The AP is reporting that members of the council will include the Rev. Joel Hunter, the megachurch pastor who has prayed with President Obama and is one of the evangelicals leaders of the Come Let Us Reason Together coalition; Bishop Vashti McKenzie, the first female bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, who I am […]
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Sarah Posner’s coverage of religion and politics has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Week, and many others.
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OBAMA’S FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE AND THE NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST.
David Brody is reporting that President Obama will announce the formation of an advisory council for his faith-based initiative during his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast tomorrow. Brody’s source tells him “that the council won’t be made up of ‘The Usual Suspects’. In other words, it won’t be just a bunch of progressive liberals.” […]
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The FundamentaList (No. 66)
This week in religion and politics: Calling the next Martin Luther King Jr., progressive religious leaders speak out on policy, and Focus on the Family stands up for Limbaugh.
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OBAMA AND THE NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST.
Via Dan Gilgoff comes the not-very-surprising news that President Obama will speak at the National Prayer Breakfast next week. Not surprising because every president since Eisenhower has been a speaker, and the event is a must-attend for political movers and shakers. While it seems bland enough on the surface (apart from the always questionable mingling […]
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OBAMA’S RELIGIOUS OUTREACH DIRECTOR TO HEAD FAITH-BASED COUNCIL.
Word on the street is that President Obama is set to tap Joshua DuBois, who led religious outreach for his presidential campaign, to head his Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, the effort that Obama has promised will represent a reform of Bush’s White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. The Rev. Welton Gaddy, […]
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THE TED HAGGARD DOCUMENTARY.
Ted Haggard’s media blitz around tonight’s premiere of Alexandra Pelosi’s HBO documentary, “The Trials of Ted Haggard,” seems directed at portraying himself as the tormented, not the tormentor. There’s no doubt that Haggard’s fundamentalist upbringing created his internal turmoil over his sexuality, and the accompanying fear and repression that dictated his life. But Haggard also […]
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The FundamentaList (No. 65)
Taking a close look at the common-ground approach of the “Come Let Us Reason Together” coalition, and Rick Warren’s Facebook for evangelicals.
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The FundamentaList (No. 64)
Inside the politics of a new evangelical-progressive coalition, comparing Rick Warren to MLK, and can progressive Christians mobilize?
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BEST ONE-LINERS FROM MY INAUGURAL FESTIVITIES.
From an atheist friend: “Thank God Obama included the non-believers.” From an evangelical friend, on Rick Warren apparently asking the Lord for forgiveness for his anti-gay bigotry: “I had to ask the Lord to forgive me laughing at Cheney in the wheelchair!” –Sarah Posner
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THE MORMON CHURCH AND PROPOSITION 8.
The American News Project has produced an important video, revealing new information about the Mormon Church’s role in advocating for the passage of Proposition 8 in California last fall. ANP has uncovered documentation of a more concerted campaign, including a Web site, call centers, and videos produced for satellite feeds in churches, than was previously […]
