My Top Ten Doesn’t Include “Religious Enough”
On Wednesday night down at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Rep. Paul Ryan officially became Republican Vice-Presidential Nominee Ryan as he accepted the party’s nomination. Pundits, [...]
This Weekend: What News was Made at the GOP Convention? Plus the Ethics of Religion in Politics and Huckabee Akin
On the next State of Belief Radio – the GOP Convention. We’ll look at what was said and how it was covered in the news with Religion News Service Editor-in-chief Kevin Eckstrom. You’ll also [...]
I (sort of) Heart Huckabee
It isn’t often that I find myself saying “amen” to something that former Arkansas governor and Baptist minister Mike Huckabee says…but that actually happened last night as I watched his address [...]
David Barton’s Revisionist Jefferson History Pulled by Publisher: Warren Throckmorton Extended Interview and Transcript
David Barton, neither historian nor legal scholar, has nonetheless engaged many in a crusade to redefine the very history of our nation. His organization, Wallbuilders, ironically works to tear [...]
A Methodist Pastor’s Ramadan Fast – Truths and Consequences: Rev. Wes Magruder Extended Interview and Transcript
The Rev. Dr. Wesley Magruder is a Methodist Pastor in Texas; he’s a prolific blogger; and this year, he joined his Muslim friends in observing the month-long Ramadan Fast. There are lessons [...]
The Presidential Contenders Talk Faith: National Cathedral’s Rev. Francis Wade Extended Interview and Transcript
The Interim Dean of Washington’s National Cathedral says that interviews with Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, conducted by the Cathedral’s publication Cathedral Age, reveal two [...]
Sarah Posner on Todd Akin’s Honesty Problem: Extended Interview and Transcript
“I think that someone else phrased it this way: you know, Akin was the man who said too much.” – Sarah Posner, Senior Editor, Religion Dispatches Magazine A week ago, six-term [...]
In their Own Words: Obama and Romney on Faith
Since 1925, the Washington National Cathedral has published a quarterly magazine, Cathedral Age. Last week the magazine scored a headline-making exclusive when it printed interviews with [...]
A Methodist Pastor’s Ramadan Fast
When Rev. Dr. Wes Magruder, senior associate pastor at First Rowlett United Methodist Church in Rowlett, Texas, decided to join his longtime friend, Imam Yaseen Shaikh of Plano, in observing the [...]
Getting Jefferson Right
In an age when even historical truth seems to have become relative, historical revisionist David Barton has hit a wall. His publisher took the unprecedented step of withdrawing his book, The [...]
