Topic: Politics
In the recent midterm elections, fear and anxiety eclipsed moral reasoning and religious discourse, says Howard University theology professor Harold Dean Trulear. More
The Republican Party made significant gains with Catholic voters as well as white Protestants. Did the Democrats give up on religious outreach? More
The Republican victories this week were also a victory for the Christian right, says this history professor. More
President Obama hosted a November 1 White House meeting with about 20 US Christian leaders affiliated with the National Council of Churches and its global humanitarian agency, Church World Service.
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Steve Krueger, national director of Catholic Democrats, describes Democratic religious outreach this year as “a work in progress.” More
“The Democrats’ faith outreach in 2010 hasn’t been anything like it was in 2008…They really needed to ramp up their faith outreach, and they haven’t done that.” More
Gay marriage is not a campaign issue in Minnesota this season, and it’s not on the ballot. But the Catholic archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis recently sent a message opposing gay marriage to every Catholic family in the state. Father David of McCauley of the Minnesota Catholic Conference says it is an effort “to make Catholic people aware of Catholic teaching.” More
The California Council of Churches supports Proposition 19 to legalize marijuana, but there are some religious leaders who do not. More
“I would say to the evangelicals who have joined this movement be careful, you will be used,” says Rev. Richard Cizik of the New Evangelical Partnership. “I want a society and a government and its policies to reflect values I find in Scripture, but that’s not what you hear from Tea Party leadership.” More
View a gallery of photographs from the Tea Party’s September 12 demonstration on the National Mall. More
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