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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Huckabee Tests Limits of Faith

Preaching prompted a backlash in Arkansas;
in Iowa, will Christian soldiers come out?

Dec 31, 07 7:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee is banking on his deep Christian faith drawing voters to him in the presidential primaries, but that same passion has proven a liability in the past. As Arkansas governor, Huckabee made several religious molehills into mountains big enough for Moses, the LA Times reports in an examination of... More »

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religion • Mike Huckabee • Christian conservatives • evangelicals • separation of church and state • Iowa caucus • Republican presidential primaries • New Hampshire primary • Baptist

Mike's Church Trip Annoys Catholics

They're upset by visit with pastor who linked Catholics to Hitler

Dec 24, 07 3:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee may have alienated some Catholic supporters with yesterday's visit to Cornerstone, the mammoth evangelical church in Texas run by controversial pastor John Hagee. Hagee has suggested that the Roman Catholic Church played a part in the Holocaust, though the outspoken preacher claims he is not... More »

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Catholic Church • Mike Huckabee • evangelicals • John Hagee • Cornerstone

'Geeky Hip' New Billy Graham Grabs Next Generation

Masses won over by Bell's 'Letterman' style

Dec 11, 07 5:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Bible-thumper Rob Bell wears geeky-hip glasses, once aspired to be David Letterman, and was momentarily poised for rock stardom, reports Time magazine. And he may be "one of the most important 21st Century Christian leaders," according to one biblical scholar. Nine years ago, Bell founded a nontraditional church... More »

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religious right • Christianity • Billy Graham • spirituality • Ira Glass • fundamentalism • David Letterman • evangelicals • Christianity Today • Rob Bell • Mars Hill

Creation Geologists Rock World

They're well-credentialed and unafraid of data

Nov 25, 07 7:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Today's creationist geologists are not who the secular may think. Numerous and thriving, many hold advanced degrees from top universities, and are making evangelicals more open to scientific evidence. And they are experts for the nearly half of Americans who believe God created the Earth in the last 10,000... More »

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evolution • Christianity • creationism • Noah's Ark • geology • flood • fossil • Bible • Christian right • evangelicals • young earth

Evangelicals Seen to Be Softening on Divorce

Christianity Today rethinks issue, stirs pot

Nov 7, 07 2:47 PM CST
(Newser) - A Christianity Today article that reinterprets Jesus Christ’s stance against divorce has sparked anger among evangelicals, Time reports, while also revealing diminished opposition to breaking the marital sacrament. The piece argues that, in a key scripture passage, Jesus might have been giving his opinion on a certain kind of... More »

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divorce • evangelicals • scripture • Christianity Today • divorce rate • Jesus Christ

Evangelical Semantics Shadow Romney

In Southern pulpits, 'Mormon' doesn't always equal 'Christian'

Oct 30, 07 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitt Romney is vying aggressively for the religious right's support, but experts are advising him not to overdo it. Political strategists and religious experts alike caution that it’s dangerous for the Mormon candidate to sell himself as a Christian. Bloomberg looks at the complicated intersection of politics, faith, vocabulary,... More »

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religious right • Mitt Romney • John F. Kennedy • Mormonism • Christian right • evangelicals

Mitt Veils His Mormonism

Disguising a central biographical peg leaves candidate Romney with authenticity problem

Oct 4, 07 5:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - In downplaying his Mormonism, Mitt Romney is a candidate “who seems to have no history, and, as a result, no heart,” argues Newsweek. When Mitt boasts of his “Judeo-Christian tradition” roots, calls Jesus his “personal savior”—not Mormon terms—and says he hasn’t “... More »

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Mitt Romney • Senate • Mormonism • evangelicals • authenticity • Election 2008 • presidential election • Jesus Christ

Thompson Lacks Zeal, Charge Conservatives

Senate record reflects possible lack of passion for politics

Sep 30, 07 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fred Thompson was supposed to be the conservative movement’s savior in the presidential campaign. But now, less than a month after entering the race, many on the right question his devotion to their causes and passion for politics, the New York Times reports. His record in the Senate... More »

