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Julie Sullivan of Religion News Service has a good article on the current position evangelical Christians hold on the war in Iraq. Their position is significant because it has been their support that gave Republicans undivided rule of Washington for six consecutive years. Evangelicals have also been some of Bush’s most consistent supporters.
In a mostly winsome cover story for this week’s Time, David Van Biema quotes the important players in the humble but growing movement to teach the Bible in public schools — not as a tool for proselytism but as a topic of cultural literacy. This is his key paragraph:
U.S. News & World Report senior editor Dan Gilgoff received an interesting phone call yesterday. Focus on the Family founder James Dobson called him to chat about prospective presidential candidates, including former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson:
My husband and I watched This American Life on the television the other night. I had mixed feelings since I believe with all my heart that the radio show can’t be topped. That, and I love radio in general and am extremely resistant to change. I still listen to music on the record player while my husband stores all his music on his hard drive.
The Episcopal Church sure generates a lot of news stories. The latest came after the vestry of Colorado’s largest Episcopal parish voted to leave and join the Church of Nigeria’s North American mission. Associated Press reporter Colleen Slevin had a straightforward story about the move, which didn’t make the Colorado bishop very happy:
You don’t have to read GetReligion long to realize that the writers here appreciate the work of Stephanie Simon of the Los Angeles Times. We verge on being fans.
The most recent USA Today/Gallup poll shows a huge drop in support for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney while a relatively politically untested former senator who is best known as a television actor has moved into third place in the Republican Party’s nominating race for the presidency.
A few weeks ago we looked at some particularly good religious coverage of a polygamous Muslim family in the Bronx that suffered unimaginable loss in a housefire.
