2016 presidential campaign

Why Jewish socialist Bernie Sanders will speak at Falwell’s Baptist university

By David Gibson — August 6, 2015
(RNS) Sanders says he hopes to find common ground with his conservative Christian audience, and his appearance there next month may be more enlightening than -- if not as entertaining as -- tonight's reality show known as the first GOP presidential debate.

Southern Baptist leader Russell Moore to interview Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio at evangelical rally

By David Gibson — July 23, 2015
(RNS) The unusual event is being seen as both a major effort by Bush to reach out to Christian conservatives -- a key constituency Bush has sometimes struggled to win over -- and by evangelicals to reassert their political influence during a time of landmark social change.

5 faith facts about Scott Walker: Son of a preacher man

By Lauren Markoe — July 13, 2015
(RNS) His father had a pulpit. His mother ran the Sunday school. Only pastor-pol Mike Huckabee's beats Walker's religious resume.

5 faith facts about Jim Webb: He’s mum about faith

By Leslie Miller — July 6, 2015
(RNS) VoteSmart.org lists his religion as “Protestant.” But the only reference to church that turns up on a web search is his home in the Northern Virginia suburb of Falls Church.

At Liberty University, Jeb Bush seeks support from evangelicals

By Reuters — May 10, 2015
LYNCHBURG, Va. (Reuters) "Fashionable opinion" has a problem with Christians and the only proper response is "a forthright defense" of the constitutional right to freedom of religion, Jeb Bush said during a commencement speech at Liberty University.
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