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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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evangelicals stories: 76 news summaries

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ANALYSIS

Obama Just Wants Evangelicals Not to Fear Him

Reassuring those unlikely to vote for him will cool opposition, could win over undecideds

Jun 27, 08 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s plan to cut the Democrats' evangelical deficit (68%-30% in 2000, 78-21% in '04)? Convince the religious right he’s not the devil. That’s a “radically different” course from the one taken by John Kerry and Al Gore, what Jeff Greenfield, on Slate, calls a “... More »

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Barack Obama • John F. Kennedy • James Dobson • Ronald Reagan • Catholicism • evangelicals • Election 2008 • the religious vote


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Focus on the Family head blasts 'fruitcake' Constitution interpretation

Jun 24, 08 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of the country's most prominent evangelical leaders says Barack Obama is "distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own world view," the AP reports. Focus on the Family head James Dobson recorded an 18-minute screed that was released ahead of his radio show today,... More »

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Barack Obama • radio • abortion • James Dobson • Focus on the Family • Constitution • Bible • evangelicals

Anti-Obama Evangelical Writes Pro-Obama Book

Stephen Mansfield thinks Obama may sway young Christians, though he himself will vote against him

Jun 16, 08 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stephen Mansfield expects to cast his ballot against Barack Obama in November. But that hasn’t stopped him from writing an admiring book about the candidate's religious profile—The Faith of Barack Obama—which argues that the candidate may well steal young evangelical voters away from John McCain. McCain is... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • abortion • Christianity • abortion rights • Republican evangelicals • book • evangelicals • Election 2008 • Stephen Mansfield

analysis

 Left Has Won (Whoever Wins) 

The conservative counter-revolution has failed

Jun 10, 08 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - After 4 decades, the conservative revolution launched by the likes of Goldwater and Buckley is not only washed up, Michael Lind writes in Salon, it  failed "completely, undeniably and irreversibly." The structure of 20th-century American liberalism is intact, if battered, he writes, and liberals should stop worrying so... More »

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climate change • health care • John McCain • New Deal • evangelicals • conservatism • Great Society

Quietly, McCain Makes Overtures to Evangelicals

But leaders are skeptical, wounded by Hagee, Parsley slams

Jun 9, 08 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain faces a challenge uncommon among GOP presidential candidates: rallying evangelical Christians to vote for him. As the New York Times reports, the McCain campaign is holding meetings with evangelical leaders and blasting them with emails, but many are still taking a wait-and-see approach. And McCain's lack of rapport... More »

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John McCain • religion • Republican Party • Republican evangelicals • Republican nomination • evangelicals • John Hagee • Election 2008 • Rod Parsley

ANALYSIS

Dems Find Going Green
Can Turn Red States Blue

Oklahoma Senate race, with incumbent Inhofe in trouble, echoes Montana, others

Jun 5, 08 7:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - How is a 35-year-old, pro-choice, pro-civil-unions Democrat considered a serious challenge to Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe? It just might be the environment, the New Republic reports. "These people are out in the natural environment and they are seeing a lot of changes in the ecosystem, and they're concerned,"... More »

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Senate • Oklahoma • James Inhofe • evangelicals • Andrew Rice

 Mac's Pastor: Make War on Islam 

Televangelist calls Allah 'a demon spirit'

Mar 13, 08 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The popular televangelist described by John McCain as a "spiritual guide" has called on Christians to "wage war" to destroy the "false religion" of Islam, reports Mother Jones. Apparently, McCain could lead those Christian soldiers, with powerful Ohio megachurch leader Rod Parsley endorsing the candidate as a... More »

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John McCain • Islam • Ohio • evangelicals • televangelist • Rod Parsley

Evangelicals Turn Back
to Ritual

Some adopt previously shunned  confession, communion, Lent

Mar 8, 08 12:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Evangelical Christians are increasingly turning to long-shunned traditions as a means of practicing their faith, reports the Washington Post. In a trend some call “worship renewal,” some are reviving Catholic customs such as fasting for Lent, going to confession, and weekly communion. “Evangelicalism is coming to point... More »

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Christianity • Catholicism • Christians • monasteries • evangelicals • communion • Catholics • Lent • ancient customs • rituals • traditions • confession

More Americans Cut Church Ties

50% have switched denomination, and
16% have no affiliation

Feb 26, 08 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Americans are swapping  religious affiliations at an accelerating rate, with 50% choosing  a different denomination than the one they were raised in, and 16%—double the number 20 years ago—saying the have no ties to a particular church, a new survey of religious life finds. That doesn't mean they're... More »

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immigration • Catholic Church • religion • America • secularism • faith • Latinos • churchgoers • evangelicals

McCain Aims for Bush Balance

Candidate needs prez on the right, but must pick his battles

Feb 18, 08 4:35 PM CST
(Newser) - In John McCain's delicate dance to unite his fractious party, one crucial step looms: How to best use the current Oval Office occupant in his quest to become the next. George W. Bush trumps McCain in shoring up conservative voters and raising money, but he's anathema to moderates and independents... More »

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John McCain • Republican Party • Republican evangelicals • campaign fundraising • Republican nomination • evangelicals • Republican candidate • approval ratings • George W. Bush

