On the eve of Romney’s big speech the world is waiting with bated breath. How will it compare to Kennedy’s 1960 address to the Greater Houston...
Mark Silk: Spiritual Politics
I want to welcome John Green and Jan Shipps aboard for the inaugural sail of this blog. We’ll be getting this site in more presentable shape very...
“I don’t disagree with the Bible. I try to live by it.” In other words, I try to live by what I don’t disagree with. Somehow...
Here is the clip of Mitt Romney on the Bible from last week’s CNN/YouTube debate.
Thoughts?
Fred Thompson recently defended attacks on his faith on CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. Blitzer questioned the former Senator based on comments...
So now Romney decides to give “the speech”–the discussion of religion that he has been contemplating lo these many months. It’s hard to...
I agree with David Brody assessment that Huckabee hit the Bible question out of the park. Money quote: The part of Huckabee’s answer that probably...
Editor Mark Silk is professor of religion in public life at Trinity College (Hartford, CT), and a leading expert on how religion is covered in the media. He is...
Jan Shipps is professor emeritus of religious studies and history at Indiana University-Purdue University, and one of the foremost scholars of Mormonism. She...
John C. Green is director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics and Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Akron, and...
Jerome Chanes has taught American Jewish sociology, Jewish public policy issues, and biblical Hebrew at Barnard College, Stern College, Harvard University...
Reid Vineis is an undergraduate fellow at the Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public life. A member of the Trinity College class of 2010 from...
Richard L. Wood is director of religious studies and associate professor of sociology at University of New Mexico. In his research and writing, Wood examines...
Mark Rasmussen is an undergraduate fellow at the Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life. A religion major and member of the Trinity College...
Religion and American Politics is the what this blog is about. Our goal is to approach this from a non-partisan standpoint. You can check out what this means...