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December 30, 2010

Look back at excerpts from our conversations with reporters over the past 10 years about religion and its changing role in our world.
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December 22, 2010

“There is some new energy for religious conservatives that’s growing out of the Tea Party,” says George Mason University political scientist Mark Rozell, who calls the relationship between the two groups “mutually reinforcing, even though they are not necessarily all the same people.” More →

October 8, 2010

Texas Board of Education member Don McLeroy says he want to make sure “the founders’ dependence upon God that they wrote into the documents” is presented in public school textbooks. More →

April 30, 2010

“One important thing that religion brings to politics is a certain kind of realism about human nature and human possibilities.” More →

January 4, 2010

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December 30, 2009

KIM LAWTON, anchor: One of President Obama’s early moves when he took office six months ago was to establish an unprecedented new council of religious and secular leaders to advise him on faith-related social policy. Evangelical megachurch pastor Joel Hunter … More →

August 7, 2009

Humorist Will Rogers was famous for joking, “I am a member of no organized political party. I am a Democrat.” The 2008 Democratic National Convention demonstrated just how far removed today’s Democratic Party is from that of Rogers’ day. Yes, … More →

September 2, 2008

Across the political and theological spectrums, religious conservatives, moderates, and liberals all have their own hopes for President Bush’s second term. Some conservatives say it’s payback time for their support in the election. Others say, “Don’t forget the poor.” More →

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