Burundi's singing president marks four years in power For five days, Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza invited his people to join a Christian extravaganza of song, dance and prayer to celebrate his four years in power. (AFP)
Obama Picks Camp David Church -- Not a D.C. Congregation Obama has told White House aides that he will follow in George W. Bush's footsteps and make his primary place of worship Evergreen Chapel, the nondenominational church at Camp David. (Time)
On Arab TV Network, Obama Urges Dialogue In a transcript published on Al Arabiya’s English language Web site, Mr. Obama said it is his job 'to communicate to the Muslim world that the Americans are not your enemy.' (The New York Times)
Bush: the power of prayer has helped Prayer has helped President Bush cope with the stresses of leading the nation, he said Thursday at a breakfast joined by Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Associated Press)
Answers Sought On Fort Hood Suspect's Link To Imam Members of Congress are putting pressure on U.S. intelligence agencies to say what they knew about Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan alleged radical views and whether they shared that knowledge with local Army and law enforcement agencies in the weeks and months before the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings. (NPR)
Abortion Was at Heart of Wrangling The results of that fight were evident as many liberal Democrats denounced the plan because of abortion restrictions, even though most held their noses in the end and voted for the bill itself. (The New York Times)
Haggling Over Abortion Deal in Health Bill The issue is a political land mine on the path to a vote in the House that is tentatively set for Saturday (The New York Times)
Abortion divides House Dems in health care debate House Democrats are at an impasse over whether their remake of the nation's health care system would effectively allow federal funding of abortion. (Associated Press)
Abortion Fight Complicates Debate on Health Care Abortion opponents in Congress are seeking to block people who might receive federal subsidies for health insurance from using the money on plans that cover abortion (The New York Times)
Court turns down student over religious speech The justices said Monday they will not revive a lawsuit filed by Brittany McComb of Henderson, Nev. challenging the actions of Clark County school officials. A federal appeals court ruled previously ruled against her. (Associated Press)
Alito troubled by concerns over court's Catholics U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito voiced frustration Tuesday over what he called persistent questions about the court's Roman Catholic majority. (Associated Press)
High Court Hears Religious Symbol Case The U.S. Supreme Court took on a long-running legal fight Wednesday over an 8-foot cross in the Mojave Desert. (NPR)
Court refuses to get involved in church dispute The Supreme Court won't get involved in a dispute between breakaway Episcopalians and their former national church over who owns a California church and its property. (Associated Press)
Evangelicals Against Iran A new era of hard-headed Christian realism and interfaith cooperation? (Mark Tooley, Weekly Standard)
The China Obama Didn't See Shuttered churches belie a "harmonious" society. (Leslie Hook, The Wall Street Journal)
Christian convert who came in on hijacked plane given asylum Lawyers said there were fears that, as an apostate – one who rejects the Muslim religion – the man, originally from Mazar-i-Sharif, but now living in Hounslow, west London, would face persecution, or even death, if returned. (The Telegraph, U.K.)
China blocks unregistered church service again Followers of an unapproved church in Beijing were again forced by the government to find a new place to worship Sunday, a move one analyst suggested would be a test for President Barack Obama on religious freedom during his first visit to the country. (Associated Press)
Land, other religious leaders: Sanctions needed on Iran Southern Baptist ethicist Richard Land has joined Jewish and evangelical Christian leaders in New York in calling for immediate sanctions to thwart Iran from developing nuclear weapons. (Baptist Press)
White House at odds with bishops over abortion The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. (Associated Press)
Faith and Tolerance Collide in Vallejo But there is concern that, as the city tries to find the way out of this financial abyss, it is falling into another that is perhaps more pernicious — its political system increasingly reflects the influence of evangelical churches. (The New York Times)
What If Jesus Meant All That Stuff? This radical Christian's ministry for the poor, The Simple Way, has gotten him in some trouble with his fellow Evangelicals. We asked him to address those who don't believe. (Shane Claibourne, Esquire)
Religious Leaders Unite Against Abortion and Same-Sex Unions 145 evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders have signed a declaration saying they will not cooperate with laws that they say could be used to compel their institutions to participate in abortions or recognize same-sex couples. (The New York Times)
The Democrats' new "Family" values Thanks to C Streeter Bart Stupak and his allies, the GOP isn't the only party kowtowing to the Christian right (Jeff Sharlet, Salon)
‘Going Rogue’: Is Sarah Palin a creationist? In her memoir, “Going Rogue,” Sarah Palin reveals that she has creationist leanings, explicitly rejecting the belief that humans and other species evolved from a common lineage. (Christian Science Monitor)
Cal Thomas addresses prayer breakfast in Norfolk The Christian crowd laughed along with Thomas, a conservative commentator who layered wit with his cultural critique and personal embrace of Jesus Christ. (The Virginian-Pilot)
Tampa council approves transgender protection Members of several Christian evangelical groups and other opponents called the move an assault on their religious values they fear will sanction sexually deviant behavior. (The Tampa Tribune)
Biblical anti-Obama slogan: Use of Psalm 109:8 funny or sinister? Psalms 109:8 says, 'Let his days be few; and let another take his office.' The citation is being passed around the Internet as a rallying cry against President Obama. (Christian Science Monitor)
Abortion Politics and its Discontents Jon Shields, author of “The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right,” on the history of the organized opposition to abortion and its evolving relationship with American politics. (The New Yorker)
CNN Poll: Majority favor abortion funding ban in health care bill A CNN survey indicates that 61 percent of the public opposes the use of public money for abortions for women who can not afford the procedure, with 37 percent in favor of allowing the use of federal funds. (CNN)
McDonnell won’t disavow Robertson’s Islam remarks Virginia Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell on Wednesday would not disavow Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson’s recent claim that Islam is not a religion, but “a violent political system.” (CNN)
Abortion causes family feud for Democrats Some liberals are in an angry mood, blaming Stupak — and the Catholic bishops who backed his cause — for squeezing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as she tried to shore up support for health care reform package. (Politico)
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