Tag: Politics
Does “winning the future” assume America can manage history as it unfolds? If so, it is a pretentious and dangerous position for any nation to believe in as a matter of religious or political destiny—or both. More
Join our discussion of the most anticipated religion and ethics news stories in the year ahead. More
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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Watch our annual reporters roundtable on the most important religion and ethics news of the past year. More
On December 14, religious leaders held a prayer summit and “Jericho March” on Capitol Hill to urge senators to vote in favor of a bill that would provide a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who were brought into the country by their parents and who go on to attend college or serve in the military. More
Steve Krueger, national director of Catholic Democrats, describes Democratic religious outreach this year as “a work in progress.” More
“The Democrats’ faith outreach in 2010 hasn’t been anything like it was in 2008…They really needed to ramp up their faith outreach, and they haven’t done that.” More
Gay marriage is not a campaign issue in Minnesota this season, and it’s not on the ballot. But the Catholic archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis recently sent a message opposing gay marriage to every Catholic family in the state. Father David of McCauley of the Minnesota Catholic Conference says it is an effort “to make Catholic people aware of Catholic teaching.” More
Two religious conservatives offer their views on political involvement, Glenn Beck, evangelical Christianity, and more. More
We need the prophetic dimension of all our religious tradition to navigate the darkness of war and to restrain our declarations of “peace when there is no peace,” as the Hebrew prophets said.
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