its ruling allowing gay couples to wed in the state as those on both sides of the debate gear up for a November ballot measure aimed at undoing the court's decision.
May 18, 2008 - Newsday
Non-religious summer camps develop niche
When Joe Fox sends his daughters away to summer camp, he's confident they'll be surrounded by kids who share his family's beliefs and values.
May 16, 2008 - The New York Times
Gay Couples Rejoice at Ruling
Gay and lesbian couples in San Francisco rejoiced Thursday over a state Supreme Court decision affirming their right to marry even as political leaders on both sides of the issue prepared for an extended fight over the ruling in the courts and at the ballot box.
May 16, 2008 - The San Francisco Chronicle
Same-sex marriage decision may help Republicans
The California Supreme Court's historic ruling affirming the right of same-sex couples to marry is certain to inject the issue into the 2008 presidential race and could help Republicans by serving up a red-meat issue to rally conservative voters.
May 16, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal
Obama Courts Christian Voters in Kentucky
Sen. Barack Obama plans to roll out a new nationwide faith effort to make it clear to voters that the presidential candidate is a Christian who reflects the values of the electorate.
May 11, 2008 - The Seattle Times
Young, evangelical ... for Obama?
Michael Dudley is the son of a preacher man.
May 9, 2008 - Contra Costa Times
Presidential candidates present "mixed bag" for religious voters
When Michigan Gov. George Romney ran in the Republican presidential primary, no mention was made of his Mormon faith.
May 9, 2008 - Reuters
China’s Religious Character May Be Deeper Than Thought
The light being cast on China by the coming Summer Games is far brighter than the flickering Olympic flame now wending its way across that vast country.
May 8, 2008 - The Philadelphia Inquirer
A religious haven for the estranged
The cockeyed iron crucifix inside St. Miriam Catholic Church in Roxborough is just one clue that this is no ordinary Catholic parish.
May 7, 2008 - National Catholic Reporter
Survey finds pope's visit got a big chunk of U.S. media's attention
The news media gave Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United States in April more coverage that week than any topic except the 2008 election campaign, according to an analysis of reporting by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism.
May 7, 2008 - The Associated Press
Evangelical leaders say their faith is too politicized
Prominent evangelicals urged Christian conservatives Wednesday to support "an expansion of our concerns beyond single-issue politics," angering some leaders on the religious right who have been closely allied with the Republican Party.
May 5, 2008 - Reuters
Republican evangelical support has peaked: analyst
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain will almost certainly garner less of the evangelical vote in November than the almost 80 percent that President George W. Bush took in 2004, a former top Bush aide said on Monday.
May 5, 2008 - The Christian Post
A Look Back at China's Growing Faith
Much attention has been paid to China’s human rights violations, including its suppression of religious freedom, ahead of the Beijing Olympics in August.
May 5, 2008 - Time
Religion and the Parties
Mike Gerson and Bill Galston just gave the first presentations here at the Pew Forum's biannual conference on religion and public life.
May 5, 2008 - Reuters
Catholics have become key Clinton base: analyst
White Roman Catholics have become a key base for Sen. Hillary Clinton in her quest for the Democratic presidential nomination and one she needs to win by huge margin, a conference on faith and politics heard on Monday.
May 5, 2008 - The Boston Globe
Catholics reflect schism in Democratic base
Bloc splitting along age, class, and gender lines.
May 5, 2008 - The Orlando Sentinel
Hispanic evangelicals hold potent votes, experts say
For the Rev. Nino Gonzalez, last year's contentious debate over immigration reform was a rude awakening -- one that has propelled him into the political arena.
May 5, 2008 - The Christian Post
What Progressive Christians Are Doing to U.S. Politics
Progressive Christians, who have found a louder voice this election year, have helped expand the issues that matter to religious people in the public square and brought together previously opposing communities, said a panel of progressive leaders and scholar recently.
May 2, 2008 - The News & Observer
Our civil religion
A scholar says voters judge candidates by common beliefs in American ideals.
April 28, 2008 - Commonweal
Analysis: Jeremiah, Obama, and Roman Catholics
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright is back in the news, delivering some fiery (the indispensible adjective with the Rev. Wright) rhetoric yesterday at the close of a meeting of the NAACP’s Detroit branch.
April 25, 2008 - The Washington Times
Clinton's faith underestimated
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is more devout than public perception has allowed, her Methodism carried close to her heart alongside her political interests, even if she is almost reluctant to talk about it.
April 21, 2008 - New York Magazine
If God Is Dead, Who Gets His House?
The fastest-growing faith in America is no faith at all. And now some atheists think they need a church.
April 20, 2008 - The Scranton Times-Tribune
Muslim myth still dogging Obama
It’s been said many times: this is an election year of firsts. The first viable woman presidential candidate. The first viable black presidential candidate.
April 20, 2008 - The New York Times
A Deep Respect for Benedict, but It’s Still True Love for John Paul
At the Catholic Goods Center off Arthur Avenue in the Bronx the other day, they were all sold out of Pope Benedict XVI holy cards. Copies of the photo of Benedict displayed in the store window were selling briskly.
April 20, 2008 - The New York Times
A Populist Shift Confronts the U.S. Catholic Church
To say she was a practicing Catholic would be an understatement. For years, Maria Aparecida Calazans was a mainstay at her Long Island church, joining dozens of fellow Brazilian immigrants for the Portuguese language Mass on Sunday mornings.
April 20, 2008 - The New York Times
Pope Speaks Up for Immigrants, Touching a Nerve
Even as he was flying to the United States, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of protecting immigrant families, not dividing them.
April 19, 2008 - The Houston Chronicle
Catholic vote proves to be difficult target
Once solidly Democrat, flock now more diverse.
April 18, 2008 - The Houston Chronicle
Lent reflects Orthodox church's history
Amid burning candles and glowing icons, the Orthodox choir lifts up its voice during an evening service.
April 15, 2008 - Reuters
"Faith Vote" Big in Pennsylvania Primary
Darwin McAfee is a white evangelical Protestant who is opposed to abortion and likes the great outdoors.
April 15, 2008 - Newsweek
Opinion: How Benedict XVI Will Make History
The master teacher who follows John Paul is a moral leader who's begun an unprecedented conversation with Islam.
April 15, 2008 - The Online NewsHour
Young Catholics Are Prime Audience for Pope Benedict XVI's U.S. Visit
The pope's six-day visit begins Tuesday in Washington, D.C., where he will be greeted by President Bush.
April 15, 2008 - Politico
Green Lobby Turns to Prayer
With Congress nearing consideration of sweeping global warming legislation, advocates are turning to a higher authority to help their lobbying in the sometimes sinful halls of Congress.
April 15, 2008 - The Washington Post
Building Ties With Catholics A Bush Priority
During a private meeting in the White House living quarters last year with the Roman Catholic bishop of Hong Kong, President Bush expressed passionate appreciation for the church's defense of human life on abortion and other issues.
April 14, 2008 - Council on Foreign Relations
The Pope in America
In seven trips to the United States in the last quarter of the twentieth century, the late Pope John Paul II carried on a lively relationship with Americans, alternately charming and challenging Catholics and non-Catholics alike.
April 14, 2008 - BBC News
Hispanics Help Reshape US Church
In the remote village of Chimayo, where the mountains of New Mexico swell up out of the desert scrub, the faithful pray for miracles, and offer a clue to the pressures and influences helping to reshape modern American Catholicism.
April 14, 2008 - The Baltimore Sun
Politics to Greet Pope on U.S. Visit
Presidential candidates hope pontiff's remarks produce Catholic votes.
April 14, 2008 - Newsday
Obama Campaign Struggles to Win over Catholics
Barack Obama was waiting in the wings when the priest began to bless his rally last week in this conservative, middle-class Indiana town.
April 13, 2008 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Democratic Candidates Try to Reach Religious Voters
The God gap is closing.
April 13, 2008 - The Baltimore Sun
Opinion: Evangelicals' New Face
The "religious right" fades as more Christians embrace a view of morality that extends beyond abortion and gay marriage.
April 13, 2008 - Politico
Obama Gaffe Undermines Dem Outreach
The furor surrounding Barack Obama’s comments about “bitter” small-town voters and their faith clouds an emerging story line that stood to benefit the eventual Democratic nominee at Republican John McCain’s expense.
April 10, 2008 - Reuters
The 'Affirmative Orthodoxy' of Pope Benedict
Pope Benedict is coming to America and American Catholics may be in for some surprises.
April 10, 2008 - Reuters
Pope May Find Willing Ear Among Young U.S. Catholics
Pope Benedict may find a particularly receptive audience during his U.S. visit next week among some younger Catholics who have come of age seeking a stronger and perhaps more conservative religious identity.
April 10, 2008 - York Daily Record
Primary Candidates Court Catholics in Pa.
The diverse voting bloc could hold sway in the April 22 primary.
April 7, 2008 - The New York Times
Opinion: The Vatican and Globalization: Tinkering With Sin
It’s hard to erect rules to last forever.
April 5, 2008 - Richmond Times-Dispatch
Pontiff Will Visit U.S. Amid Church's Transition
Catholics are seeing changes in religion's makeup, direction.
April 4, 2008 - Reuters
Pope Benedict Hardly Household Name in U.S.: Poll
Pope Benedict is viewed favorably by most Americans but is not as popular as his predecessor John Paul among Catholics and non-Catholics alike, according to a poll released on Wednesday.
April 4, 2008 - The Economist
Germany's Turkish Minority
Germany's Turks do not properly belong. But what is it that they should belong to?
April 3, 2008 - Politico
McCain Shies Away From Religion Talk
Traversing the country this week on a tour of places that have shaped his life and informed his values, John McCain spoke in strikingly personal language to introduce himself to the American public.
April 2, 2008 - The San Jose Mercury-News
Diocese Trying to Restore Trust Through Prevention Programs
It was the worst of times for the Diocese of Oakland.
April 2, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
U.S. Muslims and Mormons Share Deepening Ties
The connection is based not on theology but on shared values and a sense of isolation from mainstream America.
March 28, 2008 - U.S. News & World Report
Pope Reaches Out to American Catholics
It won't be the easiest roadshow for the leader of the world's largest Christian church, a man who many thought would be a quiet but dogmatic transitional figure focused on preserving the church in an increasingly secular Europe.
March 26, 2008 - The San Francisco Chronicle
Obama Bounces Back - Speech Seemed to Help
The first major national poll taken since Sen. Barack Obama's speech on race in America shows Obama and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in a virtual tie, reversing Obama's slide in the polls after the wide airing of controversial remarks made by his pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
March 26, 2008 - The Hill
Opinion: Obama Should Change
Barack Obama should look at some recent polling to find a way out of his jam with the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
March 24, 2008 - The New Republic
Opinion: Full Faith
Despite Jeremiah Wright, Obama gets religion.
March 24, 2008 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This Time, Evangelicals Aren't Just GOP Bloc
Hunter Wright, a 27-year-old evangelical Christian from Gwinnett County, is leaning toward Republican John McCain in the upcoming presidential election.
March 23, 2008 - Cox News Service
Focusing on Faith, Getting Burned
The attempt by Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to close the "God gap" with the GOP and Republican John McCain's effort to make amends with his party's evangelicals have caused an unusual number of religious controversies so far in the 2008 race for the White House.
March 20, 2008 - The Oakland Tribune
Ranks of 'Unaffiliated' Growing
Quarter of western U.S. adults claim no religious affiliation, survey says.
March 20, 2008 - USA Today
Has the 'Notion of Sin' Been Lost?
Is sin dead? No, not by a long shot.
March 19, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Pew in the Pews
Findings in the study shed new light on issues around which there has been no scholarly consensus.
March 17, 2008 - The Associated Press
Evangelical Liberals Put Priority on Poverty, Environment
A group of evangelicals seeks to redefine the faith's political reputation as more than a fight against abortion and same-sex marriage with a three-day "justice revival" focused on its historical roots in women's suffrage, abolition and civil rights.
March 14, 2008 - Commonweal
Editorial: The Missing
Last month the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life released the study, “U.S. Religious Landscape Survey,” tracking the religious affiliations of Americans. While the study’s findings were not surprising, they were sobering, especially for Catholics.
March 11, 2008 - InsideCatholic
Symposium: Why Are They Leaving?
InsideCatholic asked 34 prominent Catholics from various backgrounds to answer the question, "Why Are So Many Leaving the Catholic Church?"
March 10, 2008 - USA Today
Opinion - American Faith: A Work in Progress
Politics and a new view of morality have radically altered the religious landscape.
March 10, 2008 - Religion News Service
McCain Seeks Support from GOP Faithful
Sen. John McCain sought support among conservative true believers Friday (March 7) in New Orleans, reaching to enlist them in his campaign days after securing the Republican presidential nomination.
March 10, 2008 - The Washington Post
Yearning for Words of Tolerance
When Pope Benedict XVI comes to Washington next month, he will set foot in a Roman Catholic community that is now one-third Hispanic.
March 9, 2008 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Centrist Evangelicals Lift their Political Voice
In 1973, 40 evangelical leaders gathered at a YMCA in Chicago to call for a movement against poverty, racism, sexism and violence.
March 9, 2008 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
PA Looks Like Prime Territory for Clinton
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will come to Pennsylvania's hard coal country tomorrow, kicking off her campaign in a state where a victory is essential to maintain her newfound momentum.
March 9, 2008 - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Oh, John, Iowa Caucusgoers Waiting
Since former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards pulled out of the Democratic presidential primary race at the end of January, he's been keeping his own counsel about who he will support.
March 7, 2008 - The Times of London
Barack Obama's Evangelicals Close the God Gap
Progressive evangelicals believe they can end the dominance of the religious right.
March 7, 2008 - Reuters
Is. U.S. Evangelical Vote in Play?
DALLAS (Reuters) - Evangelical Christians who have greatly influenced recent U.S. elections are seen playing a different but once again key role in this November's White House race and analysts say both parties are keen to woo them.
March 2, 2008 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Will GOP Rally to McCain?
John McCain could officially wrap up the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, and he'll celebrate in Atlanta on Thursday.
March 2, 2008 - The New York Times
Religion Is Less a Birthright Than a Good Fit
I was raised a Protestant in a Rockwellian New Hampshire village that was the proud home to stout, wood-frame churches and Saturday night ham-and-bean suppers.
March 1, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal
Opinion: God's Country
A new survey of the American religious landscape, out this week from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, confirms the dynamism of American religious experience.
February 29, 2008 - The Boston Globe
Opinion: Faith and Tolerance
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life released this week the most comprehensive survey of the American religious landscape ever conducted.
February 29, 2008 - The Boston Globe
Opinion: Shopping for Religion
Just below the text there was a Google ad inviting me to take a quiz. "Christian? Jewish? Muslim? Atheist? See which Religion is Right for You."
February 29, 2008 - The Associated Press
American Religion as a Spiritual Shopping Center
If American religion is a spiritual shopping center, denominations that once dominated the market are in danger of being boarded up.
February 28, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal
Opinion: The Search for the Next Soccer Mom
Ben Wattenberg and Richard Scammon introduced us to the Dayton housewife in their famous 1970 book, "The Real Majority."
February 27, 2008 - The Guardian
Turkey Strives for 21st Century Form of Islam
Turkey is engaged in a bold and profound attempt to rewrite the basis for Islamic sharia law while also officially reinterpreting the Qur'an for the modern age.
February 26, 2008 - The Boston Globe
US Religious Identity Is Rapidly Changing
Protestants likely to become a minority; Growing percentage now unaffiliated; Immigrants help fill Catholic parishes
February 26, 2008 - Chicago Tribune
Many U.S. Catholics, Protestants Leave Their Churches
Many Roman Catholics and Protestants in America are leaving the churches of their childhood and either embracing other faiths or claiming no religion at all, according to an extensive national survey released Monday.
February 26, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
More in U.S. Jump to New Faiths, Poll Finds
The nation's long-held Protestant majority has slipped to 51%. Evangelicals make up the nation's single-largest tradition, followed by Catholics.
February 26, 2008 - The Washington Post
Survey: Many Americans Switch Faith Identity
America has always been a competitive religious marketplace, but a major survey released yesterday shows a country increasingly exploring different faith identities and ways of worship.
February 25, 2008 - Agence France-Presse
Protestants on Verge of Becoming Minority in US: Study
Protestants are on the verge of becoming a minority in the United States, a country they helped to found, as immigration reshapes the religious landscape and people change creed or drop religion altogether, a major study showed Monday.
February 25, 2008 - TIME
America's Unfaithful Faithful
A major new survey presents perhaps the most detailed picture we've yet had of which religious groups Americans belong to. And its big message is: blink and they'll change.
February 25, 2008 - The Associated Press
Survey: US Religious Landscape in Flux
The U.S. religious marketplace is extremely volatile, with nearly half of American adults leaving the faith tradition of their upbringing to either switch allegiances or abandon religious affiliation altogether, a new survey finds.
February 25, 2008 - Reuters
Many Americans Religiously Unaffiliated: Survey
When it comes to religion, more and more U.S. adults either have none or do not identify with a particular church, although the country remains highly religious, a survey said on Monday.
February 25, 2008 - USA Today
Survey: Americans Freely Change, or Drop, Their Religions
A new map of faith in the USA shows a nation constantly shifting amid religious choices, unaware or unconcerned with doctrinal distinctions
February 25, 2008 - The New York Times
Americans Change Faiths at Rising Rate, Report Finds
More than a quarter of adult Americans have left the faith of their childhood to join another religion or no religion, according to a new survey of religious affiliation by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
February 25, 2008 - Religion News Service
Study Finds Americans Fluid in Their Religious Affiliation
If you're Buddhist in the United States, you're most likely a white convert who lives in the American West.
February 25, 2008 - Religion News Service
Study Shows Racial Diversity Across U.S. Faiths
A new detailed study of American religion reveals not just a diversity of faiths, but also a range of racial and ethnic membership within those faiths.
February 25, 2008 - Religion News Service
'Unaffiliated' Show Biggest Change Among U.S. Faith Groups
Americans who aren't part of a religious organization or who identify as an atheist or an agnostic represent the biggest change among U.S. religious groups, according to a study released Monday (Feb. 25) by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
February 25, 2008 - Religion News Service
Catholics Lose More Faithful Than Any Other Group
In the marketplace of American faith, Catholicism is the big loser.
February 25, 2008 - Religion News Service
Protestants Close to Losing Majority Status
The United States is firmly 78 percent Christian but barely 51 percent Protestant, according to a survey released Monday (Feb. 25).
February 25, 2008 - Religion News Service
Hindus Thrive as Buddhists Struggle to Pass on the Faith
In a study that highlights the fluidity of religious affiliation in America today, Hindus stand out as the group with the most stable religious identity, while Buddhists struggle hardest to pass the faith from one generation to the next.
February 24, 2008 - The Washington Post
Opinion: Our Flagging Faith in the GOP
It's immigration, stupid.
February 19, 2008 - Christianity Today
Capital Doubts
Supreme Court mulls lethal injections as Christian support for the death penalty drops.
February 17, 2008 - The Boston Globe
Q and A With Jim Wallis
An increasingly influential religious leader explains why evangelicals should worry less about abortion and gay marriage, and more about the poor.
February 16, 2008 - The Washington Post
Southern Baptists Diversifying to Survive
Seven years ago, the Rev. Eric Redmond never imagined himself leading a congregation in the overwhelmingly white Southern Baptist Convention.
February 16, 2008 - Des Moines Register
Grassley's Tax Probe Draws Wrath of Televangelists
A backlash is growing among televangelists against an investigation spearheaded by Sen. Charles Grassley that is probing churches' acquisitions of Rolls Royces, mansions and private jets.
February 15, 2008 - U.S. News & World Report
Huckabee's Strength Spotlights New Generation of Evangelical Christians
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's unexpected resilience has influenced this election in myriad ways.
February 13, 2008 - The Associated Press
Muslim Running for Congress Wants to Combat Ignorance About His Faith
A convert to Islam stands an election victory away from becoming the second Muslim elected to Congress and a role model for a faith community seeking to make its mark in national politics.
February 13, 2008 - Agence France-Presse
Evangelical Christians May Prove Key in White House Race
White evangelical Christians may hold the key to the 2008 White House race as Democratic contenders openly tout their faith, while the Republican front-runner is on bad terms with his party's religious pillar.
February 11, 2008 - The Washington Independent
Huckabee Hopeful Despite Tough Odds
Mike Huckabee isn’t ready to give up his quest for the White House, and voters keep giving him reasons to stay in the race.
February 10, 2008 - Agence France-Presse
McCain's Delicate Dance With Republican Conservatives
Core conservative Republicans are trapped between denial and grudging acceptance over the rise of John McCain as the party's presumptive 2008 presidential standard bearer.
February 9, 2008 - National Journal
The Right Stuff?
Less than a year after losing his bitter battle with George W. Bush for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination, John McCain claimed that he had finally gotten his infamous hair-trigger temper under control. In a lengthy interview with National Journal, the senator from Arizona quietly declared that he no longer allowed himself to let loose with the withering, in-your-face invective that, more than once, he had targeted toward his Senate colleagues.
