Topic: Politics
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is asking a range of religious leaders what they most hope for in the first 100 days of the Obama administration. Watch two Washington, DC ministers, Rev. Stephen Gentle, senior pastor of National City Christian Church, … More
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly managing editor Kim Lawton discusses Richard Cizik’s resignation from the National Association of Evangelicals amid controversy about his recent statements on civil unions and says the incident shows a growing division among evangelicals over politics and … More
Barack Obama has inherited the worst economic crisis since Franklin Roosevelt in 1933 and a worse set of foreign policy challenges than anything Americans knew about in 1933. The economic collapse is piling up wreckage all around us, the banks … More
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is asking a range of religious leaders what they most hope for in the first 100 days of the Obama administration. Watch Richard Stearns, president of World Vision; Rev.Michael Livingston, executive director of the International Council … More
December 1, 2008 marked the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. 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 … More
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 … More
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.
LUCKY SEVERSON: There was a time when a labor strike like this one against the Catholic Church in Scranton, Pennsylvania, would have been difficult to imagine. The Church, after all, has always been the champion of workers rights. These workers … More
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.
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 … More
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