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NEWS ABOUT: Jerry Falwell

Jerry Falwell stories: 14 news summaries

 University Ski Slope Aims  
 to 'Bring People to Christ' 

First all-weather slope 'of its kind in North America'

Aug 31, 09 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Virginia’s Liberty University presented its new synthetic ski slope—the first in North America—this weekend with extreme performances from pro skiers and snowboarders. The chancellor of the Christian university, Jerry Falwell, showed off his own moves after paying tribute to his dad, the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, who... More »

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Christianity • Jerry Falwell • Liberty University • evangelism • Virginia • skiing • snowboarding

(Newser) - Jerry Falwell’s conservative Christian Liberty University has suspended the student Democratic Club for supporting candidates “directly contrary to the mission” of the school, the Lynchburg News Advance reports. Virginia Democrats are up in arms. “I urge the leadership of Liberty University to reverse this attack on the... More »

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abortion • free speech • Tim Kaine • Jerry Falwell • Liberty University • Virginia • Democratic Party • Democratic club

OPINION

US Youth May Yet Return to Religion, Despite the Right

The religious right has driven young people away, but a change in tone could lure them back: Putnam

May 8, 09 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Young Americans would likely become more religious if faith were disentangled from the polarizing practices of evangelical conservatives, Michael Gerson writes in the Washington Post. That’s a good thing, because research for an upcoming book found that religious Americans give more time and money—to secular and religious causes... More »

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Christianity • Jerry Falwell • religion • church • evangelicals

 Secular Kid Goes 
 Undercover at 
 Falwell's 
 School 

Book about his experience is out now

Apr 22, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kevin Roose spent spring break in Florida last year, but instead of boozing with the rest of the college students, he proselytized them. It was all part of the Brown University student’s undercover semester at Jerry Falwell-founded Liberty University, where he “had to follow their 46-page code of... More »

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religious right • Jerry Falwell • Liberty University • religion • book • Brown University • Kevin Roose

OPINION

A Double Standard
for White Preachers?

Why do we excoriate Wright but let his right-wing counterparts slide?

May 2, 08 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - While Jeremiah Wright is hammered from all sides for his left-wing rhetoric, Washington Post writer EJ Dionne Jr. wonders why the same degree of backlash fails to surface over extreme statements from right-wing white preachers. Among many examples: Pat Robertson and the late Jerry Falwell famously linked feminists and gays... More »

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Pat Robertson • Jerry Falwell • extremism • separation of church and state • Jeremiah Wright • right-wing media

McCain Keeps His God
to Himself

Dems more vocal on religion; Mac's silence called 'soldier's faith'

Apr 3, 08 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is notably reserved about his religious faith. He rarely refers to God on campaign stops, in marked contrast to the two presidents who preceded him and, in a role reversal, to his Democratic opponents. His reticence is a throwback to the days when religion was kept out of... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • POW • Jerry Falwell • religion • Gary Bauer • John Hagee

 Huckabee: Lay Off
Obama Pastor 

Former minister goes to bat for controversial figure

Mar 20, 08 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama got some unexpected help yesterday from Mike Huckabee, of all people. The former candidate called Obama’s speech “historic” and said it wasn’t fair to hold candidates accountable for everything the people near them say, ABC News reports. Huckabee, once a pastor himself, said he understood... More »

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Barack Obama • race • Jerry Falwell • Mike Huckabee • segregation • Jeremiah Wright • Joe Scarborough • pastor • sermon

WH Told to Reveal Visitor List

Court rules that Bush and Cheney's appointments are public knowledge

Dec 17, 07 7:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Who stops by the White House or Dick Cheney's place is a matter of public record, a district court judge ruled today, blocking the Bush administration's attempts to keep visitor logs sealed. Liberal watchdogs had argued the information is covered by the Freedom of Information Act, while President Bush had... More »

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Bush administration • White House • Jerry Falwell • James Dobson • Freedom of Information Act • Gary Bauer • White House visitors • visitor logs • George W. Bush

Blackwater CEO Thick as Thieves With Bush, Christian Right

Prince's ties date to White House internship

Oct 2, 07 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The CEO of embattled Blackwater USA has deep ties to the GOP and the religious right, beginning with a college internship in the first Bush White House. Erik Prince’s security firm's federal contracts have grown from under $1 million in 2001 to over $1 billion today, and he's made... More »

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religious right • Dick Cheney • Donald Rumsfeld • Jerry Falwell • James Dobson • Blackwater • Focus on the Family • George HW Bush • Erik Prince • Family Research Council • Council for National Policy

Student Bomber Foiled at Falwell Funeral

FBI found explosives in Liberty University student's car

May 23, 07 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A student at Jerry Falwell's university is under arrest for a bomb plot against protesters at the late evangelist's funeral. A relative of Mark Uhl tipped off authorities, who found five bombs in the 19-year-old Liberty University student's trunk. Uhl admitted he planned to use the bombs to disrupt a... More »

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FBI • Jerry Falwell • Liberty University • ATF • bombing • Mark Uhl • funeral

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

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

Televangelist Falwell Dead
at 73

Controversial conservative mixed religion, politics

May 15, 07 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who founded the Moral Majority and mixed evangelism with conservative social criticism, died today after collapsing in his office at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. He was 73. A lightning rod for controversy, Falwell once called AIDS "the wrath of a just God against homosexuals"... More »

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religious right • abortion • feminism • Jerry Falwell • Liberty University • religion • obituary • evangelism • homosexuality • Moral Majority • televangelist

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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