February 9, 2008 - St. Petersburg Times
America's Muslim Population is Gaining a Hispanic Accent
Before the women can begin, they must pray.
February 8, 2008 - The Guardian
Opinion: God Moves to the Left
America's evangelical Christians are anti-gay, pro-gun, keen on capital punishment and obsessed with lower taxes. And, of course, they all vote Republican. At least, that's what vicar Giles Fraser thought - until he went to meet them.
February 7, 2008 - Religion News Service
Muslims Say Obama's Denials Come Up Short
Muslim Americans and political observers heralded the 2006 elections as a sort of debutante's ball for the Muslim voter, when anger and organizational heft pushed unprecedented numbers of Muslim citizens to vote and get involved with U.S. politics.
February 5, 2008 - Chicago Tribune
Reach of Evangelicals, Talk Radio Tested
Unifying conservatives is crucial for McCain.
February 5, 2008 - Religion News Service
Questions Linger on Surge in 'Born-Again' Support for Democrats
A new poll that shows Sen. Hillary Clinton drawing a large percentage of "born-again" voters is giving her campaign something to trumpet, but is also prompting questions: Did the pollster define born-again too broadly? And if so, are the results meaningful?
February 4, 2008 - Christianity Today
McCain Surges in Polls, But Many Evangelicals Wary
Observers say the candidate's policy stances and lack of "faith talk" has led some to look elsewhere, but Super Tuesday may change that.
February 4, 2008 - The Sacramento Bee
Campaigns Courting Sacramento Church Leader
Candidates look to Samuel Rodriguez to attract Latino evangelical voters.
February 3, 2008 - Reuters
Little Seen as Simple in Race and Politics in South
With its painful history of slavery and segregation, it is easy to presume how Southern white voters will respond to Barack Obama, who would be the country's first black president, but observers say simple assumptions about politics in the region would be wrong.
February 3, 2008 - Reuters
Some Non-Christians Feel Left Out of Election
In a U.S. election campaign where presidential candidates from both major parties have talked openly about their Christian faith, some non-Christians feel shut out or turned off.
February 2, 2008 - The New York Times
Evangelical Democrats, Exit Polls and a Matter of Balance
If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? If a born-again Christian votes in a Democratic primary and no exit poll records it, does it matter?
February 1, 2008 - PBS Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Religious Support in the Presidential Primaries
Presidential candidates have been waging an active faith-based strategy leading into this coming Super Tuesday (February 5). But there hasn't been a lot of evidence about how those strategies may be working.
February 1, 2008 - The New York Times
From the Housing Market to the Maternity Ward
For the first time in 35 years, America’s total fertility rate — the estimated number of children a woman will have in her lifetime — reached 2.1, the theoretical level required to maintain the country’s population, according to recent data from the National Center for Health Statistics.
January 31, 2008 - Stateline.org
States Take Sides on Stem Cell Research
In the 10 years since University of Wisconsin scientists announced they had harvested potentially life-saving stem cells from human embryos, the bioethical dilemma presented by the science has stymied the federal government, split the GOP and has been debated in nearly every statehouse in the country.
January 30, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal
Assessing McCain’s Evangelical Appeal
Arizona Sen. John McCain hasn’t been what you’d call a darling of the influential evangelical Christian arm of the Republican Party.
January 29, 2008 - Chicago Tribune
Latinos Courted as Wild Card Among Shifting Evangelical Voters
For Democratic, GOP candidates, California pastor is vital link to nearly 18,000 congregations.
January 29, 2008 - St. Petersburg Times
A Breach of Faith
Older generations mourn as young Hispanics turn away from the Catholic Church.
January 29, 2008 - The New York Times
Opinion: The Faith to Outlast Politics
In his State of the Union address Monday evening, President Bush asked Congress to permanently extend the federal laws permitting religious nonprofit organizations to compete for federal grants.
January 28, 2008 - Politico
Romney Pays Tribute to Late Mormon Leader
For Mitt Romney's campaign, one topic was front and center this morning: the death of Mormon Church president Gordon Hinckley, the longest-serving president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
January 28, 2008 - Religion News Service
Religious Strategy Heading into Super Tuesday
With primaries or caucuses in 24 states, the Feb. 5 Super Tuesday primary could very well produce the next presidential nominee for both major parties -- but how much of a factor will religion be?
January 25, 2008 - PBS NOW
God and Politics 2008
No recent Republican has won the presidency without the help of evangelical Christian voters.
January 25, 2008 - TIME
Romney's Cash Advantage Sinks In
From the day he announced his candidacy, observers have noted that Mitt Romney "looks presidential," yet this appearance advantage did not particularly help Romney in the early primary states.
January 23, 2008 - Christianity Today
Hispanic Evangelicals Move Toward the Democrats
As Democratic candidates continue to court people of faith, the Republican Party's bid to hold on to such voters, particularly evangelical Hispanics, is slipping.
January 23, 2008 - The Buffalo News
35 Years after Roe, Both Sides See a Shift in Opinion About Abortion
Drop in abortion rate brings new tone to divisive debate.
January 20, 2008 - Financial Times
Huckabee Struggles to Draw Christian Right
Republican evangelical voters who went to the polls in South Carolina on Saturday voted for Mike Huckabee, but the former Baptist minister did not win the Christian conservative vote by a wide margin.
January 18, 2008 - USA Today
S.C. Primary May Yield GOP Front-Runner, Answers
After three different winners in three major contests, Republicans look south this weekend in search of a presidential front-runner.
January 18, 2008 - St. Petersburg Times
Candidates More Vocal About Their Faith
The presidential hopefuls from both parties see the topic as crucial to victory.
January 18, 2008 - Sydney Morning Herald
Correctness Next to Godliness for Bible Belt
This week the Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee proposed that the US constitution be brought more in line with God's law in the Bible.
January 15, 2008 - Stateline.org
States Vie for Stem-Cell Scientists
Far from resolving an epic moral quandary, last year’s groundbreaking discovery that ordinary skin cells eventually could replace the use of human embryos in stem-cell research actually stoked the fiery debate over the cutting-edge science.
January 13, 2008 - The New York Times
Huckabee Splits Young Evangelicals and Old Guard
Much of the national leadership of the Christian conservative movement has turned a cold shoulder to the Republican presidential campaign of Mike Huckabee, wary of his populist approach to economic issues and his criticism of the Bush administration’s foreign policy.
January 12, 2008 - St. Petersburg Times
Attacks on Obama Hit His Church
E-mails spread falsehoods about Trinity United Church of Christ.
January 12, 2008 - Politico
Obama Asks S.C. Black Voters to Have Faith
One of the most striking aspects of Barack Obama's pitch in the Palmetto State, where roughly half the Democratic voters are black, is that it isn’t dominated by the issue of race. It’s about faith.
January 7, 2008 - The Diane Rehm Show
Teaching Evolution and Creationism
Pew Forum Senior Research Fellow David Masci participated in a discussion about a new National Academy of Sciences report emphasizing the importance of teaching evolution in public schools.
January 7, 2008 - Religion News Service
Religious Foes of Capital Punishment See New Momentum
Stephen Dear has spent the past 10 years waging an uphill battle to abolish the death penalty in the American South. He's had virtually no help from the region's powerful evangelical clergy.
January 7, 2008 - San Francisco Chronicle
Appetite for Change Finally Draws Young Voters to the Polls
For more than three decades, it was the hollowest of presidential campaign promises: "And we're going to get out the youth vote!"
January 6, 2008 - The Associated Press
Analysis: Local Evangelicals Show Clout
The stereotype has been around as long as the religious right: conservative Christians are sheep-like, monolithic, controlled by their leaders.
January 6, 2008 - Reuters
Court to Consider Execution by Lethal Injection
The Supreme Court, in a case being watched around the world, on Monday hears arguments about whether to ban the lethal three-drug cocktail used in most U.S. executions because it inflicts excruciating pain.
January 5, 2008 - Dallas Morning News
Opinion: Huckabee Takes Bush's Religious Candor a Step Further
In his overt use of religious language to win votes, Mike Huckabee owes much to George W. Bush, the faith-based president.
January 4, 2008 - Religion News Service
Have Evangelicals Found Their Man in Mike Huckabee?
When Mike Huckabee resoundingly won the Iowa caucuses Thursday (Jan. 4), Republican evangelicals backed his campaign by a margin of more than 2-1 in the crowded GOP field.
December 24, 2007 - Dallas Morning News
Invisible Force Helping Mike Huckabee
Largely unknown Christian leaders prove powerful in Iowa.
December 21, 2007 - The Boston Globe
In N.H. Churches, Candidates Find a Different Breed of Evangelical
In the dimly lit sanctuary of a large brick church at the north end of Main Street, more than 100 people move to light Christian rock music.
December 21, 2007 - The Washington Post
Opinion: Divine Evolution
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth. Or not. And so the debate on origins continues.
December 20, 2007 - The Christian Science Monitor
Candidate Clinton Goes Public with Her Private Faith
She doesn't cede religious turf to conservatives but dismays some liberals.
December 19, 2007 - The Boston Globe
Huckabee Ad Delivers a Christmas Message
Mike Huckabee doesn't wish you happy holidays. He wants you to have a Merry Christmas.
December 19, 2007 - Religion News Service
Black Churches Struggle Over Clinton vs. Obama
If it's true that a house divided cannot stand, then black churches across South Carolina should be shaking.
December 18, 2007 - The Weekly Standard
The New Hampshire Evangelicals
Evangelical Protestants constitute 27 percent of Iowa voters and 20 percent of New Hampshire voters.
December 17, 2007 - The Christian Science Monitor
Special Report: Latin America's New Gospel
As church lights dim across the US and Europe, Christian houses of worship are opening every day in Latin America.
December 17, 2007 - The Wall Street Journal
Huckabee Taps Renewed Fervor of Evangelicals
Evangelical voters, dispirited with their options in the Republican presidential field for much of the year, are feeling new energy and intensity as they flock to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. And with their support, Mr. Huckabee's campaign is soaring to heights that seemed unimaginable just a month ago.
December 15, 2007 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Empty European Pews Result in Sale of Churches
Muslim faith experiencing rapid growth as Christianity wanes.
December 14, 2007 - The Coloradoan
Are Preacher Endorsements a Good Mix Religiously or Politically?
Back in 1980, Ronald Reagan told the late Jerry Falwell and other leaders of an emerging religious right in Dallas that he knew they couldn't endorse him but, "I want you to know that I endorse you and what you are doing."
December 13, 2007 - Salt Lake Tribune
Huckabee Throwing Veiled LDS Hardballs?
Political scientists say magazine remark, TV ad are shots at Romney.
December 11, 2007 - Stateline
N.J. Latest to Try Death-Penalty Repeal
New Jersey lawmakers are speeding ahead on a plan to make the Garden State the first in the nation to repeal the death penalty since it was reinstated more than 30 years ago, capping a year in which similar efforts gained traction across the country.
December 9, 2007 - Chicago Tribune
Romney a Hard Sell for Evangelicals
Roxanne Helmey does not mind spending time with Mormons. She welcomes an opportunity to talk to them about her Christian faith and on occasion, she prays for them. But one thing she will not do, she said, is vote for a Mormon as president of the United States.
December 7, 2007 - The Economist
Can a Mormon Be President?
It was a fine and patriotic speech, full of ennobling rhetoric about liberty and tolerance.
December 7, 2007 - Des Moines Register
Activists, Pastors in Iowa Question Impact of Romney Speech
Most conservative Christian political activists and pastors who studied Mitt Romney's speech on Thursday addressing his Mormon faith agree it was something he had to do.
December 7, 2007 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Huckabee Vs. Romney Is a Matter of Faith for Some
The Rev. Scott Weldon of Marshfield, Mo., has been way out in front of the Mike Huckabee surge that pushed the former Arkansas governor past Mitt Romney in the Iowa polls last weekend.
December 6, 2007 - Religion News Service
Romney Speech May Quiet Some Critics, But Not All
Mitt Romney said Thursday (Dec. 6) that he's running for president as an American, not a Mormon, and conceded that if his religious beliefs cost him the Oval Office, then "so be it."
December 6, 2007 - The Baltimore Sun
Romney Turns Focus to Faith
When Mitt Romney speaks on religion tonight, it is people like the Rev. Jason Poling he is going to have to reach.
December 6, 2007 - Chicago Tribune
Question of Faith in '08 Race
Republican Mitt Romney has raised millions of dollars in a bid for the presidency, invested millions more of his own and staked enviable positions in Iowa and New Hampshire.
December 5, 2007 - U.S. News and World Report
Mitt Romney and the Mormon Moment
The speech that Mitt Romney will deliver in Texas tomorrow is the speech that he has long wanted not to make.
December 5, 2007 - The Associated Press
Theology Divides Mormons, Evangelicals
Polygamy, missionaries on bicycles and the Osmonds.
December 3, 2007 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Culture War Reflects Split Between Board, Residents
The national culture war over how teachers should educate children has raged for nearly two years in Upper St. Clair.
December 3, 2007 - The Associated Press
Romney to Give Mormon Speech
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, striving to be the country's first Mormon president, will give a speech this week explaining his relatively unknown faith to voters, his campaign said Sunday.
December 2, 2007 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
God & American Politics
Got God? If you're running for president of the United States in 2008, you'd better.
December 1, 2007 - The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Opinion: A Trans-Atlantic Divide Exists on Muslim Integration
America’s Muslims do not so much assimilate as participate in economic, political, educational, and social life.
November 26, 2007 - Newsweek
A Catholic Dilemma: Can They Root for Rudy?
Rudy Giuliani has a Catholic problem.
November 26, 2007 - The Washington Post
Politics of Race and Religion
Moral issues leave black evangelicals torn between parties.
November 23, 2007 - St. Petersburg Times
Vying for Hispanic Faithful
The U.S. Catholic Church faces evangelical competition as it tries to maintain its firm hold on an immigrant base.
November 19, 2007 - Newsweek
The Authenticity Test
Over the past three years, Sen. John Kerry has had a lot of time to think about his God, and at a meeting with journalists in Washington earlier this month he shared those thoughts.
November 15, 2007 - Chicago Tribune
Catholic Bishops Say Voters' Souls at Stake
Proclaiming a sense of new energy and empowerment, the nation's Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday issued instructions to Catholic voters that their eternal salvation could be at stake when they cast ballots.
November 15, 2007 - Los Angeles Times
Evangelical Flocks on Their Own at the Polls
A fundamental shift is transforming the religious right, long a force in presidential politics, as aging evangelical leaders split on the 2008 race and a new generation of pastors turns away from politics altogether.
November 14, 2007 - The Journal News
Clinton, Giuliani Hot in Pursuit of Key Religious Groups, Expert Says
At a time when presidential candidates of both parties are hustling to win over religious voters, Sen. Hillary Clinton is dominating all religious groups in the Democratic world, while Rudy Giuliani is doing well with all Republican groups - except evangelicals.
November 11, 2007 - The Associated Press
Evangelicals' Issue: Radical Islam
Following last month's Values Voter Summit in Washington, conservative Christian power-broker Gary Bauer sent an e-mail to supporters.
November 10, 2007 - NPR
Christian Right Backs Giuliani on GOP Ticket
The Rev. Pat Robertson endorsed Rudolph Giuliani for president this week, putting aside all differences about gay rights, gun control, and abortion rights.
November 8, 2007 - The Wall Street Journal
Robertson's Support of Giuliani Underscores Evangelical Divide
In the latest evidence that evangelical Christians are as split as the rest of the Republican voters, Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson endorsed Rudy Giuliani, who has been divorced twice and supports abortion rights, for the Republican nomination.
November 8, 2007 - The Financial Times
Televangelist Backs Giuliani Campaign
Rudy Giuliani yesterday significantly boosted his chances of getting the Republican presidential nomination when he secured the endorsement of Pat Robertson - America's most prominent televangelist.
November 8, 2007 - Dallas Morning News
Giuliani, Robertson News Points up Evangelical Divide in GOP Race
Pat Robertson's endorsement of Rudy Giuliani for president Wednesday delighted the former New York mayor's supporters and gave him new hope he could win Christian conservatives, but it also underscored deep divisions within the once-united group.
November 7, 2007 - San Antonio Express News
Religious Leaders Give Their Blessings to Various Presidential Hopefuls
Leaders of the Christian conservative political movement scattered their presidential endorsements among Republican presidential hopefuls on Wednesday — further evidence that no single person has won their hearts and their votes.
November 7, 2007 - ABC News
Robertson Endorses Giuliani
The latest high-profile political endorsement for GOP front-runner Rudy Giuliani seemed to be the clearest indication yet that Christian conservatives may be more politically divided than ever before.
November 7, 2007 - The Associated Press
Analysis: Right Splinters on GOP Field
The splintering of prominent Christian conservatives over the Republican presidential contenders reflects a schism — between the dogma of God, guns and gays and the desire to beat Hillary Rodham Clinton.
November 2, 2007 - The Boston Globe
Kerry Says Religion Has Place in Politics
Senator John F. Kerry defended the place of religious discussion in American political life yesterday, even as the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee decried the "unitary assertion of rectitude by certain Christian figures" and the "exploitation of religion" he said played a role in his loss to President Bush, who garnered disproportionate support from the most devout voters.
November 1, 2007 - The Associated Press
Kerry Urges White House Hopefuls to Talk about Their Faith
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., says presidential candidates should share with voters how their personal faith shapes their public policies - but they need to do it sooner rather than later in the race.
November 1, 2007 - The Economist
In God's Name
An 18-page special report on religion and politics.
November 1, 2007 - Religion News Service
Kerry Laments Faith Missteps in 2004 Race
In 2004, then-presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., didn't make his religious background and convictions clear to the public, he said Thursday (Nov.1), and paid a price for it.
November 1, 2007 - Wichita Eagle
'Evangelical Crackup' Is a Shift in Approach
The no-compromise attitude of Christian fundamentalism has cost religious conservatives their prominent place at the political table. Now, the Republican Party, which has been a second home to fundamentalists, is offering them few comfortable presidential choices.
October 31, 2007 - CBS News
Democrats Keep The Faith
Democratic presidential hopefuls show more zeal in courting religious voters than their GOP rivals.
October 30, 2007 - Slate
Turkey Threatens To Jump
Ankara beat Congress; now it's taking on the Bush administration.
October 28, 2007 - The New York Times
The Evangelical Crackup
The hundred-foot white cross atop the Immanuel Baptist Church in downtown Wichita, Kan., casts a shadow over a neighborhood of payday lenders, pawnbrokers and pornographic video stores.
October 27, 2007 - The Washington Post
Political Tide Turning
Experts watching the 2008 presidential election say they see ferment in a segment of the population that has long been more likely to vote Republican: religious Americans.
October 26, 2007 - The Wall Street Journal
Adding Values: Will the Religious Agenda Grow?
"Values are insubstantial stuff, existing primarily in the imagination," Allan Bloom wrote in "The Closing of the American Mind" (1987).
October 24, 2007 - Scripps Howard News Service
Young Evangelicals Differ from Their Elders
Jim Wallis and Richard Land were preaching to the same flock, but their sermons at the recent "Values Voters Summit" reached very different conclusions.
October 23, 2007 - The Washington Times
Cardinal Pick Shows Hispanic Clout
The Vatican's selection of Houston as the see for its newest American cardinal speaks volumes about the importance of Hispanics to the future U.S. Catholic Church.
October 21, 2007 - C-SPAN2
D. Michael Lindsay's "Faith in the halls of Power" and Hanna Rosin's "God's Harvard"
D. Michael Lindsay interviewed over 100 evangelical Christian men and women in the field of business, politics and entertainment and explores their ascendancy in their respective fields. Hanna Rosin profiles Patrick Henry College, an evangelical school that considers itself the Christian equal to the Ivy League. D. Michael Lindsay and Hanna Rosin discuss their books at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life in Washington, DC.
October 21, 2007 - The Philadelphia Inquirer
Religious Right's Giuliani Dilemma
For the leaders of the religious right, the dilemma is obvious and troubling: how to deal with a Republican presidential front-runner when he is not with you on your core issues and you haven't agreed on an alternative.
October 20, 2007 - The Politico
Poll Finds Thompson Appeals to Churchgoers
Fred Thompson may have failed to impress Beltway insiders when he finally launched his run for the White House last month, but he is winning over a critical segment of the Republican coalition, new polling suggests.
October 19, 2007 - The Associated Press
Religious Conservatives Still Deciding
Religious and cultural conservatives, a political force skeptical of the leading Republican presidential candidates, are caught in a tug of war between pragmatism and ideology.
October 16, 2007 - The Associated Press
Obama Reaches Out to Religious Voters
The invitation appeared one Sunday in Joanna Chase's church bulletin: Come to a "faith forum" and join a conversation about the intersection of religion and politics.
October 15, 2007 - The Detroit News
Nativity Dispute Divides Berkley
Christmas may be weeks away, but a quarrel that has become an annual holiday tradition across America is in full swing: heated disputes over religious displays on public property.
October 15, 2007 - Dallas Morning News
In Evangelical Politics, a Generation Gap
Younger voters more concerned about environment, health care.
