Politics+Current Affairs

Too 'Sectarian'
Court: Students at some religious schools can't get state funds.
Faith Perfected
Recent martyrdoms sadden us but cannot make us despair.
The Gay Shibboleth
Opposition to homosexual behavior may now be a bar to high office.
Book Bust
U.S. prisons cull hundreds of religious books from libraries.
Theologian Harold O. J. Brown Dies at 74
Scholar and writer was key in mobilizing pro-life movement among evangelicals.
Supreme Court Turns Down Challenge to Faith-Based Office
Ruling says taxpayers don't have standing to sue executive branch for use of funds.
Court Rules Against Student in 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' Case
The ruling supports school's right to ban promotion of drug use, not speech on political or social issues.
Q&A: Rep. Heath Shuler
Shuler, a Democratic Congressman from North Carolina who ran as a social conservative, defeated a Republican incumbent in 2006.
A Precarious Calm
A year after the July 2006 war, Lebanon's Christians face a murky future.
Bush Discusses Iraq and AIDS With Pope in First Meeting
At Easter message, Benedict XVI had lamented, "nothing positive comes out of Iraq."
Keep Fighting the Good Fight Against HIV/AIDS
More funding from the U.S. government calls attention to the effectiveness of church-based efforts.
Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws Strike Again--and May Get Worse
Christian sentenced to death, nursing school shut down.
The Giuliani Choice
Conservative leaders doubt his support among evangelicals will last.
Solution Stalemate
Evangelical ambivalence mirrors national immigration gridlock.
Mitt's Mormonism and the 'Evangelical Vote'
Can conservative Protestants vote for a member of what they consider a cult?
An Obligation to Remember Eternally?
Resentment, even in the name of justice, is not for those who expect God's final reconciliation.
Falwell, Megachurch Pastor Who Organized Religious Right, Dead at 73
Self-described fundamentalist countered movement's tradition of separatism.
Q&A: Tony Hall
Hall, a former Democratic congressman, directs the faith component of a new Middle East initiative sponsored by the State Department and members of Congress.
Jerry Falwell, Architect of Religious Right, Dies at 73
Liberty University founder mobilized social conservatives in politics.
Partial Reversal
The Supreme Court's abortion decision shows that the arguments have changed.

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