What do religious leaders most hope for in the first 100 days of the Obama administration?

The First 100 Days: Poverty and World Engagement
Kim Lawton: Partners Fighting AIDS
Pastor and bestselling author Rick Warren hosted a special gathering honoring President George W. Bush’s work to fight HIV/AIDS. Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly Managing Editor Kim Lawton covered the event.
Kim Lawton: Obama’s New Domestic Policy Advisor
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly managing editor Kim Lawton says President-elect Barack Obama’s newly named head of the Domestic Policy Council, Melody Barnes, has strong ties to the moderate and liberal faith community and has worked to include people of faith in policy discussions.
Kim Lawton: Faith Groups and the Foreclosure Crisis
Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly managing editor Kim Lawton says faith-based community activists are talking with the Obama administration transition team about how the government can do more to stop preventable foreclosures.
Kim Lawton: The Obama Administration’s Catholic Challenge
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly managing editor Kim Lawton says there were indications this week of potential complications for the new Obama administration’s relationship with the Catholic Church, especially surrounding the issue of abortion.
Leo P. Ribuffo: President Obama
An African American running against a white war hero was elected president by a margin of roughly 6 percent. This is an extraordinary event no matter how pollsters slice and dice the returns and no matter how rebuilding Republicans spin the outcome.
Harvey Cox: A Reverse Bradley Effect
We are in for a roller coaster ride now. Rarely if ever has a president come in with such huge hopes and expectations, and rarely with as many pressing issues to confront.
John Green: Assessing the Electoral “God Gap”
Managing editor Kim Lawton talks more with Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life senior fellow John Green about religious voting patterns on November 4th and the implications for American politics.
Thomas J. Reese, SJ: The Catholic Bishops and an Obama Administration
Thomas J. Reese, SJ, senior fellow at Georgetown University's Woodstock Theological Center, discusses the Catholic vote and also anticipates how the US Catholic bishops will engage with a new Democratic Congress, a pro-choice president, and a pro-choice Catholic vice-president.
Harold Dean Trulear: A Spirit of Revivial
I have never been more proud to be a black man. Because I felt part of something -- a community that did not care that I am a card-carrying Republican, because they knew how I would vote. I would vote for the men and women who gave their lives that this day might come to pass. So when I voted for Barack Obama, I dug deep with no regrets.


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