October 14, 2007 - Los Angeles Times
Church Divide over Gays Has a Global Audience
As Episcopalians and Anglicans wait to see if their fractious global fellowship will splinter or hold together in a long-running conflict over homosexuality and the Bible, other denominations are watching nervously.
October 12, 2007 - PBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
The Evangelical Dilemma
John Green, senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, explains why the traditionally Republican evangelical Christian voting bloc is fractured in the run-up to the 2008 presidential election (video interview).
October 11, 2007 - The Associated Press
Clinton Faces Men, Glass Ceiling in Iowa
For Hillary Rodham Clinton to win Iowa, she'll have to get past the men challenging her for the Democratic presidential nomination and the state's tradition of turning a cold shoulder to female candidates.
October 11, 2007 - Religion News Service
Scholars Say Evangelicals and Their Votes Are Shifting
The face of evangelicalism is changing, two authors at the Pew Research Center said Thursday (Oct. 11), and with that change comes uncertainty about who evangelicals will vote for in next year's presidential election.
October 10, 2007 - The Associated Press
American Atheists Will Be Among Friends at Group's Annual Convention
Americans may dislike atheists, but for one weekend those who don't believe in God will find sanctuary here.
October 10, 2007 - The Associated Press
A Decade Later, Oregon Still the Only State with Assisted Suicide
A decade after Oregon became the first state to allow physician-assisted suicide, it remains the only one.
October 8, 2007 - Religion News Service
Conservatives Serious About to Threat to Bolt GOP
Tony Perkins, the president of the powerful Family Research Council, said he wasn't joking when he and other social conservatives threatened to back a third-party candidate for president if Rudolph Giuliani wins the Republican nomination -- even if it helps elect Democratic favorite Hillary Clinton.
October 8, 2007 - CNN
Obama: GOP Doesn't Own Faith Issue
Republicans no longer have a firm grip on religion in political discourse, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama told Sunday worshippers.
October 7, 2007 - The New York Times
For a Trusty Voting Bloc, a Faith Shaken
After the 2004 elections, religious conservatives were riding high.
October 5, 2007 - The Boston Globe
Romney Increases Overtures to Disenchanted Evangelicals
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has stepped up his efforts to woo evangelicals in response to the threat by some Christian conservative leaders to back a third-party candidate.
October 4, 2007 - TIME
Still Looking For Mr. Right
One thing the Council for National Policy (CNP) is never supposed to do is make news.
October 3, 2007 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
This Presidential Campaign, Burke's Rebukes Snare Giuliani
As the 2008 presidential campaign revs up, St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke is reprising his role from 2004.
October 2, 2007 - The Washington Times
Young Evangelicals Diverge from GOP
Young evangelical Protestants continue to cling closely to their bedrock conservative values. Yet they are abandoning trust in the White House and straying from the Republican Party, according to an analysis that tracked waning sentiments from 2001 to 2007.
September 30, 2007 - McClatchy News Service
Influence of Christian Right in the GOP Wanes
Palm Sunday two years ago was a glorious day for Christian conservatives.
September 25, 2007 - Religion News Service
Media, Experience Shape Views of Muslims, Mormons
The media and personal experience rank as the top two influences on people's perceptions of Muslims and Mormons, a survey released Tuesday (Sept. 25) said.
September 25, 2007 - Los Angeles Times
Knowledge Lacking of Islam, Mormonism
Most Americans say they know little to nothing about the practices of Islam and Mormonism but say their own religious beliefs have little in common with either of these faiths, according to a national survey released Tuesday.
September 23, 2007 - The Baltimore Sun
Same-sex marriage: Issue Too Hot to Be Taken on Faith
Religious leaders in Maryland are sharply divided on the question of same-sex marriage, a fact that is likely to weigh heavily in an anticipated debate on the issue this winter in the General Assembly.
September 22, 2007 - The Associated Press
Finding a Faith that Fits
They're in a new country, working a new job and living a new life, but for Latin American immigrants who come to the United States every year, going to church doesn't have to be any different from worshipping back home.
September 22, 2007 - Chicago Tribune
Legal Groups Putting God on the Docket
Whether they like it or loathe it, most Americans recognize the American Civil Liberties Union as a constitutional watchdog.
September 22, 2007 - The Associated Press
Christian Right Looks to Rebound
Headed into the 2008 election season, Christian conservatives are weary.
September 20, 2007 - The Christian Science Monitor
John Edwards: Working-Class Values and a Closely Held Faith
A major address on poverty would seem an ideal place for a Democratic presidential hopeful to toss in a mention of religious faith, particularly if he was on a ticket that narrowly lost the 2004 election to so-called "values voters."
September 18, 2007 - The Washington Times
Candidates Invite New Questions About Their Faith
Sen. John McCain's announcement this weekend that he's been a practicing Baptist rather than an Episcopalian for the last 15 years may not garner any extra votes, but it's certain to win him and his presidential campaign plenty of scrutiny.
September 16, 2007 - The Washington Post
For Romney, It's Not His Father's Campaign
Almost 40 years ago, a 21-year-old Mitt Romney watched as his father's presidential campaign stumbled to a halt. George Romney's 1968 bid for the White House failed for several reasons -- his notorious remark that U.S. generals had brainwashed him into supporting the Vietnam War, the surprise entry into the race of fellow liberal Republican Nelson Rockefeller, Richard M. Nixon's establishment appeal. But his Mormonism wasn't among them.
September 14, 2007 - Chicago Tribune
Still God's Own Party?
People in a recent Pew Research Center survey perceived Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani as the least religious of all the presidential candidates.
September 13, 2007 - Associated Press Newswires
Churches Recruiting Latin American Clergy to Serve Hispanics
They're in a new country, working a new job and living a new life, but for the Latin American immigrants who come to the United States every year, going to church doesn't have to be any different from worshipping back home.
September 12, 2007 - The Christian Science Monitor
Faith's Role on the Rise in Campaign '08
For people who've tuned into this year's presidential debates, it's clear the candidates aren't hesitant to talk religion. Apparently, that makes a lot of sense.
September 11, 2007 - Irish Independent
NYC will Mark 9/11 Anniversary in Restrained Manner
Church bells will toll at 8.46am in New York -- the moment the first hijacked plane hit the World Trade Centre -- as politicians including Rudolph Giuliani and Hillary Clinton join rescuers and victims' relatives near Ground Zero.
September 9, 2007 - The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Candidates' Faith Matters to Americans
Americans still believe that it's important for a president to have strong religious beliefs, a new study shows.
September 8, 2007 - The Vancouver Sun
Growing Up Muslim
Four teens say they appreciate most things Canadian; freedom of speech is near the top.
September 7, 2007 - Chicago Sun-Times
Keeping the Faith: Republicans Still Seen As More God-Friendly
Despite a push by Democratic presidential candidates to talk about faith, Republicans are still viewed as more God-friendly, according to a new survey.
September 6, 2007 - Associated Press Newswires
Poll: Clinton, Giuliani Least Religious
People view Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rudy Giuliani as the least religious of the major presidential candidates, according to a poll released Thursday. Mitt Romney was seen as most religious, but his Mormonism may hurt him with voters.
September 6, 2007 - Reuters News
Religion Not Clear-Cut Issue in White House Race
Religion is not proving to be a clear-cut factor in the 2008 U.S. White House race, taking a back seat to the Iraq war and domestic issues, but most Americans still feel faith is an important attribute in their president, according to a survey released on Thursday.
September 6, 2007 - The New York Times
Rev. D. James Kennedy, Broadcaster, Dies at 76
The Rev. D. James Kennedy, a Christian broadcaster and the pastor of a Florida megachurch who played a critical role in the rise of conservative Christianity, died yesterday at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 76.
September 6, 2007 - The Christian Science Monitor
A Mosque in America's Heartland
From Interstate 75, the sight is striking: A gleaming white mosque with twin minarets in the classical Islamic style rises out of the Ohio countryside.
September 5, 2007 - Religion News Service
D. James Kennedy Dies at 76
The Rev. D. James Kennedy, a Florida minister who took to the airwaves and became a force in driving conservative Christians into the public square, died Wednesday after months of serious illness.
September 5, 2007 - Chicago Tribune
Legal Groups Putting God on the Docket
Whether they like it or loathe it, most Americans recognize the American Civil Liberties Union as a constitutional watchdog. Far fewer know of the American Center for Law and Justice, a leader in the flourishing field of Christian legal advocacy that may be less famous but is no less determined to see its views prevail in the nation's courts and, ultimately, its culture.
September 4, 2007 - The Dallas Morning News
The GOP and Latino Evangelicals
Candidates' Immigration Views Could Alienate a Natural Group of Supporters
September 1, 2007 - Associated Press Newswires
Hispanics, American Indians Power Pentecostal Growth
It is noon on a hot Tucson Sunday in August. Though the lights and air conditioning have just gone out in the New Life Ministry/Ministerios Vida Nueva, hundreds of people continue to pour into its worship space.
September 1, 2007 - The Toledo Blade
Interfaith Classes Look at Hot-Button Issues: Retired Professor Inspired by Trip Around the World
After 33 years as a college English professor, Tom Klein decided to retire from Bowling Green State University.
August 31, 2007 - Reuters News
U.S. Churches Reach Out With Coffee, Roller Rinks
SonRise Community Church had been operating without a building for nearly a decade when Pastor Jeff Arington saw the perfect property: an old restaurant on the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio.
August 28, 2007 - Associated Press Newswires
Hispanic Churches Add English Services
On Sundays at La Casa del Carpintero, or the Carpenter's House, they raise twin yellow banners for churchgoers that read "Welcome" and "Bienvenidos."
August 28, 2007 - The Miami Herald
Politics Will Get Church's Rear Pew
"People like Rev. Kennedy are likely to have a bigger impact through their religious ministries and the schools that they found than through their political action, as important as the political action was," said John Green, senior fellow with the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. "The churches and ministries and schools are much more permanent."
August 27, 2007 - The Salt Lake Tribune
Romney to Skip the Mormon Speech?
Political pundits have been clamoring for Mitt Romney to give his big I'm-a-Mormon-but-it's-OK speech, like President Kennedy did about his Catholic faith in 1960.
August 26, 2007 - The Record
Romney Raises Profile of N.J. Mormons
"The data suggests most people don't know very much about the Latter-day Saints, and what they end up knowing often seems distressing or unusual or strange," said John Green, a senior fellow with the Pew Forum. "But any religion can look strange when you're unfamiliar with it; religion makes claims about cosmic topics."
August 25, 2007 - Arizona Daily Star
Hispanics Power Tucson's Pentecostal Growth Spurt
Indians, recovering addicts also drawn to evangelical faith.
August 24, 2007 - FOX News
Up for Grabs? (video)
Democratic candidates aren’t willing to concede faith-based voters to Republicans.
August 23, 2007 - Associated Press
Hispanic Churches Turn to English to Target U.S.-born Latinos, Broader Community
A survey earlier this year by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that 77 percent of first-generation, churchgoing Hispanics in the United States choose churches with Hispanic clergy, Spanish-language services and a mostly Hispanic congregation. But as Hispanics become more established in this country, the hold loosens: 53 percent of second-generation Latinos attend ethnic congregations, while the numbers drop to 42 percent for the third generation and higher.
August 23, 2007 - ABC News
Evangelicals Go Green -- Will Conservative Candidates Follow Suit?
Evangelical Christians are getting religion on the environment, and it may shift their allegiance away from Republican candidates.
August 19, 2007 - The Dallas Morning News
Security Could Override Social Issues As Religious Right Considers Giuliani
If Ruth Jones could build her perfect Republican presidential nominee, it wouldn't be Rudy Giuliani.
August 16, 2007 - The Christian Science Monitor
Can US Diplomacy Get Religion?
In much of the world, religion – not ideology – is the prime motivator propelling people and events, often leading to violence. Congress had a sense of that a decade ago when it began considering how the US might better promote religious freedom and tolerance in its foreign policy. It's a subject worth revisiting.
August 16, 2007 - USA Today
Biggest Donor Areas Go For Dems
Democrats seeking the White House have received more than four times as much money from some of the nation's wealthiest enclaves as party contenders did in 2003, an analysis of campaign-finance records shows.
August 13, 2007 - Financial Times
Romney Gets Lift in Iowa Straw Poll
Pots of money aside, one factor above all helped bring victory to Mitt Romney in Saturday's informal Iowa "straw poll" of Republican presidential candidates - a reputation for competence.
August 11, 2007 - The Sydney Morning Herald
A Non-Believer - Say It Isn't So
You can be gay, black or even a woman, but America will not tolerate a president who has no religion.
August 10, 2007 - CBS Evening News
Romney's Religion (video)
More than 45 years after John F. Kennedy became the first Catholic to win the presidency, Mitt Romney, a Mormon, is facing questions about his religion. Jeff Greenfield reports.
August 6, 2007 - Reuters
Preaching Transformation, U.S. Sect Goes Global
Pentecostalism, a lively evangelical Christian movement that took off a century ago in Los Angeles, is one of the world's fastest-growing sects, with dedicated followings in places as far-flung as Brazil, Kenya and South Korea. "It may be the single most dynamic religious movement in the world, not just within Christianity," said Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
August 1, 2007 - The Morning Call
Hispanic Conversion
Pentecostalism, the largest and fastest-growing evangelical church, is a denomination that thrives on Latino converts. One quarter of all the world's Christians are now Pentecostals, said Pew Forum Director Luis Lugo. "That amounts to a transformation of Christianity."
July 28, 2007 - The New York Times
Scholar Becomes Chief Explainer in a 'Mormon Moment'
With the presidential candidacy of Mitt Romney, Richard Bushman is being thrust further into the public spotlight, becoming the nation’s chief defender and explainer of Mormonism.
July 27, 2007 - BBC News
Could Christian Vote Desert Republicans?
America's so-called "religious right" has been one of the pillars of Republican Party support in recent decades, but signs are emerging that those once secure foundations might be shifting.
July 25, 2007 - NBC News
Number of Hispanic Evangelicals Growing (video)
The vast majority of Hispanics in this country - 68 percent - are Catholics, but that number used to be higher. NBC's Don Teague reports why a growing number are drawn to a different way of worship.
July 25, 2007 - Newsweek
American Dreamers
Muslim Americans are one of this country's greatest strengths. But they're vulnerable as never before.
July 23, 2007 - Chicago Tribune
Evangelicals, Muslims Start Rare Dialogue
"These interfaith dialogues often take a long time to produce any tangible results," said John Green, a senior fellow at The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. "The evangelicals have had similar dialogues with the Jewish community and with Roman Catholics. The impediments to cooperation between evangelicals and Muslims are much larger, but more understanding could have a much greater effect."
July 23, 2007 - CNN
Democratic Candidates Trying to Reach Religious Voters
Tired of being seen by religious voters as too secular or even hostile toward religion, the Democrat party and its presidential candidates have launched an all-out effort to win their votes.
July 22, 2007 - The New York Times
God '08: Whose, and How Much, Will Voters Accept?
The religion test imposed by voters has evolved over the years, said John C. Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
July 20, 2007 - The Wall Street Journal
The Dems' Fate: On the Left Wing and a Prayer
In their contribution to a new book from the Brookings Institution called "Faith Matters," Pew fellow John C. Green and three other scholars compare what they call "the core religious left" and secular liberals.
July 20, 2007 - BBC News
Must the U.S. President Believe in God?
The most unpredictable presidential race for a generation is well under way in the US, and so far, issues of personal faith have never been far from the headlines.
July 20, 2007 - Los Angeles Times
A Fight for GOP 'Family Values' Banner
"In many ways, the Romney campaign and the emerging Thompson campaign are on a collision course when it comes to campaigning for this constituency of conservative Christians," said John C. Green, senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
July 16, 2007 - The Denver Post
Romney's Faith Faces Skeptism
Researchers at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life say a survey they conducted in February found that 30 percent of U.S. adults were less likely to support a Mormon for president. Most of that 30 percent, said Pew senior fellow John Green, are evangelical Christians.
July 15, 2007 - U.S. News & World Report
Thompson Reaches to the Right
"If he gets strong support from evangelicals, Thompson could reshape the race," says the Pew Forum for Religion and Public Life's John Green.
July 13, 2007 - Religion News Service
Poll Says Muslims, Evangelicals Closer Than Many Might Think
Muslim-Americans and white evangelicals find themselves on opposite sides of many issues but have more in common than other religious groups when it comes to religious fervor, scriptural literalism and social morality, according to a new report by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
July 12, 2007 - TIME
Leveling the Praying Field
The Democratic front runners are leading their party's crusade to win over religious voters.
July 7, 2007 - The New York Times
Faith Intertwines With Political Life for Clinton
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has increasingly been alluding to her spiritual life, but she has come under attack for it.
July 6, 2007 - Christianity Today
Gospel Riches
Of Africa's 890 million people, 147 million are now "renewalists" (a term that includes both Pentecostals and charismatics), according to a 2006 Pew Forum on Religion and Public life study. They make up more than a fourth of Nigeria's population, more than a third of South Africa's, and a whopping 56 percent of Kenya's.
July 5, 2007 - NPR
Romney Faces Uphill Battle for Evangelical Voters
Nearly a half-century after John F. Kennedy broke the Catholic barrier to the presidency, Mitt Romney is attempting a similar feat.
July 5, 2007 - New Statesman
My Fellow American Muslims . . .
In the words of Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, "Muslim Americans are very much like the rest of the country" and "do not see a conflict between being a devout Muslim and living in a modern society."
July 3, 2007 - Catholic News Service
Don't Be Afraid of Charismatics, Leaders Tell Their Fellow Catholics
A recent study by the Pew Hispanic Center and the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found that 62 percent of Catholic Hispanics at least occasionally attend Masses that have "displays of excitement and enthusiasm, such as raising hands, clapping, shouting or jumping."
July 3, 2007 - The Hill
Groups Say Death Penalty Flaws Merge in Georgia Case
The last Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. John Kerry (Mass.), was against the death penalty, but the three leading contenders for the Democratic nomination this year support capital punishment, although all three have also lobbied for some reforms, according to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
June 30, 2007 - Wichita Eagle
Hispanic Reformation
The number of Spanish-speaking evangelicals is growing, in Wichita and across the U.S.
June 29, 2007 - The Washington Post
Op-Ed: The Gospel Of Obama
Obama is clearly more fluent on religious issues than most in his party. But to appeal broadly to religious voters, he will need to be more than the candidate of the religious left.
June 28, 2007 - Stateline.org
La. Passes New Partial-Birth Abortion Ban
"States can and should pass state partial-birth abortion laws in the model of the federal law," said anti-abortion activist Cathy Cleaver Ruse of the Family Research Council at a recent event sponsored by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
June 28, 2007 - The Buffalo News
Rep. Slaughter Pilots Democratic Party's Course on Abortion
Politically, though, the search for a middle ground on abortion could bear fruit for Clinton or any other Democrat who attempts it in the presidential race, said John C. Green, a University of Akron political scientist and senior fellow with the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
June 27, 2007 - Catholic News Service
Arms and Spirits High, Charismatic Catholics Mark 40 Years of Praise
A 2006 Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life study of Pentecostal and charismatic movements in 10 countries found that in three nations studied – Guatemala, Kenya and Brazil – more than half the population engages in religious worship that fits what Pew called the "renewalist" movement.
June 27, 2007 - Salon
Rudy Amid the Evangelicals
In a survey released on June 4, Pew found that most Americans are still largely ignorant of Giuliani's stance on abortion. "Because this whole issue had come to our attention, the respondents were specifically asked if they knew Giuliani's position on abortion. Some did, but the larger portion didn't," says John C. Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum for Religion and Public Life.
June 27, 2007 - Reuters
Pentecostals Buckle Up Africa's Bible Belt
The U.S. Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life says Pentecostalism is growing globally, with a quarter of the world's 2 billion Christians thought to be members of these faiths that emphasize speaking in tongues, divine healing, prophesy and a strongly literal interpretation of Bible stories.
June 26, 2007 - The Politico
Huckabee's Run Hinges on his Running
The first thing to come up, as it often is with now-svelte Mike Huckabee, is food. Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, is introducing the former Arkansas governor to a group of reporters at a luncheon discussion.
June 26, 2007 - The Toronto Star
Canadian Gay Marriage Vote Blow to U.S. Anglicans
"The action of the Canadian Anglican Church will further isolate the leadership of the U.S. Episcopal Church within the worldwide Anglican communion," said John Green, senior fellow in religion and American politics at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
June 22, 2007 - Los Angeles Times
Red and Blue in the Black
John C. Green's The Faith Factor explores the changing dynamics of religion and national politics.
June 22, 2007 - The Miami Herald
Evangelicals Make Inroads in Guatemala
A survey carried out last year by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found that 34 percent of Guatemalans identified themselves as Protestant, compared to 48 percent Catholic.
June 20, 2007 - The Baltimore Sun
Op-Ed: Evangelical Voters May Not Help GOP
Religious politics today is less about "denomination than differences in attendance and beliefs," says political scientist John C. Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Center on Religion and Public Life and author of The Faith Factor.
