Monthly Archives: January 2008
Bush: Faith Helped My Fight with Drinking
By rvineis — January 29, 2008
President Bush said today that his faith helped beat his alcohol problem. Bush speaking to a faith based program aimed at reforming inmates said, “I understand faith-based programs. I understand that sometimes you can find the inspiration from a higher power to solve an addiction problem.”
Evangelical, or Democrat, But Not Both
By Kevin Eckstrom — January 29, 2008
At least that’s the case in South Carolina, according to new complaints by the folks over at Faith in Public Life. Following up on earlier complaints that exit pollsters were only asking Republicans-but not Democrats-if they were evangelicals, it seems nothing changed in the recent South Carolina primaries. Faith in Public Life tells us that […]
Endorsement Watch: Huckabee Announces More Supporters
By Adelle M. Banks — January 29, 2008
After the big-name endorsements from religious circles last year for a range of GOP candidates, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is continuing to add to his list with lesser-known faith leaders. In an announcement on Saturday, Floridians such as John Stemberger of Florida Family Action and Janet Folger of Faith2Action said he is their choice. […]
Court suggests son should decide circumcision fight
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — January 29, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service PORTLAND, Ore. _ The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that a divorced couple’s bitter dispute whether to circumcise their 12-year-old son cannot be resolved without first deciding what the boy wants. The Supreme Court on Friday (Jan. 25) sent the case back to a trial judge to determine whether James […]
Court suggests son should decide circumcision fight
By RNS Blog Editor — January 29, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service Pope calls for consistency in annulments VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI called for greater consistency in the granting of annulments, suggesting that Catholic church authorities in some countries have been too lax in declaring marriages void. Benedict made his remarks on Saturday (Jan. 26) to members of the Roman […]
Religious strategy heading into Super Tuesday
By Daniel Burke — January 29, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ With primaries or caucuses in 24 states, the Feb. 5 Super Tuesday primary could very well produce the next presidential nominee for both major parties _ but how much of a factor will religion be? Super Tuesday will test a candidate’s appeal to evangelical strongholds in the Bible […]
Religious strategy heading into Super Tuesday
By RNS Blog Editor — January 29, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Gordon B. Hinckley, the 15th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was credited with creating a more global, more visible church, died Sunday (Jan. 27) at age 97. Church officials in Salt Lake City said Hinckley died at 7 p.m. at his apartment of […]
Obama in Macon
By rvineis — January 28, 2008
Here is Obama at Harvest Cathedral Church in Macon, Georgia. He uses the story of Luke 10, the good samaritan, to demostrate his public service background.
Anglicans for Obama
By Mark Silk — January 28, 2008
As this American Anglican website shows, religious conservatives continue to be drawn to Obama. Obviously they know that he’s pro-choice and in favor of civil unions (if not same-sex marriage). But they sense in him a moral seriousness and a spiritual authenticity that’s hard for them to resist–or perhaps, that they don’t want to resist.
Mormons v. Christians
By Mark Silk — January 28, 2008
To bring things up to date (see earlier post) on that Focus on the Family video in which Tom Minnery expresses his appreciation for Romney’s “acknowledging” that “Mormonism is not a Christian faith”: The AP’s Rachel Zoll got on the story right away, and learned from Minnery that he had come to that conclusion based […]
Huck Hope
By Mark Silk — January 28, 2008
OK, so the Washington Post‘s Joel Aschenbach doesn’t deal in profundities, but how do you do a little profile on the Hope, Ark. that both Billy Clinton and Mike Huckabee came from, and write a sentence like this–“Anyone on the Huckabee trail in Hope has to pay a visit to a local dentist, Lester Sitzes […]
The Death of LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley
By janshipps — January 28, 2008
Gordon B. Hinckley, the 15th President/Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day, died on Sunday, January 27, 2008. He was 97 years old. For 73 of those years he worked full-time for the church over which he would come to preside in 1995. Although he only served as church president for a dozen […]
Gordon Hinckley Dies
By rvineis — January 27, 2008
Gordon Hinckley, 15th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has died according to CNN. He was ninety seven years old. More to come….
Give Peace and Huckabee a Chance
By rvineis — January 27, 2008
Deacon Keith Fournier gives us a Catholic and former Democrat’s perspective on Mike Huckabee. Fournier has had it with Republican attacks on the Huckster. Dismissing criticisms that Huckabee is a one trick evangelical pony, Fournier highlights Huck’s strengths with a comparison to David and Goliath. Fournier: “Oh, I know, the new line of he media […]
Huckabee’s Dough
By Mark Silk — January 27, 2008
This from John Green: Let me hazard an answer to Mark’s puzzlement about Mike Huckabee’s well-documented fundraising woes. Several factors are worth considering. It could be, as Mark suggests, that some wealthy Republican donors have been put off by the candidate’s populist stands on economic issues. Likewise, stalwart conservative contributors may dislike his political heterodoxy. […]
