President’s Faith-Based Advisory Council Taps Four Progressive Leaders Featured in Recent Book, Progressive & Religious
on Dec 31, 1969President Obama’s newly unveiled Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships taps four progressive religious leaders featured in the recent book, Progressive & Religious: How Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Buddhist Leaders ar...

Four Ways to Judge Media Coverage of the “Values Voter Summit”
on Dec 31, 1969An event like the "Values Voters Summit" can present challenges to reporters and readers alike who want to accurately locate conservative religious activists in the context of American religion. But it also presents an opportunity. Here are four ques...

Palin the Polarizer
on Dec 31, 1969Tom Schaller over at fivethiryeight reviews our piece at Religion Dispatches. The Obama campaign’s response to John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin as his 2008 running mate was to argue that the Arizona senator had ruined his narrative...

Climate Change and Global Poverty Survey
on Dec 31, 1969A new survey conducted by Public Religion Research finds that a majority of Americans believe that the earth is getting warmer and that the U.S. has a responsibility to address climate change. Nearly 7-in-10 Americans and solid majorities of every re...

What New Hampshire Reveals about Religion and Same-sex Marriage
on Dec 31, 1969One June 3, New Hampshire governor John Lynch signed into law a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in the state, making it the sixth state to affirm marriage equality. The passage of the New Hampshire law highlights the complex role of religion in the...

President’s Faith-Based Advisory Council Taps Four Progressive Leaders Featured in Recent Book, Progressive & Religious
on Dec 31, 1969President Obama’s newly unveiled Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships taps four progressive religious leaders featured in the recent book, Progressive & Religious: How Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Buddhist Leaders ar...

Media Advisory: New Polls Highlight Religious Activists in the 2008 Election and Beyond
on Dec 31, 1969Leading researchers John C. Green and Robert P. Jones and commentators E.J. Dionne and Michael Cromartie discuss findings of first-ever surveys comparing progressive and conservative religious activists at National Press Club on Tuesday, September 15...

Palin the Polarizer
on Dec 31, 1969Tom Schaller over at fivethiryeight reviews our piece at Religion Dispatches. The Obama campaign’s response to John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin as his 2008 running mate was to argue that the Arizona senator had ruined his narrative...

Mainline Clergy on Gay and Lesbian Issues
on Dec 31, 1969A report released today by Public Religion Research finds that mainline Protestant clergy are broadly supportive of equality for gay and lesbian Americans.  The report is based on the most in-depth study ever conducted of theological and political a...

Petition Christianity Today to Tell the Truth and Retract Misleading “Mandating Euthanasia” Article
on Dec 31, 1969Join me in calling on Christianity Today to retract its misleading and fear-mongering article about health care reform entitled "Mandating Euthansia?" by Rob Moll.