I-35 Beckons the Faithful

Prayer movement hopes to touch communities along highway

Feb 16, 08 6:45 PM CST
(Newser) - A group of Dallas Pentecostal Christians reading the Bible one day noted that Isaiah 35, Verse 8, mentions a "highway for holiness." That put them in mind of nearby Interstate 35, which runs from Laredo, Texas, to Duluth, Minn., NPR reports, and that, in turn, prompted an unusual... More »

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Christianity • Bible • prayer • highways • evangelicals • Pentecostals • Cindy Jacobs • Interstate 35

Billy Graham Stable After Brain Surgery

Evangelist 'bright and alert' after shunt replacement

Feb 14, 08 8:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Evangelist Billy Graham was alert following brain surgery yesterday to replace a tube that helps drain excess fluid from his head, his doctor told AP. "He was bright and alert and conscious immediately after surgery and called me by name," said the surgeon. The hospital lists the 89-year-old... More »

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Billy Graham • evangelicals • brain surgery • hydrocephalus

Huck Showing Keeps McCain Looking to Right

Huck plods on in hopes of pulling McCain right

Feb 13, 08 6:54 AM CST
(Newser) - In his victory speech after sweeping the three Potomic primaries last night, John McCain had one eye on Barack Obama, and one on Mike Huckabee, who continued to harry the frontrunner with a strong showing in conservative and evangelical strongholds in Virginia. Huckabee stalwarts know their man doesn't have a... More »

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John McCain • conservative • Mike Huckabee • evangelicals • Republican candidate

Young Evangelicals Shifting Left

Many are dropping hot-button issues to take on media and Internet porn

Feb 11, 08 5:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Young evangelicals are dropping hot-button GOP issues like abortion and gay marriage to embrace less controversial causes, a new survey says. Internet porn, liberal media, and AIDS orphans now top their political hot list, and many young evangelicals who still rank abortion as number one also pick Barack Obama—a... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • abortion • Pat Robertson • James Dobson • evangelicals • Pew Research Center • Rick Warren

Key Evangelical Leader
to Endorse Huckabee

First primary endorsement ever for Focus on Family founder

Feb 8, 08 4:41 AM CST
(Newser) - One of the most influential Evangelical Christian leaders in the nation is expected today to endorse Mike Huckabee, providing a major boost to his campaign among conservatives, AP reports. James Dobson, founder of Colorado's Focus on the Family organization, has never before endorsed a Republican presidential candidate during a primary... More »

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Mitt Romney • James Dobson • Mike Huckabee • Focus on the Family • evangelicals • Republican candidate • endorsement • Election 2008

Huck & Mitt Split Right; 3-Way Tie for Evangelicals

Exit polls parse battle for heart of GOP

Feb 6, 08 3:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee were the choices today among Republicans that consider themselves conservatives, while they split Evangelicals three ways with John McCain, reveal exit polls from 15 states. Conservatives made up 80% of Romney's voters, compared with 75% of Huckabee supporters and 49% of those who pulled the... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • conservative • evangelicals

Huckabee Aims to Strike Balance

After SC, ex-preacher must reach beyond evangelical base

Jan 19, 08 9:39 AM CST
(Newser) - As he looks beyond South Carolina, Mike Huckabee strives to balance his evangelicalism with a more secular image, hoping to win support across the spectrum, the New York Times reports. Though a Christian vote even bigger than Iowa's could carry him in today's primary, the ex-preacher will soon face voters... More »

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Mike Huckabee • evangelicals • Republican candidate • Republican presidential primaries • South Carolina primary • Southern Baptist • Election 2008

National Effort Straining Huck

Early success leaves campaign stretched thin for countrywide push

Jan 17, 08 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee's campaign is still in post-Iowa shock, trying to figure how it can run nationally with a miniature war chest and paltry organization. The GOP candidate has no offices in any of the 21 states that vote Feb. 5—save in hometown Little Rock—and his third-place finish in... More »

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Super Tuesday • presidential campaign • Mike Huckabee • evangelicals • Iowa caucus • Michigan primary • Chip Saltsman

Romney: 'I Am Feeling Awfully Darn Good'

But he stresses Mich. and SC races in case he loses in NH

Jan 8, 08 6:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Hopeful he will win the hearts of New Hampshire's undecided, GOP candidate Mitt Romney was effusive and optimistic about tonight's primary. But the ex-Massachusetts governor stressed upcoming races in case he loses here. He vowed to "connect with Michigan," where his father was governor and where he travels... More »

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Mitt Romney • South Carolina • Mike Huckabee • Michigan • Republican evangelicals • evangelicals • New Hampshire primary • Election 2008

Evangelicals Drive Huckabee to Iowa Win

Unorthodox populist campaign makes GOP queasy

Jan 4, 08 7:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Iowa’s Evangelicals came out in unprecedented numbers last night to support Mike Huckabee’s rise from also-ran to caucus victor. About 80% of Huckabee’s support came from Evangelicals, who represented 60% of Republican caucus-goers, compared to their typical 40% showing, the New York Times reports. Huckabee’s... More »

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Mike Huckabee • Republican evangelicals • evangelicals • Iowa caucus

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