June 16, 2007 - Associated Press
As GOP Courts Evangelicals, Some Pastors Decry Partisanship
"There is a long history of dissent among Southern Baptists, so the discordant voices about politics are not necessarily a harbinger of change," said John Green, a senior fellow with the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
June 13, 2007 - The Washington Post
Op-Ed: Atypical Evangelical
"Being a conservative is also about having a much broader agenda than the very narrowly focused one that sometimes conservatives are either accused of or -- frankly -- can be guilty of," Huckabee said last week at a luncheon hosted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
June 12, 2007 - Cox News Service
Atheist Books Intensify Battles in Cultural Wars
John Green, senior fellow at the Pew Forum for Religion and Public Life, says America's "nonreligious population" — agnostics, atheists and those who don't identify with organized religion — doubled in the past decade to roughly 13 percent.
June 11, 2007 - Congressional Quarterly
Converting the Faith Community
Religious activists are involved in a wider sphere of issues, including poverty, the environment and human rights. That broader agenda, said political scientist John Green of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, gives candidates such as Edwards, Clinton and Obama more opportunities to connect with religious voters.
June 11, 2007 - Reuters
Mormons in the Spotlight
Thirty percent of Americans surveyed by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life in February said they would be less likely to back a Mormon for president, while 46 percent in a Gallup poll said they had an unfavorable opinion of Mormons.
June 10, 2007 - Los Angeles Times
Op-Ed: Sunday Drivers
According to a 2006 Pew Forum survey, 60% of white evangelicals believe the Bible should have more influence on U.S. laws than the will of the people. But are they willing to live by that?
June 9, 2007 - Associated Press
Poll and New Report Show Frustration of Young Muslims in the U.S.
A show of sympathy for suicide bombers among some young American Muslims has raised new concerns about homegrown extremism, but also is highlighting calls to engage the nation's growing Muslim population
June 8, 2007 - The Boston Globe
Op-Ed: Piety on Parade
Seven in 10 voters think a president should have strong religious views, according to several surveys by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
June 8, 2007 - Associated Baptist Press
Huckabee Denounces Influence of Cash, Evolution Queries in GOP Race
Huckabee, in a wide-ranging discussion with a group of Washington reporters assembled by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, had words of warning for some of his ideological cohorts.
June 8, 2007 - Newsweek
Op-Ed: God and Mike Huckabee
The former Arkansas governor is an ordained Baptist minister who has eloquently handled questions about evolution in the GOP debates. But he’s languishing in the polls. He thinks social conservatives could become irrelevant in the Republican Party. Is he right?
June 8, 2007 - Congressional Quarterly
Huckabee Stands By Views — But Says Campaign is Presidential, Not Theological
Huckabee told reporters — at a forum held by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life to discuss social conservatism — that he is hardly “ashamed” or hesitant to discuss his beliefs.
June 8, 2007 - McClatchy Newspapers
Faith Moves Huckabee in Ways Different from Other Christian Conservatives
From the first time he waded into politics, Huckabee said during a lunch this week at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, he's been asked about his religion.
June 7, 2007 - The Washington Times
Huckabee Warns Christians not to Abandon Principles
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said yesterday at a Pew Forum event that Christian conservatives will become "irrelevant" to the political process if they give up their core convictions for expediency's sake.
June 6, 2007 - The Christian Science Monitor
Can the Religious Left Sway the '08 Race?
"When you look at religious progressives, generally, they come in many different varieties," says John Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
June 5, 2007 - Christianity Today
The Giuliani Choice
In a March survey, 27 percent of self-identified evangelical Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters said they favored Giuliani among the likely and announced gop presidential contenders. Senator John McCain followed in second place with 23 percent in the polling, conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press and analyzed by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
June 3, 2007 - St. Petersburg Times
So American,Yet So Foreign
In a recent poll by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, 30 percent of Americans said they would be less likely to vote for a Mormon for president.
June 2, 2007 - The Baltimore Sun
Christian Bloc Sees Cracks
John Green of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life sees "a great deal of foment." "Given that up until recently, the Republicans held both houses of Congress as well as the White House, many [conservative evangelicals] had expected a bit more progress on their agenda," he said.
June 1, 2007 - Associated Press
Religion and Politics Go Hand-in-Hand in 2008 U.S. Presidential Campaign
"To many Americans, religion is a very important part of their life and they are interested in how religiosity influences candidates," said John Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. "Where this election cycle is different is that more of the Democratic candidates are speaking out about their faith, and they've organized their campaigns to appeal to religious voters."
May 29, 2007 - National Journal
Abortion Wars Return
In various polls over the past three decades, about 60 percent of the population has consistently said it would support some restrictions on abortion, according to David Masci, a senior research fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
May 28, 2007 - The Politico
Social Conservatives Bite Bullet, Back Rudy
Widespread perceptions that Giuliani is the most electable Republican in this year's field are driving his support among social conservatives, according to the analysis by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
May 25, 2007 - Newsweek
Op-Ed: Media Coverage of Muslims Bombs
A Pew poll on Muslims in America painted a positive picture. So why was the coverage so negative?
May 24, 2007 - Radio Free Europe
Poll Finds Muslims Embracing The 'American Dream'
A new poll finds that Muslims who have immigrated to the United States are integrating smoothly into society and pursuing citizenship. RFE/RL correspondent Andrew Tully in Washington asked Luis Lugo, the director of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, what the poll results mean.
May 24, 2007 - USA Today
Speaking in Tongues: Faith's Language Barrier?
According to a recent Pew Forum poll, renewalists are the fastest-growing religious group, approximately one-fourth of the world's 2 billion Christians. In the USA, 23% of Christians say they are renewalists.
May 23, 2007 - The Christian Science Monitor
In Many Ways, U.S. Muslims Are in Mainstream America
"Next to the yearly pilgrimage to [Mecca], this has to be the most representative community in the world!" says Luis Lugo, director of Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
May 23, 2007 - The Sacramento Bee
Study Finds Most Embrace America, Denounce Extremism
"Here, beliefs are very mainstream, in stark contrast to Muslims in Europe," said Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
May 23, 2007 - San Francisco Chronicle
'Troubling' Views on Suicide Bombings
"This is not a picture of an alienated community," said Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, a division of the Pew Research Center that helped conduct the poll.
May 23, 2007 - Chicago Tribune
Poll Takes Post-9/11 Pulse of Muslims in America
"There's a lot of disaffection among Muslims in Europe," said Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. "Compared to European Muslims, American Muslims look very moderate and mainstream."
May 23, 2007 - The Washington Post
Survey: U.S. Muslims Assimilated, Opposed to Extremism
Unlike Muslim minorities in many European countries, U.S. Muslims are highly assimilated, close to parity with other Americans in income and overwhelmingly opposed to Islamic extremism, according to the first major, nationwide random survey of Muslims.
May 22, 2007 - NPR
Pew Study Sees Muslim Americans Assimilating
Muslim Americans have integrated into society far better than European Muslims, but there appear to be significant pockets of disaffection — especially among the young and religious.
May 22, 2007 - USA Today
Poll: Most Muslims Seek to Adopt American Lfestyle
The Pew Research Center study released Tuesday found that "Muslim Americans are very much like the rest of the country," says Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. "They do not see a conflict between being a devout Muslim and living in a modern society."
May 22, 2007 - Detriot Free Press
Nearly 80% of U.S. Muslims Call Suicide Bombings Unjustifiable
Twenty-six percent of young Muslims living in the United States say suicide bombings in the defense of Islam can be justified, according to a major study of American Muslims released today.
May 22, 2007 - BBC News
Muslims 'Well Integrated' in U.S.
Muslim Americans are largely integrated in US society and moderate in their views, a nationwide survey suggests.
May 22, 2007 - International Herald Tribune
Muslims Assimilate Better in U.S. than Western Europe, Poll Finds
A new poll of American Muslims reveals a group that is better assimilated, more content and less politically polarized than counterpart Muslim populations in Western Europe - but also smaller in number than some Muslim groups had estimated.
May 22, 2007 - Los Angeles Times
Some Younger U.S. Muslims Say Suicide Bombings Could Be Justified
One in four younger Muslims in the United States believes suicide bombings to defend Islam are justified in at least some circumstances, although nearly 80% of all Muslim Americans say such attacks are never acceptable, and most are critical of Al Qaeda, according to a nationwide poll released today.
May 22, 2007 - The Washington Post
Evangelicals at a Crossroads As Falwell's Generation Fades
If the Rev. Jerry Falwell personified the Christian right in the past, then the Rev. Frank S. Page may represent its future.
May 21, 2007 - The New York Times
Emphasis Shifts for New Breed of Evangelicals
The evangelical Christian movement, which has been pivotal in reshaping the country’s political landscape since the 1980s, has shifted in potentially momentous ways in recent years, broadening its agenda and exposing new fissures.
May 20, 2007 - New York Magazine
Jerry Falwell's Death Leaves the Religious Vote Up for Grabs
“I’m just tired of having other people represent me and represent the hundreds of thousands of churches where the pastors I’ve trained would nowhere, no way, relate to some of the supposed spokesman of a previous generation,” Rick Warren told a Pew Forum gathering in 2005.
May 20, 2007 - The Washington Times
Op-Ed: Traditional Values and Voters
Several voting trends are worrisome for traditional-values advocates. Compared to 2004, according to a study by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, Democrats increased their share of the vote by 5 percentage points (from 22 percent to 27 percent) among white evangelical Protestants, who comprised 22 percent of the electorate.
May 16, 2007 - The Christian Science Monitor
Falwell: A Trailblazer for Evangelical Christianity
The Virginia preacher's legacy is conservative Christian activism – and a reshaped US political landscape.
May 16, 2007 - The Toronto Star
Falwell Brought Politics to the Pulpit
John Green of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life said yesterday that before Falwell founded his Moral Majority in 1979, Christians had largely been taught to shun politics as "dirty and corrupt."
May 16, 2007 - The San Francisco Chronicle
Jerry Falwell: 1933-2007
In the early 1970s, the prevailing view among evangelical Christians was to focus on spiritual matters and avoid the messy compromises politics entailed, said John C. Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life in Washington, D.C.
May 16, 2007 - Associated Press
Christian Right Looking Beyond Falwell
Even in his final years, the Rev. Jerry Falwell personified the religious right for many Americans.
May 16, 2007 - Los Angeles Times
Preacher Built Religious Right into a Political Force
"The term Moral Majority was itself quite a breakthrough," said John C. Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. "What he was trying to argue … was that there was widespread agreement among Christians about certain moral issues, whatever their theological differences … and that was quite dramatic."
May 16, 2007 - CBS News
Falwell Was "Old Guard" Of Religious Right
Death Of evangelist sheds light on divisions with younger members of religious movement.
May 15, 2007 - The Politico
Anti-Mormon Campaign Slams Romney
Top GOP contender fights hostility to his religion from evangelicals, "ex-Mormons" and Al Sharpton.
May 15, 2007 - Religion News Service
Jerry Falwell, Architect of Religious Right, Dies at 73
Jerry Falwell, the conservative preacher whose television ministry helped fuel the rise of the religious right, died Tuesday after being found unresponsive in his office at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. He was 73.
May 15, 2007 - McClatchy News Service
Rev. Jerry Falwell Dies
"Jerry Falwell was a pivotal figure in the political awakening and mobilization of American evangelicals," said Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. "He was a major catalyst in pushing cultural issues to the forefront of American politics."
May 14, 2007 - The Washington Times
Traditional Values Down, But Not Out
The midterm elections that swept congressional Democrats into power sparked fresh obituaries for the religious right.
May 14, 2007 - The Politico
New Project Unveils Candidates' Faiths
You've probably heard that Mitt Romney is Mormon. You might even know that Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) converted to Catholicism.
May 10, 2007 - TIME
A Different Jesus to Believe In?
To whom do you compare Jesus Christ? Or at least someone who says he is Jesus Christ, and claims thousands of adherents who agree?
May 9, 2007 - The Weekly Standard
Spiritualpolitique
Speaking last December before journalists assembled by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, Peter Berger had some explaining to do.
May 9, 2007 - BBC News
Catholic Church Tested in Brazil
According to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public life, successive Brazilian censuses show the Catholic share of the population decreased by 4.1% in the 20 years from 1960 to 1980, and dropped almost three times as much in the next 20 years.
May 9, 2007 - The Christian Science Monitor
Pope Visits Waning Latin American Flock
"There is increasing concern in the Latin American church with the spread of progressive secular values, on issues like abortion and homosexuality," says Luis Lugo, the director of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
May 9, 2007 - Reuters
Pope on Mission to Win Back Latin American Catholics
"The key issue is the need for the church to re-evangelize fallen away Catholics but also those who remain so they won't leave," said Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
May 9, 2007 - The Washington Post
In Brazil, Pope to Face A Church Losing Hold
Pope Benedict XVI hopes to persuade region's Catholics to stay true to a church that is losing thousands of adherents every day.
May 8, 2007 - The Miami Herald
Religious Right at Political Crossroads
Coral Ridge Ministries' decision to disband its political arm has raised questions about how the conservative Christian movement will define its national agenda in the coming years.
May 8, 2007 - The New York Times
New Coalition of Christians Seeks Changes at Borders
A new coalition of more than 100 largely evangelical Christian leaders and organizations asked Congress on Monday to pass bills to strengthen border controls but also give illegal immigrants ways to gain legal residency.
May 7, 2007 - Associated Press
Pope Visits Brazil, Church Loses Ground
Pope Benedict XVI is heading to the world's most populous Roman Catholic country at time when evangelical Christians are packing converted storefronts and cavernous churches every Sunday, thrusting their Bibles in the air.
May 7, 2007 - The Washington Post
In U.S., Hispanics Bring Catholicism to Its Feet
Waves of charismatic Latin American immigrants leave imprint on Roman Catholic parishes.
May 7, 2007 - McClatchy News Service
Papal Goal: Keep the Faithful
The pope's upcoming visit to Brazil is designed in part to curb the exodus of Latin Americans from Catholicism.
May 6, 2007 - Chicago Tribune
Democrats Find Religion on Campaign Trail
GOP seems to be avoiding talk of faith.
May 5, 2007 - The Indianapolis Star
Migration of Faith
As immigrants increasingly embrace a charismatic style of worship, churches both Catholic and Protestant are paying attention.
May 4, 2007 - ABC News
Evangelicals See an Evolution of Their Own
Many in the Evangelical movement are embracing more liberal issues like global warming and adoption, a shift away from core GOP values, observers say.
May 3, 2007 - Reuters
Rising Protestant Tide Sweeps Catholic Brazil
"The face of Christianity in Brazil, and all over the developing world, is increasingly Pentecostal," said Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, a research group in Washington.
May 2, 2007 - Religion News Service
Pope Faces Growth of Pentecostals, Unbelief in Trip to Brazil
Last year, a survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found the proportion of city dwellers in Brazil who called themselves Catholic was less than 60 percent.
April 26, 2007 - Catholic News Service
Study Finds U.S. Hispanics Drawn to Charismatic Churches
The church familiar to and preferred by Hispanic Catholics in the United States is a livelier, more charismatic place than the one most American Catholics are used to, finds a new survey on Latinos and religion.
April 26, 2007 - The San Antonio Express-News
Hispanic Worshippers Infused with 'Fiesta Spirit'
Whether in Catholic parishes, Protestant sanctuaries or nondenominational settings, Hispanics and their charismatic brand of Christianity are becoming a force in the U.S. religious arena, according to a survey released Wednesday.
April 26, 2007 - The Washington Times
Hispanics' Worship Style Alters U.S. Religious Landscape
U.S. Hispanics are changing the country's religious landscape through a unique worship style that is ethnically focused and linked to the spirit-filled Pentecostal and charismatic movements, according to a report released yesterday.
April 26, 2007 - El Paso Times
More Hispanics Turning to Charasmatic Religious Practices
Seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, Hispanics are embracing a charismatic style of Christianity, changing the face of religion and even politics in the United States, according to a new study by the Pew Hispanic Center and the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
April 26, 2007 - Arizona Daily Star
Latinos Changing Style of U.S. Religion
Growing ranks boost the 'spirit-filled' movement.
April 26, 2007 - The Mercury News
Evangelical Trend by Latinos Could Impact Politics
From speaking in tongues to believing in modern-day miracles, a growing number of Latinos prefer a charismatic style of worship that is altering church services across America.
April 26, 2007 - The Politico
Hispanics Becoming Electoral Force
A report released Wednesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found that 43 percent of eligible Hispanic voters are Democrats, 20 percent are Republicans and 20 percent are independents.
April 26, 2007 - Rocky Mountain News
The Changing Face of U.S. Catholicism
Church taking on profile of new immigrant wave.
April 26, 2007 - Rocky Mountain News
Immigrants' Beliefs Can Drift
They weigh their options; some quit church altogether.
April 26, 2007 - San Francisco Chronicle
Latinos Changing Tenor of Christianity in U.S.
Protestants and Catholics alike steer toward renewalism.
April 26, 2007 - Chicago Tribune
Latinos Like Lively Masses, Study Says
The nation's Latino population overwhelmingly expresses its faith in church services with a charismatic style of worship and says religious beliefs influence its political thinking, according to one of the largest efforts to collect information about Latinos and religion
April 26, 2007 - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Hispanic Worshippers Leaving Traditional Mass for More Charismatic Services
Leaving behind the Catholic Mass they grew up with, many Hispanics are choosing festive, charismatic worship services that embrace an individual relationship with God, a new study shows.
April 26, 2007 - The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Hispanics' Religion has Growing Effect in the U.S.
The growing number of Hispanics in the U.S. is changing the nation's religious and political life, according to a national survey of more than 4,000 Latinos in which a majority said their beliefs influence their votes.
April 26, 2007 - Los Angeles Times
Latinos Reshaping Nation's Religious Landscape, Study Says
About 54% have adopted the distinctive form of worship that includes speaking in tongues and prophesying.
April 25, 2007 - Reuters
Hispanics Changing Face of Religion in U.S.
Hispanics are changing the face of religion in the United States, injecting new blood into the Catholic Church as well as Protestant groups and leading a move to newer forms of worship, a survey showed on Wednesday.
April 25, 2007 - The Miami Herald
Hispanics Changing Face of Christianity
U.S. Hispanics are seeking more charismatic worship services in congregations that reflect their ethnic heritage.
April 25, 2007 - Religion News Service
Study: Hispanics Transforming Nation
About half the nation's Hispanics -- including many who are Roman Catholic -- consider themselves to be charismatics or Pentecostals, creating a new confluence of streams in American Christianity.
April 25, 2007 - The New York Times
Hispanics Reshaping U.S. Catholic Church
The influx of Hispanic immigrants to the U.S. is transforming the nation’s religious landscape, study finds.
April 25, 2007 - Associated Press
Survey Studies Hispanic Religious Views
U.S. Hispanics view religious and political life as intertwined, often worship in ethnic congregations and embrace a spirit-filled, charismatic style of Christianity, a new Pew Forum survey says.
April 22, 2007 - U.S. News & World Report
Reading the Abortion Ruling
David Masci of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, says that abortion could become a more visible issue in the next presidential election, particularly in the primaries.
April 20, 2007 - ABC News
Abortion Court Ruling Propels Issue Back Into Political Agenda
"This decision has cast a spotlight on the abortion issue that wasn't there the day before," said David Masci of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
April 19, 2007 - Newsday
Abortion Fight Coming
David Masci, who studies abortion issues for the independent Pew Research Center, said that abortion opponents are likely to use yesterday's decision to challenge health exceptions in other abortion laws, including those involving minors.
April 18, 2007 - Religion News Service
Supreme Court Upholds 'Partial-Birth Abortion' Law
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a controversial law that bans a procedure that critics call "partial-birth abortion."
April 16, 2007 - NPR
Gay-Marriage Advocates Switch Tactics
A Pew Forum poll last year found that 70 percent of people older than 50 still oppose gay marriage. But more than half of those polled who were younger than 30 said that gay marriage should be the law of the land.
April 15, 2007 - The New York Times
For Some Hispanics, Coming to America Also Means Abandoning Religion
A study of 4,000 Hispanics to be released this month by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and the Pew Hispanic Center found that 8 percent of them said they had "no religion" — similar to the 11 percent in the general public. Of the Hispanics who claimed no religion, two-thirds said they had once been religious.
April 13, 2007 - McClatchy Newspapers
Giuliani Reaches Out, Religious Conservatives Shop Around
Rudolph Giuliani will court religious conservatives for his presidential campaign when he speaks Tuesday at a Christian university founded by televangelist Pat Robertson.
April 4, 2007 - McClatchy Newspapers
More Evangelicals Embracing McCain Immigration Stance
"It's certainly possible that Senator McCain could use his approach to immigration reform to win support from evangelical voters, particularly in a close, crowded primary, where the evangelical vote might be divided up," said John Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. "Whether it will work or not depends to what extent an issue like immigration becomes salient among evangelical voters."
April 4, 2007 - The Times
Revelations of the Last Battle as U.S. Bible Thriller Series Comes to End
A 2006 survey for the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found that 79 per cent of American Christians believe in the Second Coming, with 20 per cent believing it will happen in their lifetime.
