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Politics & Elections
10.20.2011
After a morning of uncertain and contradictory news, Libyan former dictator Moammar Gaddafi was confirmed dead. According to Abdulrahman Busin, the military liaison to Libya’s transitional governm…
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Politics & Elections
10.19.2011
In the aftermath of last night’s GOP debate in Nevada, commentators noted that the audience seemed unusually friendly to Romney. In one instance the audience loudly expressed their disapproval for…
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Politics & Elections
10.18.2011
If you haven’t heard it, give Krista Branch’s “I am America” a listen. According to ABC’s Huma Khan, the song is being heralded as the Tea Party’s “anthem,” and like most good sacred s…
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Politics & Elections
10.18.2011
It’s been an arduous month on the campaign trail for presidential hopeful Rick Perry – at least, according to his wife, Anita. And she has little doubt as to why. Speaking to voters in South C…
At tonight’s GOP primary debate, one topic seems highly likely to come up: Mitt Romney’s Mormonism. Jon Huntsman, the other Mormon candidate, is boycotting the debate because Nevada had…
With no sign of the Occupy Wall Street movement losing steam, many have been exploring the role of faith in motivating the protesters’ to take to the streets, as well as the perspective of the relig…
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Politics & Elections
10.12.2011
Although we should perhaps count ourselves fortunate that violence no longer breaks out on the Senate floor (a la the infamous Sumner-Brooks caning incident of 1856), a recent editorial for the Christ…
The newly re-ordained Rev. Scott Anderson of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) resigned as pastor of his California church in 1990 after telling his congregants that he was gay. More than 20 years la…
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Politics & Elections
10.11.2011
Take a look at our new research note, documenting the political parallels between Mormons and white evangelical Protestants. The findings may be surprising, given recent speculation about whether wh…
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Politics & Elections
10.11.2011
As Dr. Robert P. Jones predicted in last week’s “Figuring Faith,” this weekend’s annual Values Voter Summit was a testing ground for Mitt Romney, the GOP front-runner and a devout Mormon. Wh…
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