Americans United for the Separation of Church and State and People for the American Way have come out against the White House’s invitation to former NFL coach Tony Dungy to serve on the advisory council to the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (OFBNP). In 2007, Dungy appeared at a fundraiser for the Indiana Family […]
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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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The FundamentaList (No. 74)
This week in religion and politics: Extremist Catholics attempt to ruin the graduation of moderate ones, and theo-conservatism threatens rational policy.
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MORE MYSTIFYING FAITH-BASED OFFICE CHOICES.
Although there has not yet been an official announcement, word is leaking out about who else President Obama has selected to fill the remaining 10 seats on his Advisory Council for the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. So far, we know that Christian author and hero to under-35 evangelicals Donald Miller has been tapped […]
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THE CATHOLIC NON-CONTROVERSIES.
U.S. News and World Report religion blogger Dan Gilgoff has been blogging away about the alleged sins of pro-choice Democrats in the eyes of Catholic America. His coverage, though, is lost in the fog of right-wing press releases. For several days, Gilgoff has fanned the Catholics-are-up-in-arms-about-Obama’s-Notre-Dame-commencement-speech fire. His tweet yesterday afternoon read, “Protests of Obama […]
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The FundamentaList (No. 73)
This week in religion and politics: Progressive faithful call for an “ethical audit” of Wall Street, and Newt Gingrich “reinvents” the conservative movement.
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ASPIRATIONAL VOTING AND JESUS.
I’ll second Dana’s earlier theory of “aspirational voting” among the younger end of the conservative base, and here’s why. While David Frum and Michael Barone suggest that lower marriage (and higher divorce) rates in this group make them less likely to vote “values” (i.e., Republican), what Barone calls their “chaotic and undisciplined” lifestyles might just […]
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GLENN BECK, THE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY, AND THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT.
At Salon’s War Room, Alex Koppelman runs down David Frum’s objection to Fox News host Glenn Beck’s affection for the John Birch Society (JBS), exemplified by his peddling a book by anti-communist activist Cleon Skousen, who had ties to the JBS. Frum objects that Skousen was one of the “legendary cranks of the conservative world, […]
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The FundamentaList (No. 72)
This week in religion and politics: The honeymoon may be over for Obama and evangelical “centrists.”
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WHY IS JIM WALLIS THE RELIGION GO-TO GUY?
As Senate Democrats began hearings yesterday on the Employee Free Choice Act, it seems like they needed the blessing of a religious figure to proceed. Lacking in imagination, they chose Sojourners president Jim Wallis. Wallis spoke in favor of EFCA, which is obviously a good thing. The more support for the bill, the better. But […]
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The FundamentaList (No. 71)
This week in religion and politics: Anti-abortion activists dislike Kathleen Sebelius, stem-cell research gets funding, and the ranks of atheists and evangelicals both swell.