March 25, 2007 - The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Politics of Global Warming Heating Evangelical Debate
Some prominent members of the evangelical community – including a top executive of the National Association of Evangelicals – want religious people to consider environmental issues in moral terms.
March 20, 2007 - Associated Press
Christian Right at Crossroads
Christian conservative activists are more split than ever over whether to keep the movement's focus on abortion, marriage and sexual chastity -- or scrap that approach as too narrow.
March 14, 2007 - Reuters
Moderate Christians Fight Rapture with Sunday School
A 2006 survey for the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found 79 percent of American Christians believe in the second coming, with 20 percent believing it will happen in their lifetime.
March 11, 2007 - The New York Times
Beyond the Pleasure Principle
Forum Senior Fellow John Green suggested that individual Gen Nexters hold what seem like divergent views on homosexuality and government involvement with morality — either liberal on one while being conservative on the other or else confirmed in their views on one question while ambivalent on the other.
March 10, 2007 - Los Angeles Times
Evangelicals Battle Over Agenda, Environment
Global warming and other causes stray too far from battles on abortion, gay rights and similar 'great moral issues,' some leaders say.
March 8, 2007 - The Denver Post
Gingrich to Describe Repentance on Radio
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a potential Republican presidential candidate, will appear on James Dobson's Focus on the Family radio show and describe getting on his knees and seeking God's forgiveness for his moral failures, according to excerpts released Wednesday by the evangelical group.
March 8, 2007 - Associated Press
Does the Christian Coalition Have a Prayer in 2008 Campaign?
With no overarching conservative Christian group anointing a candidate, this season’s GOP primary process is ”much more open, much more decentralized and, frankly, much more complicated,” said John Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
March 4, 2007 - The Washington Post
Blind Faith
Americans believe in religion -- but know little about it.
March 4, 2007 - New York Daily News
Evangelist Has a Rudy Awakening
As 2008 hopefuls start to woo different slices of the electorate, one of the more unexpected shifts appears to be a slow migration of white evangelical conservatives toward the thrice-married Rudy Giuliani.
March 3, 2007 - Ottawa Citizen
Testing the Politics of Religious Zeal
Pentecostal beliefs are reshaping Christianity. Will they shape political culture as well?
March 3, 2007 - Chicago Tribune
Obama Calls Iran a Threat to World Peace
Seeking to woo Jewish votes and contributions, Sen. Barack Obama told an audience in Chicago on Friday that he considers Iran "one of the greatest threats to the United States, Israel and world peace" and pledged he would try to end Tehran's uranium-enrichment program.
March 3, 2007 - St. Petersburg Times
'Rudy McRomney' Fails to Inspire True Believers
Republican candidates sell themselves at a conservative conference, but find few buyers.
March 2, 2007 - The Virginian-Pilot
Regent Students Upset at Romney's Choice as Speaker
Selecting presidential candidate Mitt Romney as its May commencement speaker has riled some of Regent University's students and alumni who say his Mormon faith clashes with the school's bedrock evangelical Christianity.
March 1, 2007 - Bloomberg News
Giuliani Stresses `Authenticity' to Christian Voters
"Rudy Giuliani has a different calculus," said John Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, a Washington-based research group. He's trying to appeal to religious Republicans "just enough to keep that bloc from uniting."
February 25, 2007 - U.S. News & World Report
Keeping the Faith
Evangelicals know what they want in a candidate. But the current crop may not have it.
February 24, 2007 - The San Jose Mercury News
Group Takes on Religion, State Ties
Alarmed by what they see as religious groups' growing influence on government policy, a consortium has launched a public awareness campaign to defend the First Amendment's vow that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
February 21, 2007 - Los Angeles Times
U.S. Episcopalians React to Church Ruling
Relief and anger follow the Anglican directive that the church in the U.S. stop blessings of same-sex unions.
February 18, 2007 - The New York Times
Narrowing the Religion Gap?
In this presidential race, it could be Democrats, not Republicans, who are most at ease in church.
February 17, 2007 - The New York Times
Anglican Prelates Snub Head of U.S. Church Over Gay Issues
“Conservatives are very disappointed,” said Timothy Shah, senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. “They have the feeling that the policy of the archbishop of Canterbury and the leadership of the Episcopal Church is one of indefinite delay in the hopes that aging conservative primates will retire and eventually be replaced by people who are more open to a negotiated settlement.”
February 17, 2007 - The Orlando Sentinel
GOP Candidates Turn Up Volume for Religious Broadcasters
"This is a year in which there are lot of choices, but no clear and obvious choice," said pollster John Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. "The people who are attending the convention are an important source of information for evangelical voters."
February 15, 2007 - The Christian Science Monitor
Can Romney Rise to Top of GOP Presidential Pack?
Forum Senior Fellow John Green suggests that while analysts may be overstating the impact of Mitt Romney's religious affiliation on his campaign, "it will be incumbent upon him to put it to rest."
February 15, 2007 - Australia Broadcasting Company
Mormon in Race for White House
Forum Senior Fellow John Green answers questions about Mitt Romney's presidential candidacy.
February 14, 2007 - The Independent
Romney Sets Sights on Becoming the First Mormon President of America
John Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Research Center in Washington, said Mr Romney's religious beliefs could work in several ways.
February 12, 2007 - Religion News Service
For Many Americans, Religious Identity Is No Longer a Given
Believers are exercising freedom of choice more than ever before.
February 11, 2007 - The San Jose Mercury News
Churches Observe Evolution Sunday
Culture war still simmers over Darwin.
February 11, 2007 - The New York Times
Searching for Mr. Right
Having lost Congress and faith, at times, in President Bush, social conservatives are now holding out for a hero in the 2008 Republican presidential campaign.
February 8, 2007 - National Public Radio
Religion and Politics in the 2008 Race
What role is religion likely to play in the 2008 presidential election? John Green, senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, offers his insights.
February 7, 2007 - Reuters
Africans Ditch Anglican Ritual for Pentecostal Party
Offering spiritual practices like speaking in tongues and healing, conservative teaching on morality, and vibey modern music, Pentecostalism is threatening traditional churches on the continent like Anglicans and Catholics.
January 25, 2007 - The Oakland Tribune
Pentecostal Church Inspires Immigrants
As more and more Latinos immigrate to the United States, pentecostal churches are flourishing in the barrios, establishing storefront locations to serve the swelling Latino working class.
January 22, 2007 - National Public Radio
Democrats Consider a Changing Abortion Agenda
For years, people have tried to bring the two sides of the abortion debate together to pursue ways to prevent unplanned pregnancies. Democrats have two reasons now to push for a more moderate abortion-avoidance agenda: They have more anti-abortion members than before, and presidential candidates are favoring the center.
January 22, 2007 - The Washington Times
Op-Ed: Pentecostalism and Politics
Pentecostalism, with its meteoric growth from a nascent movement in 1906 to roughly 500 million followers worldwide today, has the potential to change not only the religious landscape but the political as well.
January 21, 2007 - The Washington Post
Brownback Announces Presidential Bid
The senator's chances may ultimately depend on his ability to ignite Christian conservatives, said John Green, senior fellow with the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
January 20, 2007 - The Charlotte Observer
Can a Mormon Win the Presidency?
Romney is counting on his charisma and on many conservatives' doubts about GOP front-runner Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., factors that could end up relegating voters' worries about Mormonism to the back burner, said Forum Senior Fellow John Green.
January 18, 2007 - Orlando Sentinel
Scientists Team up with Evangelicals
Pressure from scientists and preachers could help ensure environmental issues have staying power, said Forum Senior Fellow David Masci.
January 17, 2007 - The Washington Times
Op-Ed: Pentecostalism, Part I
In the United States, Pentecostals make up 5 percent of the population and charismatics are 18 percent, according to a recent survey of Pentecostal in ten countries, organized by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
January 16, 2007 - The Christian Science Monitor
Bush's Troop 'Surge' Shapes 2008 Race
"There is not much of an antiwar constituency among evangelicals, but like everyone else, there is a growing concern for how the war is being conducted," says John Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
January 14, 2007 - The New York Times
House Afire
A three-part series about pentecostalism in New York City.
January 14, 2007 - The New York Times
A Sliver of a Storefront, a Faith on the Rise
Pentecostals vote and are eager for more involvement, according to a study released in October by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, which found that 79 percent of Pentecostals wanted religious groups to speak out on political issues.
January 14, 2007 - The Washington Times
Christian Groups Torn Over Illegals
Evangelical Christians say the issue of illegal aliens in the United States often creates a conflict between their allegiance to the Gospels and their loyalty to the government.
January 9, 2007 - The Atlantic
Closing the God Gap
How a pair of Democratic strategists are helping candidates talk about their faith.
January 8, 2007 - The Hartford Courant
The Mormon Factor
As Mitt Romney edges toward a presidential run, questions about his religion are inevitable.
January 7, 2007 - National Public Radio
Mitt Romney's Candidacy Puts Mormons in Spotlight
John Ydstie speaks to John Green of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life about Romney's faith and how it may impact his presidential campaign.
January 5, 2007 - Rocky Mountain News
Priest Under Inquiry
The investigation comes as the Episcopal Church USA struggles with internal tensions over its stance on social issues, including homosexuality. Disagreements extend to the financial control of individual churches, said John Green, senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
January 4, 2007 - The Salt Lake Tribune
Romney Officially Explores White House Bid
Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney -- vaulted into the national spotlight during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City -- formally launched a presidential exploration committee yesterday, a first step in a marathon quest for the White House.
December 31, 2006 - The Boston Globe
Imperfect Fit
When Mitt Romney's religion is mentioned these days, we often hear that Mormons and evangelicals, despite theological differences, are on the same page politically. But while Mormon voters are among the country's most conservative, there are key issues on which they don't line up neatly with the religious right.
December 25, 2006 - Chattanooga Times Free Press
Faith Key to Many Voters' Choices
Religious appeals likely will play a major role in upcoming political races, especially in the wake of their prominence in the 2006 campaigns, analysts and political strategists say.
December 20, 2006 - The Christian Post
Pew Study: Pentecostal Growth in Asia Controversial
Compared to the Pentecostal movement in Africa and Latin America, Pentecostalism in Asia has grown slowly and remained minimal. But, it has grown nevertheless over the past century.
December 20, 2006 - Religion News Service
In a Year Dominated by Elections, Americans Voted Against the Status Quo
Americans in November registered their frustration at the voting booth and gave control of Capitol Hill to the Democrats, making 2006 a year when votes -- sacred and secular -- became the year's biggest religion news story.
December 20, 2006 - The Economist
Christianity Reborn
A century after its birth Pentecostalism is redrawing the religious map of the world and undermining the notion that modernity is secular
December 17, 2006 - Chicago Tribune
Can a Mormon be President?
Romney must erase electorate's worries on his faith for '08 bid.
December 16, 2006 - The Independent
America's Religious Right: God's Own Country
They hate gays and abortion, and love George W Bush. They worship in churches the size of shopping malls, and dominate the nation's - and the world's - political agenda. But is the Christian backlash finally starting against America's religious right?
December 16, 2006 - The Salt Lake Tribune
Op-Ed: Are Democrats Ready to Embrace the Center in the Culture War?
Everyone agrees the Iraq war was the primary stumbling block for Republicans in the recent midterm elections. Republican strategists appear to have settled on corruption, arrogance and incompetence as secondary factors that require corrective action.
December 15, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor
Shiite? Sunni? Some in U.S. Learn Who's Who
While some in Congress make gaffes, other US institutions bone up on Muslim culture.
December 15, 2006 - Los Angeles Times
Report Says TV Losing its Religion
A watchdog group's study says that positive portrayals of faith have fallen in prime time.
December 9, 2006 - The New York Times
In Politics, the 'God Gap' Overshadows Other Differences
Why is there so much fascination with the so-called God gap, the finding that the more religiously observant Americans are, the more likely they are to vote Republican? Or, to put it the other way round, the more secular Americans are, the more likely they are to vote Democratic?
December 8, 2006 - Los Angeles Times
'Restoration' After the Fall
Fellow evangelicals seek to help the Rev. Ted Haggard address the behaviors that snared him in a scandal.
December 3, 2006 - The Orange County Register
Who Will Decide God's Politics?
True change occurs in the church and the wider culture, Rick Warren says in reaching across party lines.
December 3, 2006 - The New York Times
Op-Ed: A Modest Proposal for a Truce on Religion
If God is omniscient and omnipotent, you can’t help wondering why she doesn’t pull out a thunderbolt and strike down Richard Dawkins.
December 2, 2006 - Gannett News Service
Mormons Gaining D.C. Clout
Faith is often misunderstood despite politically active members.
December 1, 2006 - Chicago Tribune
Obama's Mega-Church Visit Spotlights Waning 'God Gap'
Obama's appearance at an evangelical summit is but one hint of the gathering potential many political and religious analysts see for a recalibration of the political loyalties of churchgoing Americans.
December 1, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal
The Limits of Tolerance
Timothy Shah, a senior fellow in religion and world affairs at the Pew Forum, believes that Father Greeley's attitude is "fairly widespread" among academics and theologians in Europe and North America. (We are the smart ones; they are mere folk co-religionists.)
December 1, 2006 - Chicago Sun-Times
Op-Ed: Environmentalists Get an Unexpected Boost
Eenergetic support for doing something about the environment is coming from an unexpected corner: religious Americans.
November 30, 2006 - The Washington Times
Changes in the Culture War
Some believe the culture war is in the midst of escalating and expanding hostilities.
November 28, 2006 - The Charlotte Observer
Bishops Press for Route to Citizenship
In a letter sent to members of Congress from the Carolinas, Catholic bishops in Charlotte, Raleigh and Charleston urged passage of immigration legislation that would include a path to U.S. citizenship for refugees and those here illegally.
November 26, 2006 - The Philadelphia Inquirer
The 'God Gap' Lessened in Last Election
A minor miracle occurred this month: The "God Gap" in American politics narrowed.
November 26, 2006 - The Washington Post
The Gospel According to Jim Wallis
For Democrats to win back the White House, they may well have to rely on the power of the Almighty. And it's not Bill Clinton.
November 25, 2006 - The Sacramento Bee
Speaking in Tongues
Worshippers say the Holy Spirit moves them to use a language known only to God.
November 24, 2006 - Foreign Exchange
Interview with Luis Lugo on Pentecostalism
With globalization many had predicted there would be a decline in religion, but the opposite has been true. The a fresh twist to this phenomenon is the rise of evangelicalism, and to discuss it as well as a new study on the rise of Christian Pentecostalism around the world is Luis Lugo, the Director of the Pew Forum.
November 24, 2006 - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Op-Ed: 'Culture War' in Season of the Prince of Peace?
A person wishing to prepare for the Nativity does face a legitimate challenge, walling off the din of popular culture.
November 23, 2006 - The Washington Times
Op-Ed: Changeable Voters
The numbers suggest GOP losses were more about a crisis in confidence in unified Republican government, as opposed to a rejection of conservative principles or a new embrace of some nebulous concept like "centrism."
November 19, 2006 - The Salt Lake Tribune
Reid Leads Mormons into D.C. Mainstream
U.S. senator, D-Nev., will be highest-ranking elected Mormon ever when he becomes the majority leader.
November 16, 2006 - Associated Press
Christian Conservatives Can't Be Counted Out
What did the 2006 elections tell us about the political role of conservative Christians, which has been analyzed to death in newspapers, broadcasts and books?
November 15, 2006 - Seattle Weekly
The AIDS Evangelists
World Vision is campaigning to raise AIDS compassion among Christians.
November 13, 2006 - San Francisco Chronicle
Some Evangelical Christians Reconsider their Faith in GOP
Republican and evangelical leaders say that how the GOP reshapes its moral stances may determine the strength of their ties in the future.
November 12, 2006 - BBC News
U.S. Elections: Which Side Was God On?
President Bush's party may have suffered a defeat at the polls on Tuesday, but reports of the death of the religious right - a large part of the Republican base - were an exaggeration.
November 11, 2006 - Edmonton Journal
Loss of Faith Vote has Republicans Seeking Answers
Evangelicals feel betrayed by party.
November 11, 2006 - The Washington Post
Democrats Win Bigger Share of Religious Vote
As the results of the midterm elections sank in this week, religious leaders across the ideological spectrum found something they could agree on: The "God gap" in American politics has narrowed substantially.
November 11, 2006 - The Virginian-Pilot
More Local Hispanics Convert to Protestantism
Growing Hispanic populations are choosing evangelical Protestantism instead of their culture's traditional Catholicism.
November 9, 2006 - Christian Post
Pentecostal Impact Growing in Latin America
Pentecostalism is thriving in Latin America with "spirit-filled" Christians constituting at least a third of the overall population in parts of the southern continent, a Pew Forum survey has found.
November 9, 2006 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A Vote for Moderation
"There is still a pretty solid majority in this country in opposition to gay marriage," said David Masci, a senior research fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. "The numbers have moved around a little bit over the last four, five years, but they haven't moved that much. Americans have not, at least at this point, come to accept same-sex marriage."
November 9, 2006 - Reuters
U.S. Republicans in Dilemma Over 'Religious Right'
Thumped in Tuesday's elections, the Republican Party faces a dilemma as it prepares for 2008: trying to claw back support in the center while keeping loyal conservative Christians happy.
November 9, 2006 - Religion News Service
Catholic Vote Swings Democratic in Midterm Elections
Catholics, who compose a massive 67 million-person slice of the electorate, favored Democrats in Tuesday's election by 55 percent to 45 percent, according to National Election Pool exit polls.
November 9, 2006 - The New York Times
Religious Voting Data Show Some Shift, Observers Say
Ever since George W. Bush won a second term two years ago by relying on the turnout of his religious conservative base, Democrats have been intent on siphoning off religious voters.
November 8, 2006 - Religion News Service
Who Won, Who Lost in Midterm Elections
Efforts by Democratic candidates to display their faith and connect with religious voters helped produce huge electoral wins in Pennsylvania and Ohio, according to analysts and independent pollsters.
November 8, 2006 - The Denver Post
Evangelicals Apparently Shrugged off Pastor's Woes
Nationally, at least, it appears the Haggard scandal played little part in turnout Tuesday among evangelical Christians, said John Green, a senior fellow with the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
November 8, 2006 - The New York Times
Ohio Democrats Win Races for Senate and Governor
Ted Strickland and Sherrod Brown's victories recast the political scene in Ohio and give Democrats a solid footing in what is expected to be a crucial state in the 2008 presidential election.
November 8, 2006 - Los Angeles Times
GOP Ceded the Center and Paid the Price
For six tumultuous years President Bush has provoked intense opposition while mobilizing passionate support for an ambitious conservative agenda. On Tuesday, that perilous strategy crumbled — and triggered his party's abrupt fall from power.
November 6, 2006 - National Public Radio
Christian Voters Show Signs of Strength Again
Steve Inskeep talks to John Green of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life about Christian voters and the impact of the Ted Haggard scandal.
November 6, 2006 - Chicago Tribune
Evangelicals No Longer Lock for the GOP
In the world of safe bets, oddsmakers could count on white evangelical Christians to vote Republican, three out of four times, because those voters and the GOP shared the same values.
November 5, 2006 - St. Petersburg Times
Values Voters Show Dismay
"In close elections, these voters can be very important to Republican candidates" said John Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life in Washington. "Without these so- called values voters, President Bush would have done much more poorly at the polls in 2004, perhaps losing the critical states of Ohio and Florida."
November 5, 2006 - The Star-Ledger
Faith-Based Initiative to Win Votes
Democrats have kept their solid hold on the Jewish vote, largely because of Jewish fear over the social agenda of Christian conservatives, said John Green, a Pew Forum senior fellow.
November 5, 2006 - San Francisco Chronicle
Democrats Get Religion
Left-leaning politicians have a come-to-Jesus moment, bringing their faith out of the closet to challenge conservatives' claimed moral hegemony.
November 4, 2006 - Los Angeles Times
Just a Massage, Pastor Says
Ted Haggard, who led a national evangelical group, says he also bought meth from the gay prostitute.
November 3, 2006 - Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
Midterm Races Set Stage for Religious Activism in 2008
Candidates across the political and theological spectrum are making unprecedented religious campaign appeals, all part of the multifaceted role religion is playing in this midterm election.
November 3, 2006 - Associated Press
Haggard, Maverick Evangelical Leader, Sidelined by Allegations He Paid a Man for Sex
The head of the National Association of Evangelicals, who has stepped down while his church investigates a claim he paid a man for sex, had been working to broaden the evangelical agenda, raising the profile of the group but also drawing criticism from old guard leaders.
November 3, 2006 - Rocky Mountain News
Pastor Ted Part of "a New Breed"
Ted Haggard rides a motorcycle, favors jeans and open-collared shirts and has kept an electronic copy of the Bible in his Palm Pilot.
November 3, 2006 - The Financial Times
Evangelicals' Faith in Republicans Wavers Ahead of Mid-terms
"The religious right is not as well organised or as energised as in 2004," said Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green. "But whatever their problems with the Republicans, they prefer them to the Democrats. The threat of Democrats taking control of Congress provides a strong motivation to vote."