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Republican • Fred Thompson • Senate • Christian conservatives • evangelicals • Senate Watergate committee

Evangelicals Divided Over Global Warming

True believers want to know if the Bible Belt should go green

Sep 28, 07 2:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tensions among evangelicals are rising along with the sea level in a battle over whether concern for the environment has a place in houses of worship. Both sides of the widening gulf quote scripture, either to remind that God's plan is unalterable, or to cite the biblical injunction to be... More »

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climate change • global warming • Republican evangelicals • evangelicals

Thompson Losing Evangelicals

Balk at endorsing candidate who won't talk about his religion, doesn't back gay marriage ban

Sep 27, 07 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fred Thompson, once the longed-for alternative to a field of uninspiring GOP candidates, didn't get through his campaign's first official month before the religious right started jumping ship, Politico reports. Thompson's refusal to back a gay marriage ban, past lobbying for an abortion-rights group, and refusal to talk religion has... More »

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religious right • gay marriage • Republican • Fred Thompson • James Dobson • religion • Focus on the Family • Republican voters • Republican evangelicals • evangelicals

Barack Bashes Right for 'Hijacking' Faith

Dem candidate inveighs against evangelicals for dividing the country

Jun 24, 07 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama assailed right-wing evangelical leaders yesterday, accusing them of "hijacking" faith and politicizing religion, the Daily News reports. Addressing the national conference of the United Church of Christ, he criticized "so-called leaders of the Christian right" for demonizing Democrats and convincing Americans that Christians' main concerns are... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • politics • religion • evangelism • evangelicals

Abortion Docs Drawn to Fight for Access

In shrinking field, they're backing up politics with action

May 22, 07 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Abortion doctors are an embattled bunch, harassed by activist opponents and shunned by other doctors. But a new generation of practitioners is entering the field not in spite of the obstacles, but because of them, the LA Times reports. Galvanized by the prospect of abortion rights being curtailed, they are... More »

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abortion • health • women • abortion rights • doctor • evangelicals

Evangelicals Sway Toward the Center

New generation prays for Darfur, against climate change, though abortion lingers

May 21, 07 5:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - The once hard-right Evangelical Christian movement is waxing centrist, the New York Times reports, as a new breed of religious leaders breaks from an abortion-and-sexuality-obsessed old guard to tackle broader nonpartisan issues like AIDS, and even liberal-leaning ones like Darfur and global warming.  More »

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climate change • religious right • Rudy Giuliani • abortion • Christianity • Jerry Falwell • humanitarian • evangelicals

Giuliani Loses Dobson's Vote

Focus on the Family founder cites
abortion support, "moral concerns"

May 18, 07 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Christian evangelist James Dobson came out swinging against Rudy Giuliani after the former mayor admitted last week that he supports abortion rights and same-sex domestic partnerships. Dobson says he won't vote for Rudy if he wins the GOP nomination, citing those issues and "moral concerns"  over his marital... More »

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John McCain • gay rights • Rudy Giuliani • abortion • gay marriage • Republican • James Dobson • Focus on the Family • evangelicals • Election 2008

Falwell's Death Ends an Era

Fineman takes the measure of a partisan preacher and his political legacy

May 16, 07 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's impossible to grasp the profound change in American political life in the last quarter-century without understanding Jerry Falwell and the movement he fostered, writes Newsweek's Howard Fineman. Falwell, who died yesterday, created the Moral Majority, helped launch the Reagan Revolution, and dug the evangelical foundations—currently shifting—on which... More »

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religious right • Republican • politics • Jerry Falwell • religion • Moral Majority • Reagan Revolution • evangelicals

Evangelicals Split on
Climate Change

Christian universities find their own ground on global warming

May 15, 07 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - American evangelical Christians diverge on the issue of climate change, with one side calling it a hoax and the other exhorting believers—in the Lord as well as the scientific evidence—to work against global warming. The BBC reports on two Christian universities in Virginia that come down on opposite... More »

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climate change • environment • Christianity • global warming • environmentalism • Jerry Falwell • Liberty University • Eastern Mennonite University • evangelicals

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