Tag: Republicans
Watch excerpts from potential GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman Jr.’s June 3, 2011 speech to the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Washington. More
We talk with Cheri Harder, president of the Trinity Forum and a former congressional policy advisor and White House staffer, as Republican presidential campaigns get under way. More
Watch more of our conversation with Cherie Harder about religion and politics in 2012. More
Watch excerpts from a speech where Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich discusses his 2009 conversion to Catholicism and his concerns about rising secularism in America. More
We review some of the week’s leading religion news stories, from deadly riots in Afghanistan over the burning of a Quran at a Florida church to the morality of the budget to a church-state decision from the Supreme Court. More
Faith communities have an important role to play, says Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign Against Gun Violence, in raising moral issues about gun laws and policies. More
The Republican Party made significant gains with Catholic voters as well as white Protestants. Did the Democrats give up on religious outreach? More
The Republican victories this week were also a victory for the Christian right, says this history professor. More
“I would say to the evangelicals who have joined this movement be careful, you will be used,” says Rev. Richard Cizik of the New Evangelical Partnership. “I want a society and a government and its policies to reflect values I find in Scripture, but that’s not what you hear from Tea Party leadership.” More
Two religious conservatives offer their views on political involvement, Glenn Beck, evangelical Christianity, and more. More