November 3, 2006 - The Washington Post
Church Leader Resigns After Gay Sex Claim
One of the nation's most influential conservative Christian leaders, the Rev. Ted Haggard, resigned yesterday as president of the National Association of Evangelicals after a self-described male escort accused him of paying for gay sex.
November 3, 2006 - The Boston Globe
War Tests Voter Loyalty in Bible Belt
Republicans are furiously trying to reenergize the so-called values voters, predominantly evangelical Protestants who helped propel President Bush to victory in 2004 but have since then become disenchanted with the GOP.
November 2, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor
Evangelicals Flex Growing Clout in Nicaragua's Election
Once outcasts, they have now become a sought-after constituency.
November 2, 2006 - Reuters
Democrats Find Religion, Churchgoing Voters
Democratic politicians have found religion and that may help explain why they are suddenly more popular among churchgoing Americans.
November 2, 2006 - Chicago Tribune
Defiant Bush Stumps for Iraq Policy
On voters' minds though not on the ballot, President Bush is defiantly embracing the issue that has made him both unpopular and a possible liability for Republican congressional candidates this year: unyielding support for the war in Iraq.
November 1, 2006 - The Denver Post
Dobson Warns of Fallout if Democrats Take Congress
James Dobson sounded a warning call Tuesday to evangelical Christian voters, painting the potential consequences of sitting out next week's midterm elections in stark, partisan terms.
November 1, 2006 - The Record
Catholic Voters Group Defies Orthodoxy
A new group, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, is attempting to distribute 1 million voter guides for Tuesday's election that discourage Catholics from basing their vote on any one issue, including abortion.
October 31, 2006 - The Plain Dealer
Actor Fox Brings Stem-Cell Issue into Senate Race
Pew Forum Senior Fellow says that stem cell research is not in the top tier of election issues, but it "might matter if the race got close enough."
October 31, 2006 - Voice of America
Liberals Compete with Conservatives for Religious U.S. Voters
Republicans are depending on a strong voter turnout among conservative Christians on November 7 as one way to limit expected Democratic gains in the midterm congressional elections. But some liberal groups also hope to use religious appeals to mobilize voters on Election Day.
October 29, 2006 - Lansing State Journal
Faith Plays into Politics for Scores of Citizens
Although the U.S. Constitution separates church and state, religion and politics often are deeply entwined at a voter's moral center.
October 27, 2006 - The Washington Post
N.J. Ruling Could Yield Backlash at Nov. Polls
Backers of a Virginia constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage and civil unions said yesterday that a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that orders equal rights for such couples will drive supporters to the polls and help pass the ballot measure.
October 26, 2006 - Voice of America
Experts: Republican Party Losing Hold on Christian Conservative Base
Evangelical organizations worried about conservative discontent with the Republican Party are rallying their followers to vote in November's midterm elections.
October 26, 2006 - The Capital Times
Wisconsin Conflicted State Over Gay Marriage Ban
Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green says that national studies show that people across the country feel a great deal of ambivalence toward gay marriage. "They want to affirm traditional marriage in the law but are very open to various kinds of civil unions among gay people," he said.
October 26, 2006 - Religion News Service
Experts Doubt N.J. Ruling Will Revive Federal Gay Marriage Ban
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruling protecting the rights of same-sex couples is likely to energize the religious right, but not enough to have a significant impact on the national debate over a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, experts said.
October 25, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor
Republican Base Loses Faith
As Congressional elections near, polls show that some religious voters are stepping off the GOP bandwagon.
October 22, 2006 - Los Angeles Times
Op-Ed: A Show of Faith in Sodom on the Pacific
John Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, notes that certain scholars still refer to California and the rest of the West Coast as "the Anti-Bible Belt."
October 22, 2006 - Associated Press
Blackwell Touring GOP-Strong Counties as Campaign Winds Down
In the two weeks leading up to the Nov. 7 election, the Republican candidate for governor is concentrating on his base after weeks of trying to cut into Democratic leads in Ohio's urban counties.
October 21, 2006 - The Wichita Eagle
Spiritual Awakening
Within Christianity, Pentecostal and charismatic churches are among the fastest-growing worldwide.
October 20, 2006 - Daily News
Op-Ed: Hillary Enemies Find her Cross Just Unbearable
Hillary Clinton has appeared a handful of times this summer and fall with a cross around her neck, and it's an image that touches a nerve with the people who hate her.
October 20, 2006 - Bloomberg News
Republicans Fail To Mobilize Christian Conservatives
A big turnout among evangelical Christians helped a White House adviser, Karl Rove, secure President Bush's re-election and the Republicans' increased congressional majority in 2004. The effort is just as big this year. The response may not be.
October 19, 2006 - The Star-Ledger
Democrats Try a Little Faith
Some democratic candidates are turning to religion to connect with voters on right and making it harder, says Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green, for Republicans to peg them as unfriendly to religion.
October 17, 2006 - The Washington Post
53% of Voters Say They Back Va. Same-Sex Marriage Ban
A majority of Virginians support a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage and civil unions, although voters split on the measure when presented with interpretations of its potential impact.
October 16, 2006 - Contra Costa Times
Politics of Pulpit Pop Up on Left
With a year or more of organizing behind them, religious liberals in the county, the state and the nation are adopting the playbook of conservative Christians for the November election by reaching out to the faithful.
October 16, 2006 - USA Today
Op-Ed: Left, Right and Religion
The religious right has been demonized for pursuing a political agenda aligned with its beliefs. When the religious left acts in kind, shouldn’t the same scrutiny be applied to its progressive push?
October 14, 2006 - The Lexington Herald-Leader
Decline in 'Tongues' Worries Church
In a recent survey by the Pew Forum less than half of Pentecostals say they speak in tongues, which is problematic for members of the Assemblies of God.
October 14, 2006 - Associated Press
Politics and Religion Intersect Frequently During Campaign
A pastor's politically tinged call one year ago to "lock and load" for "a Holy Ghost invasion" was only the beginning of a fight over candidates between the religious right and the religious left in battleground Ohio.
October 13, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal
Can the Spirit Move You to Join the Middle Class?
Pentecostals are considered the fastest-growing Christian group in the U.S. and the world. Inevitably, they are moving up the socioeconomic ladder and as they do so, they are looking for intellectual legitimacy and a firmer grounding in theological ideas.
October 13, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor
GOP Mantra this Fall: Keep Politics Local
Vulnerable incumbents are focusing on their longstanding connections to their districts.
October 12, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor
'Renewalist' Impact Grows
Pentecostals and charismatics, one-quarter of the world's Christians, will shape politics and culture.
October 11, 2006 - The Washington Post
'Values' Decline As Issue In Ohio
Culture wars are being eclipsed by economic worries and GOP scandals that have altered the political dynamic.
October 10, 2006 - The Columbus Dispatch
Black Churches Always at Center of Politics
Black churches have a long tradition of political activity says Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green.
October 8, 2006 - The Columbus Dispatch
Activists Come in All Stripes
Nonreligious Ohioans embracing politics as much as religious are.
October 8, 2006 - The Dallas Morning News
Op-Ed: An Outsider's Guide to the Southwest
Most 2008 contenders are foreigners to Texas and California and therefore will have to learn about the politics of that part of the country, including the region's approach to religion in politics.
October 8, 2006 - Las Vegas Sun
How Would Jesus Vote?
For the first time in decades, Democrats are trying to give the religious right reasons to vote for candidates other than Republicans.
October 6, 2006 - Reuters
Pentecostals a Growing World Force
Charismatic and Pentecostal Christians, once dismissed as "holy rollers" but now among the fastest growing religious groups, make up at least 10 percent of the population in some of the largest countries, and many want their governments to reflect their beliefs.
October 6, 2006 - Associated Press
Poll: Pentecostals Widening Influence
A new 10-nation survey of Pentecostal and charismatic Christians, considered the fastest-growing stream of Christianity worldwide, shows they are deeply influencing the Roman Catholic and mainstream Protestant churches and are poised to make a big impact on global affairs.
October 6, 2006 - Religion News Service
Poll Says Many Pentecostals Don't Speak in Tongues
Speaking in tongues, long a hallmark of Pentecostalism, is not practiced by a significant number of charismatic and Pentecostal Christians, a new 10-country survey shows.
October 6, 2006 - The New York Times
Pentecostal and Charismatic Groups Growing
A survey of Pentecostal and charismatic Christians in 10 countries in Asia, Africa and the Americas shows they are gaining converts and are more politically engaged than experts had thought.
October 6, 2006 - The Washington Times
Pentecostals OK Religion in Politics
A majority of Pentecostals and charismatic Christians think religion should find a place in politics, according to a poll released yesterday.
October 2, 2006 - The Fresno Bee
Israel Inspires Alliance of Faiths
Partnership between Fresno Jews, evangelicals leaves many uneasy.
October 1, 2006 - Los Angeles Times
Pastors Guiding Voters to GOP
The Christian right is seeking out members who might not go to the polls. The focus is issues, but some leaders don't oppose endorsement.
October 1, 2006 - The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Red Letter Group Looks to Broaden Moral Issues
Abortion and gay marriage are important issues, but they’re not the only concerns of many deeply religious American voters, according to faith-based organizations that want politicians to have a more robust discussion during election time.
September 30, 2006 - The Kansas City Star
On the Left but not Left Out
Moderates and liberals say they have a plan for taking back discourse from the religious right.
September 30, 2006 - Orlando Sentinel
Christian Coalition Signals Change of Guard in Selection of its President
The selection of the Rev. Joel Hunter of Northland may not placate evangelicals who claim the conservative political-advocacy group has become too liberal and its agenda too broad.
September 29, 2006 - The Washington Post
Tongues of Fire
'Jesus Camp' illuminates the political and religious education of evangelical Christian children.
September 27, 2006 - The Diane Rehm Show
John Green on Christian Voters
A recent poll suggests a growing number of conservative Christians have become disillusioned with the Republican party.
September 24, 2006 - National Public Radio
Does Religion Even Matter Anymore in Politics?
Virginia Senate candidate George Allen was recently informed of his Jewish roots. Host Debbie Elliott explores voter attitudes towards Jews and whether a candidate's religious background even matters anymore.
September 24, 2006 - McClatchy Newspapers
"Disappointed" Activists Pushing Values Buttons
To the daunting challenges facing Republicans in the 2006 midterm elections, add another: angry "values voters" who feel used and abandoned.
September 23, 2006 - The Globe and Mail
In Ottawa, Faith Makes a Leap to the Right
In the past several years dozens of well-organized and well-funded religiously minded think tanks, lobbying groups and grassroots organizations have started up, relocated or greatly expanded, all aiming at broader entrée into local and national politics.
September 23, 2006 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Faithful Take Turn in Political Pulpit
Religious organizations and clergy are taking stands on Wisconsin's proposed marriage amendment, in a not-so-subtle intersection of religion and politics at the ballot box that in many ways is unprecedented.
September 22, 2006 - Associated Press
Evangelical Voters More Jaded in 2006
Christian conservatives, traditionally a reliable Republican constituency, aren't necessarily a GOP gimme this time around.
September 21, 2006 - Associated Press
Democrat, Republican Freely Talk About Faith in Bid to Sway Voters
Religion has been at the forefront of the competitive Pennsylvania race pitting two somewhat similar candidates — both Catholic, both opposed to abortion.
September 21, 2006 - Chicago Tribune
Christian Middle Seeking a Turn at Bully Pulpit
Determined to break the links binding partisan politics and faith, growing numbers of religious moderates are uniting and organizing in an unprecedented bid to challenge the Christian right and broaden the values agenda beyond the issues of abortion and same-sex marriage.
September 20, 2006 - The Guardian
Hollywood Finds Christ as Foxfaith Plans Series of Religious Movies
Fifty years after Charlton Heston as Moses descended the mountain in Cecil B DeMille's Ten Commandments, Hollywood made its most direct appeal to Christian audiences yesterday with the launch of a new brand dedicated to producing films on religious themes.
September 19, 2006 - The Washington Post
Few Black Churches Get Funds
The Bush administration's faith-based initiative is reaching only a tiny percentage of the nation's black churches, most of which have limited capacity to run social programs, hampering the initiative's promise of empowering those congregations to help the needy, according to a study to be released today.
September 17, 2006 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Rally in Pittsburgh a first, testing Dobson's appeal in region
James Dobson, the evangelical radio psychologist and powerful conservative activist, will be at Mellon Arena Wednesday for the first major Religious Right event ever held in Pittsburgh -- a bold move that will be closely watched says the Pew Forum's John Green.
September 17, 2006 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
'Values Voters' Up for Grabs in State's Senate Race
Candidates in Pennsylvania are eager to appeal to "the values voter" that many analysts saw as a decisive factor in the 2004 presidential race. A recent Pew Forum poll suggested that Democrats may face a "God problem" that candidates may have to overcome.
September 17, 2006 - Kansas City Star
Issues of Ecology, Theology Collide
Cracks are appearing within evangelical communities once inclined to dismiss environmental protection as a scientific rush to big government. Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green suggests that global warming could become a "crossover issue."
September 16, 2006 - Ottawa Citizen
U.S. in Midst of 'Third Awakening'
U.S. President George W. Bush yesterday said he believes the United States may be experiencing a "third awakening" of religious fervour, a phenomenon he described as evident by the growing number of Americans praying for his success.
September 15, 2006 - The Economist
In the World of Good and Evil
America's foreign policy seems strongly influenced by religion. But that influence is much more complex than its critics suppose
September 15, 2006 - The Philadelphia Inquirer
Casey Joins Democratic Push to Attract Religious Voters
U.S. Senate candidate Bob Casey Jr. used a speech at Catholic University yesterday to place himself among the growing number of Democrats seeking to loosen the Republican Party's grip on religious voters.
September 15, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor
Germans Reconsider Religion
Pope Benedict XVI's challenge to secularism meets with receptivity during his German visit.
September 14, 2006 - Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
Op-Ed: Rewriting Our Religious History
Religious conservatives are fighting to prove that America was set up as a Christian nation. And their efforts to rewrite American history are paying off, since a recent Pew Forum survey found that 67 percent of Americans believe this falsehood.
September 12, 2006 - The Weekly Standard
Op-Ed: Republicans and Evangelicals
Spooked by the political might of religious conservatives, secular liberals and faithful Democrats are taking comfort from some recent headlines, including a Pew poll indicating white evangelical Protestants are less willing to identify themselves with the Republican party than they were in 2004. But there is no evidence that evangelicals are joining the Democratic party in droves or that social conservative activism is waning.
September 12, 2006 - USA Today
View of God Can Predict Values, Politics
A new survey of religion in the USA finds four very different images of God — from a wrathful deity thundering at sinful humanity to a distant power uninvolved in mankind's affairs. The Four Gods breakdown is helpful "if you are trying to understand religion's impact on society by how people see themselves from the inside, not by observations from outsiders," says John Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum.
September 11, 2006 - The Washington Post
Religious Affliation Underestimated in U.S., Study Shows
Baylor University released research today saying that the past 15 years of polling overestimated the percentage of Americans who say they have no religious affiliation. John C. Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum, said Baylor's conclusion about the size of the unaffiliated is a "necessary and useful corrective."
September 10, 2006 - San Antonio Express-News
Governor Hopefuls' Faith is on Display
The high profile of faith in Texas politics occurs as Democrats nationally are working to stake their own claim on religion after years of GOP candidates' success in courting the faithful. A recent Pew Forum survey showed just 26 percent of Americans called the Democratic Party friendly to religion. Forty-seven percent called the GOP religion-friendly.
September 10, 2006 - Reuters
Global Warming Film Unites Preachers and Politics
Coming soon to a movie screen near you: prayers, politics and a feature-length film, united in an effort to mobilize religious groups around global warming concerns in time for the U.S. midterm election.
September 10, 2006 - Austin American-Statesman
Democrats Trying to Win 'Values' Voters with Clinton-Inspired Appeals
Candidates hope to gain ground against Republicans by adding economic concerns to values debate, a strategy that Pew Forum senior fellow John Green says could create opportunities for Democrats.
September 8, 2006 - Associated Press
Fear of Global Warming Unites Evangelicals, Environmentalists
Shared concerns over global warming and protecting the Earth are bringing together evangelicals and environmentalists in ways that could make the Republican Party more eco-friendly and lead some evangelicals to vote Democratic.
September 7, 2006 - Wichita Eagle
Op-Ed: Party Loyalty Not Serving Evangelical, Black Voters
Republicans talk a good game to Christian conservatives. But apart from some conservative court appointments, there has been little movement on the religious agenda
September 7, 2006 - Contra Costa Times
Gore Film Tapped to Lure Green Converts
Churches and synagogues nationwide, in blue states and red, are going green. Nearly 80 percent of people of faith polled believe ample evidence exists to support the theory of global warming, according to a recent Pew Forum poll.
September 7, 2006 - Newsweek
Separated?
For many religious conservatives, the fight is not just about allowing more mixing of church and state — for instance, prayer in schools — it's about proving that the country was set up as a "Christian nation," as seen in a recent Pew Forum poll.
September 6, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor
In Europe, a Search for What Defines EU's Moral Identity
Newer EU members are struggling to promote a more traditional morality.
September 5, 2006 - USA Today
Some Democrats Go Online to Click with Religious Voters
The Democratic Party, saddled with a secular image that has hurt it in elections, is getting religion.
September 5, 2006 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
'Values Voters' in Bipartisan Tug of War
Democratic candidates are increasingly unwilling to surrender so-called values voters to Republican opponents this year in spite of the long-standing allegiance of religious-oriented voters to the GOP.
September 5, 2006 - Associated Press
Democrats Push for Own Religious Voice
With a leading poll showing only one in four Americans viewing the Democratic Party as friendly to religion, David Wilhelm and a broad-based group of Christian Democratic activists are starting an Internet effort to organize religious voters whose views might be compatible with Democrats.
September 3, 2006 - Chicago Tribune
Faith Grows as Market Force
Funds that choose their investments with the view that companies' products or practices should be in accord with religious or moral beliefs are attracting clients, and rewarding them.
September 2, 2006 - Los Angeles Times
Left and Christian Right Take Lumps in Poll
Liberals go too far to exclude religion from public life while conservatives overreach in imposing their values, the survey finds.
August 30, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor
Americans Yearn for a Middle Way
Most Americans dislike extreme positions on either side of the 'religion in politics' debate.
August 29, 2006 - Religion News Service
Getting It Right, and Getting It Done
Advice to congregations in the wake of data in a new Pew Forum release that suggests that religion's influence in American life is waning.
August 29, 2006 - Akron Beacon Journal
UA's Green Heading to Capital
The quotable director of the Bliss Institute will spend a year in Washington studying religion and politics.
August 25, 2006 - The New York Times
In Poll, G.O.P. Slips as a Friend of Religion
A new poll shows that fewer Americans view the Republican Party as “friendly to religion” than a year ago, with the decline particularly steep among Catholics and white evangelical Protestants — constituencies at the core of the Republicans’ conservative Christian voting bloc.
August 24, 2006 - Associated Press
GOP Dips in Religion Poll
The number of people who consider the Republican Party friendly to religion has dipped below half in the last year, with declines among white evangelicals and white Catholics.
August 23, 2006 - The Australian
A New Kind of True Believer
Religion and religious friction are on the rise worldwide and Australia's political system is starting to confront a new challenge: how to manage tensions between secularism and faith.
August 17, 2006 - The Economist
Straws in the Kansas wind
Some defeats, and some victories, for religious conservatives.
August 16, 2006 - Chicago Tribune
Ad Pitch for Israel Aimed at Christians
The advertising campaign, which began airing July 26 on the Fox News Channel and a few religious television networks, is an unusual convergence of faith, politics, money and media that illustrates the rising importance of the bond between many American evangelicals and Israel.
August 14, 2006 - Newsweek
Pilgrim's Progress
In interviews with Newsweek in recent months, Billy Graham has made it clear that partisan politics and the culture wars feel far away
August 5, 2006 - The New York Times
Culture Wars Seen Within Political Parties
Peter Steinfels reports on the latest public opinion poll from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and the Pew Research for the People & the Press.
July 31, 2006 - ABC News
Save Israel, For Jesus?
"Evangelicals take the Bible very seriously, and in their view certain prophesies in the Old and the New Testament point to the state of Israel as having a very special role of the return of Jesus to earth," says Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green.
July 29, 2006 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Churches Joining Stem Cell Showdown
People on both sides of the stem-cell debate tend to simplify their messages for the masses, says Pew Forum Senior Research Fellow David Masci.
July 24, 2006 - Congressional Quarterly
Stem Cell Politics: An Unsettled Issue
Not since last year’s debate over extending the life of Terri Schiavo has the Capitol been so caught up in the highly charged rhetoric of life and morality.
July 23, 2006 - Denver Post
Dems Tap New West Issues
The Pew Forum's John Green says Evangelicals in the West are more concerned about the environment, human rights and social justice -- which gives Democrats an opening in the political fence.
July 20, 2006 - The New York Times
Op Ed: The Fever Is Winning
Reuel Gerecht and Jeffrey Goldberg discuss the prospects for democracy in the Middle East at a Pew Forum event.
