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Salon.com July 7, 2000 Jake Tapper |
God is their copilot Both born-again, Bush and Gore have made this the most God-fearing presidential race in 100 years. But their faiths have led these men in two completely different directions. |
Reason July 2007 Brink Lindsey |
The Aquarians and the Evangelicals How left-wing hippies and right-wing fundamentalists created a libertarian America. |
Reason June 2007 W. James Antle |
Evangelicals and the State In The Choice Principle: The Biblical Case for Legal Toleration, by Andy G. Olree, a law professor makes a case for a libertarian Christianity. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2007 Cathy Young |
Jerry Falwell's Paradoxical Legacy The death of televangelist Jerry Falwell in May at age 73 drew the curtain on a paradoxical career. Falwell was a founding father of the Christian right, which has succeeded in uniting religion and politics to a degree unthinkable in the late 1970s. |
ifeminists July 16, 2009 Jim Peron |
Marriage's shifting status...and gay marriage today Marriage predates the Christian church. The recognition of committed relationships has existed in all cultures, for most of human history. |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 |
Evangelism Gone Entrepreneurial Rick Warren believes evangelism means devotion to both social issues and God. The Internet is one tool he uses to spread the word |
Reason February 2005 Cathy Young |
The "Values" Panic It's quite true that neither the "red" nor the "blue" states have a monopoly on moral values. By the same token, neither side has a monopoly on moral bullying. |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 Paul Magnusson |
They Backed Bush -- And Expect Him To Deliver The battle over President George W. Bush's judicial appointments threatens to kick up a firestorm over the intrusion of religion into politics. |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 William C. Symonds |
Earthly Empires How evangelical churches are borrowing from business, ranging from niche marketing to MBA hiring, to lift their share of U.S. churchgoers. |
Reason October 2004 Cathy Young |
Beyond Belief The idea that U.S. politicians should keep their religious faith private may seem outrageously intolerant. But is it not equally outrageous that a secularist figure cannot express his views honestly without committing career suicide? |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 |
Getting Your Religious Terms Right Can't tell the difference between the evangelicals and the seekers? Confused by the prosperity gospel? Here's a glossary to help you. |
Reason March 2001 Jesse Walker |
Intolerant Alliance Censors of right and left have been cooperating for years... |
Reason December 2002 Cathy Young |
Ecumenical Intolerance The sin of extremism is neither common to all Muslims nor limited to Islam. |
Psychology Today Jan/Feb 2008 Bruce Grierson |
An Atheist in the Pulpit Public identity and private belief are never more at odds than when a preacher loses his faith. |
Salon.com October 10, 2000 Alicia Montgomery |
Pro-life groups' blind ambition Bush may ignore them while he campaigns, but anti-abortion activists are convinced he'll come around once he's in office. They're just sure of it... |
Reason Aug/Sep 2007 Radley Balko |
Getting Beyond Roe Why returning abortion to the states is a good idea -- Book Review: The Politics of Abortion by Anne Hendershott. |
Salon.com October 31, 2000 Carole Joffe |
There's more at stake than Roe vs. Wade From clinic access to anti-abortion terrorism, the next president -- whoever he is -- will have a profound effect on a woman's right to choose... |
Fast Company June 2006 Chuck Salter |
Moving Heaven and Earth When it comes to global warming, Richard Cizik and Jim Ball are hell-bent on making fellow evangelicals see the light. |
Reason February 2003 Jeremy Lott |
Jesus Sells What the Christian culture industry tells us about secular society |
ifeminists October 30, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
An overview of the abortion issue The debate over abortion is polarized, with the most vocal advocates for and against tending to assume extreme positions in the belief that they are enunciating a principle that allows for no compromise. |
Salon.com October 2, 2000 Alicia Montgomery |
Conservatives in denial At a Christian Coalition gala, Prince Charming, staying put in Texas, sends his regards by videotape. Still, the group stands by its man... |
BusinessWeek November 22, 2004 Dunham & Gleckman |
Can The GOP Get Down To Business? The Religious Right wants action on social issues that could distract Congress |
Geotimes September 2007 Nicole Branan |
Strange Bedfellows? Evangelicals and Scientists Join Forces on Climate Global warming is melting permafrost around the world, but earlier this year rising temperatures also led to the thawing of the notoriously frosty relations between scientists and evangelical Christians, triggering climate change of the political kind. |
