“I do not believe that the preferential option for the poor means a preferential option for big government,” says Republican vice presidential candidate and Roman Catholic Paul Ryan. More →

August 17, 2012

“I think right from the beginning of our republic, we’ve been torn by this tension between individualism and community…But I think we too often tell our story almost entirely on the individualistic side,” says author and commentator E. J. Dionne. More →

July 6, 2012

The Washington Post columnist and author of Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent says, “Religion is always there below the surface in our politics.” More →

June 27, 2012

“Rick Santorum is a very particular kind of Catholic…A lot of Catholics don’t see themselves in him, and a lot of people actually don’t even know that he’s Catholic. Most people assume he’s an evangelical,” says Religion News Service editor in chief Kevin Eckstrom.
know that he’s Catholic. Most people assume he’s an evangelical.” More →

March 9, 2012

“Will evangelicals turn out in large numbers and be energized as volunteers and financial supporters of Mitt Romney? It doesn’t take a majority of evangelicals to stay home. It just takes a few million evangelicals to choose to not get as actively involved in this race to cost Mitt Romney the presidency,” according to evangelical journalist Warren Cole Smith. More →

January 27, 2012

“Mitt Romney has studiously avoided the subject of religion whenever possible. He’s a technocrat. He’s very careful. He’s highly managed in his public presentation. He knows that bringing up Mormonism conjures a host of associations he’d like to avoid.” More →

January 27, 2012

“I would say that Mormon culture, Mormon doctrine, Mormon belief have been well outside the mainstream of both American culture and Christian culture for many years.” More →

January 27, 2012

His speech on religion was one of the defining moments of the 2008 presidential campaign. Revisit analysis of what Republican president candidate Mitt Romney has had to say about his Mormon faith and religion in America. More →

January 19, 2012

“South Carolina is really shaping up as a make or break last stand for social conservatives,” says David Gibson of Religion News Service. More →

January 13, 2012

Evangelicals are a key Republican constituency, especially in the primary season, and they still appear to be up for grabs. More →

October 21, 2011