July 19, 2006 - US News and World Report
Religious Right Takes on Stem Cell Research
A poll conducted last summer by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that public support for stem cell research had grown to 57 percent, up from 42 percent in 2002. But virtually all the increase in support came from Democrats, independents, and moderate to liberal Republicans.
July 19, 2006 - McClatchy Newspapers
A Bush Veto Could Have Political Consequences
Pew Forum Fellow John Green says the president's stand should endear him to evangelicals and conservative Roman Catholics, both on substantive terms and as a symbol that he keeps his word.
July 19, 2006 - NPR
Bush to Veto Stem-Cell Bill
Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green comments on the politics of the stem cell debate.
July 19, 2006 - BBC News
Evangelical Christians Plead for Israel
Research by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life last year found that evangelical Christians were more likely to support Israel than any other religious group in America besides Jews.
July 17, 2006 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Mainline Denominations Losing Impact on Nation
John C. Green, a senior fellow with the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and a professor of political science at the University of Akron, blames the churches' divisions on the country's deep rifts.
July 16, 2006 - The Washington Post
A Medical Crisis of Conscience
"What the conscience debate, the euthanasia debate, the stem cell debate and the evolution debate all have in common is this collision between a religiously inspired view of life and state regulation," said John C. Green of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, a nonprofit research center.
July 16, 2006 - Los Angeles Times
The Democrats' Unreligious Fringe
According to a survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, white evangelical Protestants are the only group that considers the issue of same-sex marriage of significant importance, while the vast majority of white mainline Protestants and white Catholics do not. Similarly, most white mainline Protestants and white Catholics do not oppose stem cell research, while most evangelicals do.
July 16, 2006 - Foreign Policy
God is Winning
Timothy Samuel Shah, a senior fellow in religion and world affairs at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, and Monica Duffy Toft,assistant director of the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University, examine the question "Is God winning?"
July 4, 2006 - Dallas Morning News
Foreign Policy and Faith: U.S. Must Understand the Link
Pew Forum Senior Fellow Timothy Shah explains that adaptability explains why many evangelicals have done so well at getting their message out about both religion and politics.
June 30, 2006 - Religion News Service
Democrats, Evangelicals Team Up on Global Warming
Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green emphasizes that the not all evangelicals are giving global warming more attention.
June 27, 2006 - Los Angeles Times
Study Links Male Gays, Birth of Older Brothers
A 2003 Pew Forum survey found that 30% of Americans believed sexual orientation was innate and 14% said it was determined by upbringing, besides the 42% who considered it a lifestyle choice.
June 26, 2006 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Progressive Christian Group Emphasizes Fighting Poverty
Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green comments on the competition between the Christian Right and Christian Left while Sojourners, a progressive evangelical Christian ministry, gathers and hopes to help redefine the notion of Christian values and direct attention away from the political agenda of the religious right.
June 15, 2006 - Miami Herald
A Church Names Names of Gay-Marriage Foes
A Florida church launched a campaign to identify supporters of a proposed state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
June 14, 2006 - Foreign Policy
Why God Is Winning
Global politics is increasingly marked by voices claiming transcendent authority filling public spaces and winning key political contests.
June 13, 2006 - Fast Company
Moving Heaven and Earth
When it comes to global warming, Richard Cizik and Jim Ball are hell-bent on making fellow evangelicals see the light.
June 10, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal
Test of Faith
As Mitt Romney weighs a run for the White House, his Mormonism is a wild card in a religious age.
June 6, 2006 - Wall Street Journal
Republicans Reignite Hot-Button Issues
Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green comments on republican tactics to vote on gay marriage before state elections.
June 5, 2006 - NPR
Will Same-Sex Issue Prop Up Bush's Polls?
After nearly two years of saying almost nothing on same-sex marriage, Bush spoke in support of a constitutional amendment, both in his weekly radio address and in later comments.
June 5, 2006 - Congressional Quarterly
Marriage Debate Poses Risks for GOP
A survey conducted last year by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life revealed that while 79 percent of white evangelical Protestants oppose gay marriage, only 50 percent think the Constitution should be amended to ban it.
May 21, 2006 - Crunchy Con Blog
Live Blogging From Pew Forum Conference
Rod Dreher of the Dallas Morning News posted several blog entries about topics discussed at the Pew Forum’s Faith Angle Conference in Key West, Fla. this week.
May 20, 2006 - National Journal
Of Mullahs And MADness
Bernard Lewis, the renowned historian of Islam, spoke about Iran at a recent Pew Forum luncheon.
May 18, 2006 - Roll Call
Ideological Conflict Menaces U.S. Ability To Fight Terrorism
Princeton University professor Bernard Lewis spoke about islam at an event sponsored by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
May 15, 2006 - CQ Weekly
Dean Flubs Another Faith Test
Pew Forum senior fellow John Green comments on Gov. Dean's credibility with religious voters.
May 12, 2006 - Wall Street Journal
In Search of The Religious Vote, But Which One?
John C. Green, a pollster and senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, tells me that "there are lots of other places that Sen. McCain could go where there wouldn't be the downside" associated with Mr. Falwell.
May 5, 2006 - The Guardian
Why It Takes a Television Series to Draw Attention to a Real-Life Human Drama
The Christian right, a crucial constituency for Mr. Bush, has seized upon the issue.
May 4, 2006 - The New York Times
Red States, Blue States: New Labels for Long-Running Differences
The most remarkable phenomenon is the rise of religion in politics.
May 3, 2006 - Christian Science Monitor
In Massachusetts, Catholics Torn by Hierarchy, Politics
John Green, a senior fellow in religion and American politics at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, comments on the swing status of Catholic voters.
April 27, 2006 - USA Today
Religious Communities at Odds on Immigration
Pew Forum Director Luis Lugo is quoted on the divisions within the Bush coalition of religious conservatives on immigration policy.
April 26, 2006 - Religion News Service
More than 20,000 Celebrate Pentecostalism
Pew Forum Director Luis Lugo estimates the number of Pentacostals worldwide to be between 250 million to 500 million at a conference "Moved by the Spirit: Pentecostal Power and Politics After 100 Years," cosponsored by the Pew Forum and the University of Southern California.
April 16, 2006 - Meet the Press
Faith in America
As millions of Americans observe Passover and commemorate Easter, the role of faith in public life is a subject of particularly pitched debate.
April 16, 2006 - The New York Times
Evangelicals Debate the Meaning of 'Evangelical'
Like any dominating force, evangelicalism is not monolithic, and it seems that now, at a time of heightened power, old fissures are widening, and new theological and political splits are developing.
April 11, 2006 - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
US Protesters Lobby for Immigrant Rights
Pew Forum director, Luis Lugo, is interviewed about the religious implications of the immigration debate.
April 4, 2006 - Dallas Morning News
Editorial: GOP Could Lose Hispanic Evangelicals
Top leaders have a lot riding on immigration.
March 30, 2006 - Wall Street Journal
Immigration Exposes Rifts for Evangelicals
Major evangelical groups have been more muted on immigration than other Christian organizations.
March 25, 2006 - The New York Times
Billy Graham is the Role Model, Catholicism is the Creed
Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green discusses how Catholics who drift away from the faith in their youth are not returning as adults, as was common 50 years ago.
March 24, 2006 - Boston Globe
Romney's Rome Visit Seen Fueled by Politics
Romney's visit, according to scholars of religion and politics, reflects two realities: the ongoing importance of Catholicism in Massachusetts and the rising importance of Catholics in presidential elections.
March 23, 2006 - Washington Times
Americans View Muslims Favorably
These findings offer hope that Muslims eventually will be accepted and integrated into American society as people of other faiths have been, said Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, which conducted the study.
March 18, 2006 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Atheists Put Their Faith in Ethical Behavior
Atheists, they lament, are the last minority in this nation that is fair game for bigotry. Experts who study religion in public life concur.
March 7, 2006 - Religion News Service
Religious Groups Divided Over U.S. Role Regarding Hamas
Since Hamas is officially listed as a terrorist organization, and one that is committed to Israel's destruction, Washington is carefully weighing its response -- diplomatically, monetarily and politically.
March 6, 2006 - Boston Globe
Hispanic Evangelicals Offering GOP A Bridge to Future
Sees undocumented as potential citizens, Republican voters
February 15, 2006 - NPR Morning Edition
Marriage Plays Starring Role in Politics…Again
Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green suggests that democrats may come out in force to oppose gay marriage bans in the next election.
February 13, 2006 - Washington Times
Colorado Eyes Rival Referendums
No other state has considered ballot measures on both sides of the marriage issue in the same election, said John Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life in the District.
February 11, 2006 - The New York Times
Supreme Court Decision in Right-to-Die Debate May Signal Time Out
The Pew researchers released their findings early last month as evidence of strong public support for the "right to die" — certainly an accurate conclusion once one pierces the ambiguity of that phrase.
February 8, 2006 - Newsweek
God's Green Soldiers
A new call to combat global warming triggers soul-searching and controversy among evangelicals.
February 2, 2006 - Rocky Mountain News
Values Divide Camps, '06 Ballot
Separate measures on gay rights, unions could pass.
January 31, 2006 - The Boston Globe
Democrats Courting Catholics
The Democratic Party is intensifying its efforts to reach out to Catholic voters.
January 31, 2006 - Newsweek
Cut, Thrust and Christ
Why evangelicals are mastering the art of college debate.
January 29, 2006 - The New York Times Magazine
The Call
Today's American evangelicals are trying to convert the remaining non-Christians of Africa.
January 25, 2006 - Religion News Service
Other States See Path in Ruling on Oregon's Assisted Suicide Law
Oregon remains the only state where a doctor can legally prescribe a drug dose aimed at hastening a patient's death.
January 25, 2006 - Religion News Service
Assisted Suicide Issue Painfully Personal for Senator Who Lost Depressed Son
Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith supported a previous effort to block the Oregon law, he won't again.
January 24, 2006 - ABC News
Alito Would Create Catholic Majority on Top Court
Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green discusses the concerns some people may have about having a Catholic majority on the Supreme Court.
January 22, 2006 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This Isn't Your Father's Moral Majority
New Socialists: Evangelicals have risen as a political force, with the savvy to shape American public policy.
January 14, 2006 - Associated Press
A Judge Seeks to Define - or Redefine - 'Creationism'
A new ruling from Pennsylvania's Judge John E. Jones endorses a new definition of creationism advocated by liberal and scientific groups.
January 13, 2006 - USA Today
Christian School Suing UC Over College Credits
Calvary Chapel Christian School, which has 1,300 students, are fighting to receive college credit for some courses.
January 8, 2006 - The Detroit News
Gays in the Pulpit
Questions about acceptance, inclusion and leadership of homosexuals have weighed more openly on the collective conscience of most religions in recent years, leaving them struggling with tension, pain and threats of schisms.
January 1, 2006 - The Atlantic
Tribal Relations
An analysis of religion, values and politics in America conducted by Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green and Steven Waldman of Beliefnet reveals not two monolithic and mutually antagonistic political camps but, rather, twelve coherent blocs with overlapping interests and values.
December 31, 2005 - Religion News Service
Mainline Churches Lose Overall on Budget but Emerge With Clearer Voice
Churches are being more vocal about preventing federal budget cuts that affect the poor, says Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green.
December 27, 2005 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Evangelicals Direct Clout at Global Warming
Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green is quoted in this story about how U.S. evangelicals are exercising their political muscles in support of environmental causes.
December 20, 2005 - National Review
Latter-Day Politics
Is Mitt Romney’s religion a problem?
December 18, 2005 - Miami Herald
Dems See Faith as Their Political Salvation
Trying to avoid another stinging election defeat, Democrats are taking on a religious tone, tying their agenda to Christian values.
December 18, 2005 - Philadelphia Inquirer
Senator Turns Interest in Africa into Motif for his 2008 Campaign
The Kansas Republican says his work will please evangelical Christians as well as secular voters.
December 9, 2005 - Associated Press
Creed, Curriculum and California Schools
Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green explains that tension between the evangelical community and higher education is not unusual.
December 9, 2005 - Denver Post
Push to Nix Gay Nuptials Begins
Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green comments on a proposal by Focus on the Family.
December 9, 2005 - Slate
Fantasy Island
After a recent Pew Forum conference, Slate's Will Saletan reflects on the dwindling refuges of creationism.
November 25, 2005 - Associated Press
Religious Public Interest Law Firm Expands
John Green, senior fellow in religion and American politics at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, said concern from religious conservatives about legal decisions has been an issue for years.
November 25, 2005 - Chicago Tribune
Students Join Debate on Intelligent Design
David Masci, a senior research fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life in Washington, D.C., said, "As this issue has bubbled up into the national consciousness over the last 10 years, it makes sense that it would have a presence on college campuses."
November 11, 2005 - NPR
Intelligent Design and Academic Freedom
A recent Pew Forum poll found that 60 percent of Americans believe either in the Biblical creation account of life, or in a God who guided the process.
November 10, 2005 - The New York Times
A Democrat of Faith Turns Tables
A year after polls showed that so-called values voters had been crucial to President Bush's re-election, Mr. Kaine's advisers and some top Democratic strategists say their victory in Virginia shows that Democrats, including liberals, can win in culturally conservative states if they talk about deeply held religious beliefs.
November 7, 2005 - The New York Times
When Cleaner Air Is a Biblical Obligation
With increasing vigor, evangelical groups that are part of the base of conservative support for leading Republicans are campaigning for laws that would reduce carbon dioxide emissions, which scientists have linked with global warming.
November 7, 2005 - The New York Times
An Evolutionist's Evolution
Reflecting a longstanding sentiment, 38 percent of Americans believe that creationism should be taught instead of evolution, according to an August poll by the Pew Research Center in Washington.
November 2, 2005 - Philadelphia Inquirer
Debate on Intelligent Design Becomes a Clash of Rights
Those who want it taught cite free speech; opponents see wrongful religion use.
October 31, 2005 - Fortune
Will Success Spoil Rick Warren?
Warren, the 51-year-old Southern California pastor, bestselling author and management genius, has become secular America's favorite evangelical Christian.
October 30, 2005 - The Detroit News
Atheists Speak Up
They fight faith in the public square.
October 30, 2005 - The Denver Post
Man of Cloth and Clout
Pastor Ted Haggard is changing the way evangelicals think about public life.
October 24, 2005 - Christian Science Monitor
Poll: Americans More Accepting
Americans are overwhelmingly people of faith, and a new survey shows they are holding onto a traditional ideal of marriage and family.
October 23, 2005 - Reuters
America Debates Evolution: Why Now?
Americans are bone-deep into a fight over evolution thanks in large part to a new script that has defined the issue in a way not seen since the "monkey trial" in rural Tennessee 80 years ago.
October 17, 2005 - CQ Weekly
New Heaven, New Earth
American evangelical leaders are reappraising their role in politics. Will the faithful — and the political class — follow in their wake?
October 9, 2005 - The Washington Post
Bush the Conservative v. Bush the Pragmatist
John C. Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum for Religion & Public Life, notes that the President is aware that some parts of his coaltion "don't see eye-to-eye with religious conservatives."
September 25, 2005 - Philadelphia Inquirer
Court Test is Near for 'Intelligent Design'
America's culture war moves tomorrow to a federal courtroom in Harrisburg, where religion, science and law will collide in a closely watched trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools.
September 13, 2005 - Chicago Tribune
Intelligent Design Old News to Darwin
This article quotes data from a recent Pew Forum poll on teaching evolution and creationism.
September 11, 2005 - San Antonio Express-News
Atheists Put Faith in Ethics
Atheists, a young couple laments, are the last minority in this nation that is fair game for bigotry.
September 10, 2005 - The Miami Herald
Amid Religious Rhetoric, Atheists Seek a Hassle-Free Life
Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green comments on Americans’ views toward atheists.
September 5, 2005 - The Washington Post
Roberts Hearings Likely to Enter Religious Territory
According to a new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 29 percent believe the Democratic Party is friendly toward religion, and 44 percent believe secular liberals have too much sway in the party.
September 1, 2005 - Christian Science Monitor
Matters of Faith
When it comes to religion, it seems, both of America's major political parties face image problems.
August 31, 2005 - New York Times
Teaching of Creationism Is Endorsed in New Survey
In a finding that is likely to intensify the debate over what to teach students about the origins of life, a poll released yesterday found that nearly two-thirds of Americans say that creationism should be taught alongside evolution in public schools.
August 31, 2005 - Associated Press
Poll: Fewer See Dems As Religion-Friendly
Democrats' efforts to improve their image with religious voters after the 2004 presidential election appear to be getting off to a bumpy start.
August 31, 2005 - Associated Press
Poll: Public Divided on Evolution
Americans are divided over whether humans and other living things evolved over time or have existed in their present form since the beginning of time, according to a new poll.
August 13, 2005 - The Baton Rouge Advocate
Poll: Support for stem-cell research rising
This piece discusses findings from a recent poll by the Pew Forum and the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.
August 8, 2005 - The Washington Post
Divide on Doctrine Fuels Fight Between Va. College, Ousted Clerk
The school's fight with its 26-year-old library clerk, which led to a court ruling, sheds light on the lengths to which Farris will go to maintain the purity of his vision, said John C. Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
August 7, 2005 - MSNBC
Meet the Press: The Nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court
Fmr. Gov. Mario Cuomo (D-NY) and Professor Douglas Kmiec discuss whether Roberts' religious beliefs are an appropriate area of inquiry, and how politicians and judges balance their religious beliefs and public responsibilities.
August 7, 2005 - Chicago Tribune
Museum Exhibits a Creationist Viewpoint
A new dinosaur museum boldly goes where few museums have gone before - deep into the pages of Genesis.
August 4, 2005 - The Washington Post
Poll on Court Cites Detainee Rights as Concern
Americans seem as interested in the Supreme Court's approach to the rights of detained terrorists as they are in abortion, according to polling released yesterday.
August 4, 2005 - Newsday
Abortion Still Supported
Despite decades of debate on subject, Pew poll shows majority of Americans endorse it, with restrictions
August 1, 2005 - American Prospect
Reason Before Religion
Author Susan Jacoby invokes Pew Forum poll data in this essay in which she contends that reason should supersede religious convictions.
August 1, 2005 - American Prospect
Time to Take Our Faith Back
Progressive evangelist Jim Wallis uses Pew Forum poll data in this essay in which he argues that Democrats should be more willing to use moral and religious language.
July 30, 2005 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Frist Breaks Away - Stage Set for Stem Cell Battle
Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green is quoted in this piece about Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's decision to break with President Bush to support more government funding for embryonic stem cell research.
July 27, 2005 - Newsday
Views of Muslims Same Despite Bombs
Despite the recent terrorist bombings in London, Americans' opinions of Muslim Americans are unchanged, according to a nationwide poll released yesterday by the Pew Forum.
July 26, 2005 - Christian Science Monitor
Terror Shifts Muslim Views
The voices of activists in Arab capitals are largely mute when it comes to Iraq.
July 15, 2005 - The Washington Post
Support for Bin Laden, Violence Down Among Muslims, Poll Says
Osama bin Laden's standing has dropped significantly in some pivotal Muslim countries, while support for suicide bombings and other acts of violence has "declined dramatically," according to a new survey.
July 15, 2005 - Globe and Mail
Four Bombers' Profiles Called Typical
Dr. Pauletta Otis, senior fellow at Washington's Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and an academic specialist in security says the London bombers match profiles.
July 15, 2005 - Financial Times
Muslims' Integration in Europe is Urgent Challenge
"The successful integration of European Muslims is crucial to the future of Europe,” wrote David Masci, a senior research fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, in a report published in December. “Muslims will, at the very least, be a significant and sizeable minority that will play an important role in shaping the continent's future.”
July 12, 2005 - The Christian Century
Posting Decalogue OK -- Sometimes
Advocates for church-state separation generally gave a collective sigh of relief last month when the Supreme Court ruled that the posting of the Ten Commandments inside two Kentucky courthouses is unconstitutional.
July 1, 2005 - Forward
Evangelicals Eye Middle Ground on Middle East
The nation's main coalition of evangelical Christian churches is under internal pressure to adopt a Middle East policy
June 29, 2005 - Religion News Service
Should Churches Celebrate Independence Day?
Independence Day can be delicate for houses of worship.
June 28, 2005 - The New York Times
Split Rulings on Displays Draw Praise and Dismay
More than 7 in 10 Americans believe Ten Commandments displays are proper, according to an August 2004 Pew Forum poll.
June 26, 2005 - Philadelphia Inquirer
'America's preacher' still reaching out
Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green is quoted in this article about the Rev. Billy Graham.
June 23, 2005 - Chicago Tribune
Religious Progressives Speak Out
With the stated goal of reclaiming the issue of faith from the Christian right, a new political organization for religious progressives launched Wednesday, joining a small number of liberal religious-oriented groups and think tanks that sprang up around the faith-infused 2004 election.
June 3, 2005 - National Catholic Reporter
The Jesus of Islam
Christians have more in common with Muslims than they realize
May 28, 2005 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Europe's Loss of Faith
New pope and Protestants face challenge of reviving churches in what was once the heart of Christendom
May 26, 2005 - The New York Times
Op Ed: A Natural Alliance
Earlier this week Brooks listened to Rick Warren speak at a conference sponsored by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
May 26, 2005 - Philadelphia Inquirer
Op Ed: Man of Faith is Changing Religion - and Politics?
