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IRS exams found nearly three out of four churches, charities and other civic groups suspected of having violated restraints on political activity in the 2004 election actually did so, the agency said Friday.
Heather Veitch is not your typical evangelical Christian.
Fellow conservative religious leaders have expressed concern and even open criticism over Pat Robertson's habit of shooting from the hip on his daily religious news-and-talk television program, "The 700 Club."
You'll have to pardon the Bob Dylan interlude, but I'm feeling particularly chipper today.
As former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee catapults to the top of the 2008 Republican presidential race, amazed media on-lookers ponder his meteoric rise.
As church lights dim across the US and Europe, Christian houses of worship are opening every day in Latin America.
A Midwestern ministry targeted by Sen. Charles Grassley in his televangelist investigation promised cooperation last week - and attempted to clarify the difference between a "commode" and a "common household toilet."
Complaints of religious bullying in the nation's military academies have been occurring for more than two years.
The faith of their fathers doesn't cut it with young adults. Recent surveys found that young people have more negative opinions about Christianity and organized religion than they did a decade ago. Fewer are praying and attending worship than in previous generations.
The beliefs of a candidate do matter, whether they are religious, political, social, economic, or whatever. Why? Because beliefs define, direct, and impact actions. However, some beliefs have little relevance to particular tasks or jobs.
The poll of 2,455 U.S. adults from Nov 7 to 13 found that 82 percent of those surveyed believed in God, a figure unchanged since the question was asked in 2005.
Evangelical Christians have for years been strongly associated with the Republican Party. According to CBS, white evangelicals make up about 25% of the electorate, and 78% of them voted Republican in 2004.
The tiny campaign of former Gov. Mike Huckabee is growing so swiftly, some have scrambled to buy winter coats so they can volunteer for him in Iowa. "Our campaign is not about high-paid consultants," Huckabee said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press.
Jerry Falwell Jr., son of the late, well-known conservative Christian leader Reverend Jerry Falwell, has endorsed Mike Huckabee for president in the Republican primary.
It shows how most of what we think the Bible says about sex is wrong. It explores how the Bible is surprisingly erotic -- and often soft on things such as prostitution and polygamy. Based on the work of scholars, the column will surprise many readers, especially since what the …
I was writing a response to a question from Phaedrus, one of my good Newsvine friends, on another thread today. My response had to do with how to avoid getting too angry at ideological foes during our online debates.
He didn't want to stone adulterers. But that was part of the deal. That's what A.J. Jacobs was being paid for.
Ted Burnett, a good friend of mine, has been engaged in a debate with a local editorialist. The editorialist, a Baptist Preacher, has applauded the involvement of Evangelical celebrities in US politics.
Rev. Pat Robertson's endorsement of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani puts front and center the day conservative evangelicals have said we would never see: a possible Republican presidential nominee who has been supportive of gays and abortion rights.
Forty-two years ago, at the age of 18, I took the oath of office on my first day as an Air Force Academy cadet.
The evangelical awakening to climate change is still a work in progress, but as the politically powerful movement becomes more active in environmentalism, political leaders will have to take notice or risk losing their jobs, a prominent evangelical leader said Tuesday.
Some members of the GOP's largest voting bloc, like Florida preacher Bill Keller, think a Mormon in the White House would mean more souls going to hell...
Today the movement shows signs of coming apart beneath its leaders.
The hundred-foot white cross atop the Immanuel Baptist Church in downtown Wichita, Kan., casts a shadow over a neighborhood of payday lenders, pawnbrokers and pornographic video stores. To its parishioners, this has long been the front line of the culture war.
Mitt Romney promises as president he would convene a White House summit on ways to "strengthen the family, particularly in the inner city," according to remarks released by his campaign.
He has invoked the Rev. Rick Warren, a popular evangelical author and megachurch pastor. He has quoted Scripture and alluded to the Gideon Bible as favorite late-night reading. And he has cited his belief in Jesus Christ as his personal "savior."
Churches across the United States are under fire for using the ultra-violent video game Halo 3 to attract younger members to their congregations.
When I say "evangelical," I am thinking of that elite subgroup that goes to church at least once a week.
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