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October 31, 2008: 2008 Campaign: Young Evangelicals
For more than 20 years, evangelicals have been a key factor in American politics. But one big question this election season is whether younger evangelicals will be the strong conservative Republicans that older evangelicals have been.
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October 3, 2008: Young Evangelicals and the Candidates
RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY has released a new survey showing that younger evangelicals are less supportive of John McCain than their parents are.
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August 22, 2008: Pastor Rick Warren
Read excerpts from Kim Lawton's August 17, 2008 interview with Pastor Rick Warren at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California.
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November 9, 2007: Religion on Campus
Several studies recently have addressed the religious interest, or lack of it, of young adults. We wondered how religion is faring on college campuses. Lucky Severson visited Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island to find out.
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November 9, 2007: Janet Cooper Nelson
Read more of Lucky Severson's interview with the Rev. Janet Cooper Nelson, chaplain of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
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June 15, 2007: Street Children of Brazil
A powerful special report on children who live and work on the streets. The UN estimates there are 100 million such kids, seven million of them in Brazil. On her recent trip to Brazil, Kim Lawton met and followed a British Christian who is spending her life trying to rescue some of those children.
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June 15, 2007: Behind the Scenes in Brazil
"People often ask me how our stories come together. The "Street Children of Brazil" story in particular had many logistical complications, and we had to work hard to pull it off."
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The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) represents 60 Protestant denominations made up of 45 thousand churches with 30 million members. Early this month, the NAE's president, The Reverend Ted Haggard, had to step aside because of a sex and drug scandal.
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October 6, 2006: Hispanic Voters 2006
Religion continues to be a key factor in American politics, especially during election season. Today, there is vigorous political organizing inside Latino churches. Many Hispanics favor more liberal immigration policies than most Republicans have supported. But as Kim Lawton reports, it's not yet clear how that will affect Hispanic voting.
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September 1, 2006: Rick and Kay Warren
One of the most influential evangelical leaders today is Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church, a megachurch in southern California. Warren is perhaps best known for his mega-selling book, THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE. Since its release in 2002, it has sold more than 25 million copies, making it one of the best-selling books in history. But what is less known is that Warren and his wife Kay have donated most of their earnings to help heal some of the world's worst ills.
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