Warren may be influencing the future of American politics, and that's where a few questions arise.
May 24, 2005 - Newsweek
A Latin Power Surge
Latinos are making their mark on politics as never before.
May 17, 2005 - Associated Press
N.C. Case Reflects Fading Divide Between Politics and Religion
Recent surveys by the Pew Research Center and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that a slight majority (51 to 52 percent) of American adults have said they are comfortable with churches expressing views on political matters.
May 13, 2005 - National Journal
Soul of a Conservative
Michael Gerson thought he was destined for the seminary. Instead, he ended up as the moral compass for the Bush presidency.
May 7, 2005 - NPR: Weekend All Things Considered
Analysis: Relationship between evangelical Christians and Roman Catholics
Pew Forum Director Luis Lugo is quoted in this story about the relationship between Evangelical Christians and Roman Catholics.
May 2, 2005 - Catholic News Service
Panelists Consider Direction of the Papacy Under Benedict XVI
Speakers at the program of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life drew on bits of information about the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's philosophy to suggest the new pope would be a peacemaker, including in the Middle East, and might well continue his predecessor's efforts to bring world religions together.
April 27, 2005 - The Denver Post
Dobson Seen as Driven, Divisive
Pew Forum Director Luis Lugo is quoted in this piece about the prominence of James Dobson among evangelicals.
April 25, 2005 - NPR Morning Edition
Pope Benedict Warns Against Moral Relativism
This interview features Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, and John Green.
April 19, 2005 - The New York Times
Europeans Fast Falling Away from Church
The shortage of priests is only one of the problems bedeviling the Catholic Church in Europe.
April 16, 2005 - National Journal
Of Popes and Presidents
"Under Pope John Paul, the papacy emerged in a major way, and it did so globally," notes Luis E. Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. "He was celebrated for reaching out to Jews. He did the same thing to the Muslim world. His influence is not just in the United States, and it's not only among Roman Catholics."
April 11, 2005 - The New York Times
Catholics in U.S. Keep Faith, But Live With Contradictions
American Catholics, be they Latinos here or African-Americans in Atlanta, or those of Irish, Italian or Polish ancestry in Boston and Baltimore, have come to accept that being Catholic means living with inconsistency.
April 8, 2005 - The Washington Times
Analysis: Church Visible and Invisible
Mark Noll has pointed out at a recent symposium organized by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, growth does not only occur in the visible church.
April 7, 2005 - Boston Globe
A Political Currency in Embracing of Pope
''If you're a liberal Democrat who wants Catholic votes or a conservative Republican who wants Catholic votes, going to the funeral is a good thing," said John C. Green, a University of Akron professor specializing in religion and politics.
April 1, 2005 - Toronto Star
Republican Leaders Warn Judges: You Will Answer for This
Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion, said the evangelical base which helped propel Bush to re-election does not hold a monolithic view on the right-to-die, as it does on abortion and same-sex marriage.
April 1, 2005 - Denver Post
Schiavo Case Tests Faiths
Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, explains the complexity of the right-to-die issue.
March 28, 2005 - U.S. News & World Report
Life and Death Politics
The Schiavo case is just the latest front in a much nastier war
March 27, 2005 - Baltimore Sun
Christian Conservatives Flex their Muscles in the Political Arena
Luis E. Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, said roughly 60 percent of President Bush's supporters in November were evangelicals and other social conservatives.
March 27, 2005 - Press Democrat
Easter Break? America is Not as Divided this Holiday as Some Contend
Easter finds America once again locked in a pitched battle over religious ideology.
March 25, 2005 - The New York Times
Op Ed: Where Faith Thrives
Where faith is easy, it is fading; where it's a challenge, it thrives.
March 23, 2005 - The New York Times
Op Ed: A Political Victory That Wasn't
Especially on life-and-death issues, support for moral values among Americans must contend with a deeply held pragmatism.
March 9, 2005 - The Hill
Hispanics: Faith trumps ethnicity
Pew Forum poll introduces ethnicity into the categorization of the American religious landscape
March 7, 2005 - CQ Weekly (subscription required)
Finding Faith in the Center
In a nation of believers, Democrats have allowed the GOP to use religious and moral issues to portray them as a liberal secular elite out of touch with mainstream values — even hostile to traditional views of faith, family and morality
February 28, 2005 - The New York Times
The Ten Commandments Reach the Supreme Court
The profile of the Ten Commandments, it seems, has rarely been higher, or their ability to attract lawsuits greater
February 28, 2005 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Editorial: Unholy Moses
Do believers really win when the Ten Commandments are reduced to a historical artifact or a source of secular law?
February 27, 2005 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Thou Shalt Not...
The Supreme Court has not taken up the issue of public displays of the Ten Commandments since a 1980 ruling that overturned a Kentucky statute requiring public schools to hang the Ten Commandments in every classroom
February 25, 2005 - Chicago Tribune
Churches' Faith Down to Earth
Some scientists and also theologians believe respect of the Earth is a mandate from God
February 22, 2005 - Christian Science Monitor
What Place for God in Europe?
Across Europe,the conflicting currents of secularism, Christianity, and Islam are compelling Europeans to wrestle with their values as never before. In this first installment of a three-part series, the Monitor examines the forces that are shaping European identity - and explores why the Continent is debating what role, if any, religion should play in public life.
February 22, 2005 - The Christian Century
Bush Cites Faith, Sets Agenda
Bush has often couched his presidency in religious terms, thereby stirring up his theologically conservative constituency but also drawing resistance from liberal-to-moderate Christian leaders
February 19, 2005 - Statesman Journal
Religious Leaders Criticize Bush on Environment
A Pew Forum survey shows that by a 2-to-1 margin, respondents back strong regulations to protect the environment even though they might cost jobs or result in higher prices
February 18, 2005 - Philadelphia Inquirer
Communities of Faith Care about Environment
American faith communities are bountifully diverse, as are our beliefs regarding controversial social issues. Yet, as revealed in the recent poll by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, there is nearly consensus on protecting creation. By a 2-1 ratio, people of faith support strong environmental protections.
February 14, 2005 - Chicago Tribune
Moderate Evangelicals Preach Their Own Politics
Moderate and liberal evangelicals are mounting an effort to make their voices heard on subjects not normally associated with their movement, including poverty, the war in Iraq and the environment
February 4, 2005 - Akron Beacon Journal
Religious Groups' Political Divide Here to Stay, Expert Says
Pew Forum survey shows `surprising' polarization, says director of UA's Bliss Institute, John Green
February 4, 2005 - Associated Press
Poll: Catholics Favored Bush Over Kerry
The postelection phone survey of 2,730 people, conducted by the University of Akron and sponsored by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, is a close study of voting behavior and religious faith
February 4, 2005 - Forward
Poll Finds Jewish Political Gap
This piece is based on Pew Forum findings and analysis included in a new publication, Trends 2005
February 1, 2005 - The New York Times
Evolution Takes a Back Seat in U.S. Classes
In districts around the country, even when evolution is in the curriculum it may not be in the classroom
January 25, 2005 - Religion News Service
Other States See Path in Ruling on Oregon
When Oregon became the first state to legalize doctor-assisted suicide in 1997, backers hoped -- and opponents feared -- that others would follow.
January 17, 2005 - U.S. News and World Report
The Dobson Way
An evangelical leader steps squarely into the political ring
January 17, 2005 - The New York Times
The Man Who Puts Words in the President's Mouth Defends His Style
Some language has angered many of Mr. Bush's critics and unsettled some religious leaders, who say that Mr. Bush sounds more like a preacher than the president of a secular nation.
January 13, 2005 - Columbia Journalism Review
Among Evangelicals
How one reporter got religion
January 2, 2005 - Denver Post
Who Owns America's Moral Values?
December 26, 2004 - York Daily Record
Polls Show Diverse Views of Religion in U.S.
Despite many differences, faith makes strong gains with many Americans
December 17, 2004 - Associated Press
Poll Wording Debate Continues
A Pew Research Center poll examines the "moral values" vote
December 17, 2004 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Europe Works to Assimilate Muslims
The Pew Forum's "Muslims in Europe" report is referenced to help readers understand why Europeans worry about the integration of Muslim Turkey into the EU
December 16, 2004 - Religion News Service
2004: When Religion Glowed Red Hot
Religion played an unprecedented role in the 2004 elections
December 12, 2004 - The Washington Post
Hidden in Plain Sight
Polling data show moral values aren't a new factor
November 27, 2004 - Kansas City Star
Bush's Faith Matched By Past Presidents
Bush, in fact, is as likely to use the word “faith” to articulate his belief in the power of democracy and freedom, a cornerstone of his rhetoric since the terrorist attacks
November 26, 2004 - Washington Post
Gay Blacks' Attitudes on Churches Strained
A study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life showed that since 2000, black Protestants have become far less likely than other Protestant groups to believe that gays should have equal rights
November 7, 2004 - St. Louis Dispatch
Moral Values Vote is Far From Simple
Nationally, 22 percent of voters polled said moral values was the "issue that mattered most" in deciding how to vote for president
November 7, 2004 - Washington Post
For the President, a Vote of Full Faith and Credit
Evangelical Christians shed their reluctance to mix religion and politics on election day
November 5, 2004 - Catholic News
World Alerts Bush: Foreign Policy Challenges Go Beyond Iraq
The Iraqi situation and the war on terrorism so dominated foreign policy discussions during the campaign that there was not enough time to adequately debate other important matters
November 4, 2004 - Shreveport Times
Moral Issues Push Voters to Bush, Analysts Say
Exit polls showed moral values as the most important issue to voters, capturing 22 percent of those surveyed, above the economy, terrorism and Iraq
November 4, 2004 - Hartford Courant
An Unexpected `Moral' Victory
Bush benefits as voters put heavy emphasis on values
November 4, 2004 - Chicago Tribune
Faith Takes Key Role in Political Landscape
For nearly a quarter of voters, moral values were the top issue
November 2, 2004 - Washington Post
Gay Blacks Feeling Strained Church Ties
Same-Sex Marriage Debate Has Put 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Relationship Under Scrutiny
November 1, 2004 - The Weekly Standard
The Myth of the Catholic Voter
The media are obsessed with the Catholic vote, the Catholic bishops, and the Catholic influence on the election
October 31, 2004 - Associated Press
Candidates Pursuing Legions of the Faithful
Religious voters at center stage in this tight race
October 31, 2004 - The New York Times
Battle Cry of Faithful Pits Believers Against the Rest
Inspired by that conviction and by the closeness of the presidential race, conservative pastors are preaching sermons about voting
October 30, 2004 - Sacramento Bee
Church and Statesmen
Never before has faith been such an issue in a presidential election
October 24, 2004 - Hartford Courant
The Religion Factor
Our candidates are keenly aware that America is a highly religious country, full of people with diverse, but deep moral convictions
October 20, 2004 - Asian Wall Street Journal (Subscription Only)
Catholic Voter Becomes Metaphor For Polarized Views
If you are looking for a good leading political indicator, look no further than America's Catholics. The Catholic vote has gone to the popular-vote winner in every presidential election since 1972.
October 20, 2004 - Associated Press
The God Factor
The role of faith, values, morality in the Nov. 2 election and the likely impact on voters
October 7, 2004 - Chicago Tribune
Both Sides Putting Faith in Appeals to Religious Voters
The Tribune examines key issues in the presidential campaign, explaining the differences in the positions of the candidates on national security, energy policy, education, health care and other topics. The focus of this article is faith.
September 15, 2004 - Miami Herald
Kerry Passes the Faith Test
The need for presidential aspirants to pass this faith test was most recently highlighted in a survey jointly sponsored by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
September 4, 2004 - The Atlanta-Journal Constitution
Religious Right Out of GOP Spotlight
Evangelical Christians were not on the platform at the GOP convention, but their ideas were
September 4, 2004 - Knight Ridder Newspapers
Many Are Getting Tired of Politicians Talking Religion
Pew Forum poll shows increase in number of people who feel politicians talk about their faith too much
August 25, 2004 - The Washington Times
Denial of Communion Disapproved
A new survey about religion and politics shows that Americans disapprove of Catholic Church leaders withholding Holy Communion from pro-choice Catholic politicians
August 21, 2004 - New York Times
The Hot Topic of the Role of Religion in Politics Receives Star-Studded Treatment in a New Book
The new book includes contributions from congressmen, pollsters, theologians, historians and other scholars. It includes Protestants, Catholics, Jews, Muslims and nonbelievers -- and, of course, Republicans, Democrats and independents
August 15, 2004 - New York Times
The Many Delicate Issues Of Spirituality in the Office
With Americans spending so much time on the job, some of them are finding ways to bring spirituality to the office, rather than relegating it to weekend religious services
August 1, 2004 - Religon News Service
Democrats Hope to Narrow the 'God Gap'
Progressives are planning a serious effort to reclaim religion
June 25, 2004 - The Washington Post
Bishops in Political Crossfire Over Issue of Communion
Liberals say bishops went too far politicizing sacrament, conservatives wanted a firmer statement protecting Eucharist's sanctity
June 22, 2004 - The New York Times
Op-Ed: A Matter of Faith
Unlike John Kerry, Bill Clinton understood that if Democrats were not seen as religious, they would lose elections
May 28, 2004 - The Boston Globe
Pope Names Law to Ceremonial Position in Rome
Vatican appointment for former Boston archbishop infuriates critics who blame Law for the clergy sexual abuse scandal
May 27, 2004 - Chicago Tribune
Black Ministers Join Drive Against Same-Sex Marriage
Disagreement among African-Americans over the issue, fueled by a comparison some advocates of gay marriage make between the civil rights struggle and the fight for gay rights
April 12, 2004 - Los Angeles Times
Op-Ed: A New Meaning for 'Bully Pulpit'
There is no precedent for the Bush administration's determination to infuse government with a highly specific set of religious values
March 25, 2004 - Beliefnet
Candidates' Leanings, Not Faith, Sway Voters
As Kerry prepares to become the first Catholic presidential nominee since Kennedy, the religious dynamics in U.S. politics are still a factor, but along much different lines
March 22, 2004 - The New York Times
One Crucial Issue in Pledge Case: What Does 'Under God' Mean?
Before the justices can decide whether those two words render the pledge unconstitutional, they have to determine what exactly it means to pledge allegiance to "one nation under God"?
February 7, 2004 - Philadelphia Inquirer
Candidates Strive to Hit the Right Note on Religion
Democrats focus on public issues, not personal faith
January 28, 2004 - Religion News Service
Behind the Conventional Wisdom on Religion and Politics
The phenomenon dubbed the "religion gap" -- the gap between weekly worshippers and the Democratic Party -- is more complex than it may appear
January 9, 2004 - Religion News Service
Poll: Americans Want a `Deeply Religious' Person as President
Almost 60 percent of likely voters surveyed say it's important for a president to believe in God, according to a new O'Leary Report/Zogby International Values Poll
November 27, 2003 - The Washington Post
A Spiritual Struggle for Democrats
Silence on religion could hurt candidates
October 6, 2003 - The Sacramento Bee
Church and State
How much do voters care about the religious beliefs of candidates?
October 3, 2003 - Religion News Service
Executive Director of Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life Resigns
Melissa Rogers has accepted a position as visiting professor of religion and public policy at the Wake Forest University Divinity School
August 20, 2003 - USA Today
President Says Faith Gives him 'Great Comfort'
President Bush says his religious faith helps him deal with the challenges of the presidency
August 15, 2003 - Contra Costa Times
All Denominations Grapple with Gay Marriage, Adoption
This week, the Lutherans become the latest mainline denomination to confront a burgeoning controversy that is sweeping the country
August 13, 2003 - Contra Costa Times
Gay-rights Advocates, Opponents See Summer as 'Watershed'
Landmark decisions on gay rights whipped the nation with a tornado's ferocity, leveling previous rulings and shattering taboos
August 2, 2003 - The New York Times
Polling People About God
New Pew Forum poll reveals a wealth of information on American views of religion
August 1, 2003 - The Christian Science Monitor
Gay-Union Debate Intensifies in Churches
Many major religious groups are actively wrestling over unions and ordination of clergy
July 31, 2003 - Christian Science Monitor
New Tolerance for Faith in Politics
Survey shows that religion plays a significant part in people's thinking about policy issues and is an important element in political life
July 31, 2003 - The Washington Post
Sodomy Ruling Fuels Battle Over Gay Marriage
Polls show that public support of gay rights, particularly "civil unions", has fallen about 10 percentage points since the court's June 26 ruling
July 25, 2003 - United Press International
Gay Wedding Opposition Said Dwindling
Pew Forum poll shows declining opposition to gay marriage
July 25, 2003 - The New York Times
Opposition to Gay Marriage Is Declining, Study Finds
Pew Forum poll shows declining opposition to gay marriage
July 25, 2003 - The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
Poll: Americans Say Islam Urges Violence
Pew Forum study shows sharp spike in number of Americans who believe Islam encourages violence
July 11, 2003 - Religion News Service
Experts: Divide Over Religion A Factor In U.S.-European Relations
Experts at Pew Forum event said conflicting opinions over role of faith in the public sphere have accentuated the diplomatic split between Europe and U.S.
June 5, 2003 - Religion News Service
Groups Weigh Risks, Morality of Evangelizing in Postwar Iraq
Panel debates how to protect religious rights of Iraqis and aid workers and how missionary activity will affect Bush's goals in Iraq
May 16, 2003 - Newhouse News Service
Has the United States Become Judeo-Christian-Islamic?
Leading Muslim organizations say it's time for Americans to stop using the phrase "Judeo- Christian" when describing the values that define the U.S.
April 15, 2003 - Akron Beacon Journal
Messy Experiment in Tolerance
The U.S. boasts an estimated 3,000 different religious groups. The public schools cannot become a battle ground for pre-eminence
April 10, 2003 - Newhouse News Service
Church Leaders' Anti-War Message Fails in the Pews
Polls show the spiritual movement opposing war in Iraq has had little impact on churchgoers
March 31, 2003 - The Boston Globe
Activist Challenges the Use of Churches as Polling Places
Jewish voter claims current polling stations infringe on voters' constitutional rights
March 30, 2003 - Sun-Sentinel
Congregations, Clergy Divided Over Iraq War
Line blurs between beliefs, using force to attain peace
March 23, 2003 - The New York Times
Religious Leaders Play a Part in Shaping Views on War
Do religious leaders' positions affect ordinary Americans in the pews? A poll taken last week by the Pew Forum and the Pew Research Center turned up some fascinating though ambiguous findings
March 21, 2003 - The Boston Globe
A Mostly Antiwar Clergy Faces a New Public Role
Some religious leaders shift emphasis from opposing war to offering solace and comfort to a worried nation
March 20, 2003 - Orlando Sentinel
Religious Leaders Condemn War
Poll reveals that national religious leaders are speaking out against war but not having much impact on people in pews
February 20, 2003 - Minnesota Public Radio's "Speaking of Faith"
Faith and Politics in America
Former Gov. Mario Cuomo and Rep. Mark Souder speak about how they have reconciled personal religious conviction with serving a pluralistic American constituency
February 14, 2003 - The Washington Post
When Presidents Talk of God
Religious flourishes in the words of our Commanders-in-Chief
February 10, 2003 - Religion News Service
Ethicists Debate Morality and Foreign Policy
Scholars agree world's major religions play an important part in conflicts around globe
November 22, 2002 - The Christian Science Monitor
Should churches convert drivers of SUVs?
Churches lobby for fuel-efficient cars, but religious activism may be a
tough sell in pews.
October 7, 2002 - The Washington Times
Coalition Sets Conference to Bridge Religion, Politics
Christian Coalition conference and Pew Forum discussion prove that religion isn't irrelevant in this election cycle
October 5, 2002 - Religion News Service
Forum Probes Connections, Boundaries on Faith and Politics
Gov. Cuomo and Rep. Souder disagree on role of religion in politics
September 1, 2002 - Intelligencer Journal
Should Houses of Worship Endorse Political Candidates?
Not a good idea, 5 of 6 local clergy say
August 28, 2002 - Religion News Service
In Wake of Sept. 11, Americans Express Jumbled Feelings About Islam
Since Sept. 11, America's association with Islam has become a cauldron of seemingly contrary trends
June 24, 2002 - Morning Edition, National Public Radio
Justice Scalia
Nina Totenberg reports on Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's strong support for the death penalty
May 31, 2002 - Washington Jewish Week
Religious Accommodation on the Job
With workplace freedom bill on horizon, panel looks at various issues
March 26, 2002 - The Philadelphia Inquirer
Employees Pray for Guidance
Some see prayer and work as inextricably linked, but an increasingly diverse workforce can make religion on the job problematic
March 21, 2002 - The Washington Post
Many Catholics See Coverup in Abuse Scandal
Pew Forum poll reveals that a majority of American Catholics believe church leaders have tried to cover up cases of sexual abuse
March 20, 2002 - All Things Considered, National Public Radio
Americans Credit Faith for Nation's Strength, Poll Says
Second annual Pew poll finds suprising areas of agreement on moral issues