Salon.com August 16, 2000 James Traub |
Closing the piety gap With Joe Lieberman, the Democrats have someone who can take God back from the right. But do we really need more moralizing about private issues in public life? |
Reason January 2001 Cathy Young |
God Talk The First Amendment vs. freedom of speech... |
Reason March 2001 Cathy Young |
Many Americas Don't confuse the electoral vote map with the territory... |
Salon.com Debra Dickerson |
So this is compassion? George Bush's compassionate conservatism sounds a lot like Al Gore's. But are faith-based charities really the answer to America's problems? |
Reason March 2005 Cathy Young |
God or Mammon When religious groups in the U.S. get caught between their principles and their subsidies. |
Reason November 2003 Cathy Young |
Roy Moore's Monument Religion has a place in the American public square -- but not an exclusive one. |
Salon.com August 18, 2000 Steve Erickson |
The New Sanctimony Down with Jefferson, Clinton and '60s hedonism! American politics has declared war on the pursuit of pleasure. |
Salon.com August 4, 2000 Katharine Mieszkowski |
Higher being Can legalizing drugs bring us closer to God? |
Salon.com July 29, 2002 Michelle Goldberg |
Fundamentally unsound Left Behind, the bestselling series of paranoid, pro-Israel end-time thrillers, may sound kooky, but America's right-wing leaders really believe this stuff. |
Salon.com November 20, 2000 Amy Standen |
Faith in America What does religion mean now? Is it a mystical experience, a collection of social protocols or just common sense? |
Salon.com November 6, 2000 Ellen Willis |
Vote for Ralph Nader! Building a left-wing alternative to the Democrats is more important than the small chance that Roe vs. Wade will be overturned... |
BusinessWeek August 22, 2005 Robert J. Barro |
The Political Power Of The Pew A new study shows how churchgoing affects voting preferences. |
Salon.com August 3, 2000 Adele Stan |
God wins! Pat Robertson puts a brave face on for his Christian Coalition, spinning against press that Bush is not his man. |
Salon.com July 12, 2001 Lauren Sandler |
Throbbing hearts and thumping Bibles Christian authors are staking their claim on pop culture's steamiest preserve: Romance novels... |
Salon.com August 22, 2001 Robert Scheer |
Dog days for God It's been a rough summer, taking the blame for senseless limits on stem cell research and killings on both sides in the Middle East... |
Salon.com September 14, 2001 Joan Walsh |
Too much God? When the Rev. Jerry Falwell blamed the ACLU and other liberals for Tuesday's attack, he proved he's America's answer to the Taliban. But that doesn't mean there's no place for God in our expressions of national mourning... |
Salon.com April 15, 2002 Caroline Tiger |
The Father, the Son and the Holy JumboTron In the new Media Reformation, churches employ high-tech gizmos and hip spin to boost their diminishing flocks... |
Reason April 2003 Cathy Young |
Aborting Equality Men's odd place in the abortion debate |
Salon.com February 1, 2001 Michael Joseph Gross |
Hard-wired for God? A Christian takes issue with a book claiming that religion is merely a trick of evolution... |
Scientific American October 2006 Michael Shermer |
Darwin on the Right Why Christians and conservatives should accept evolution |
Salon.com June 29, 2000 Bruce Shapiro |
Abortion in the spotlight A narrow ruling upholding late-term abortions makes reproductive rights -- and the Supreme Court itself -- a hot issue this election year. |
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 Paul Magnusson |
Will Youth Rock The Vote This Year? Newly eligible voters are rarely roused by elections. But young-people power is real. |
Salon.com February 23, 2001 Judith Greer |
Between pro-life and pro-choice Richard North Patterson tries to write a "fair" abortion novel in "Protect and Defend," but there's no such thing... |
Salon.com October 19, 2000 Cathy Young |
A man's right to choose Is it fair that women have reproductive rights while men have reproductive responsibilities? |
Reason October 2002 Cathy Young |
One Nation, Many Gods Vouchers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the separation of church and state |
ifeminists January 26, 2005 Norma Jean Almodovar |
Who Will Rescue Us from Those Who Wish to Rescue Us Against Our Will? Radical feminists and religious conservatives insist that no distinction be made between consenting adult commercial sex and true sexual slavery. Does anyone believe that arresting a prostitute "for her own good" is of any value whatsoever? |
Salon.com January 26, 2001 Alicia Montgomery |
Has choice lost support? Abortion rights groups say that the pro-life president is in the minority, but polls suggest that could be changing... |