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  Inaugural events bracketed by prayers, controversy and ecumenism

  The inauguration encapsulated America’s ongoing give-and-take over the role of religion in the nation’s political life.

  01/23/2009 - By admin

• Ecumenical group says stimulus package should include the poor

  The nation’s most broadly ecumenical Christian group is urging the new administration of President-elect Obama to include help for the poor in any economic-stimulus package.

  01/15/2009 - By Administrator

• Faith leaders urge Obama to ban torture on Inauguration Day

  A broad coalition of religious leaders has written a letter asking President-elect Barack Obama to make one of his first acts in office signing an executive order banning torture.

  01/14/2009 - By Administrator

• Catholic theologian, neoconservative intellectual Neuhaus dies at 72

  Richard John Neuhaus, a former anti-war Lutheran pastor turned Catholic theologian and neoconservative, died Jan. 8 at age 72. Neuhaus tutored President Bush in Catholic social teaching and helped build a coalition of Catholics and evangelicals that many political analysts believe made Bush's election possible.

  01/12/2009 - By Administrator

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  Will the Obamas find a black church to call home?

  Will the Obamas attend a predominantly African-American church once they settle into the White House?

  01/09/2009 - By admin

• Wide variety of Baptists, other faiths found in 111th Congress

  Baptists, they say, multiply by dividing. And the various Baptist churches and denominational groups represented in the incoming 111th Congress are emblematic of America’s broad array of Baptists — and of religious life in general.

  01/05/2009 - By Administrator

• Rick Warren accuses critics of ‘Christophobia’

  Pastor Rick Warren termed criticism of his selection to pray the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama's Jan. 20 inauguration "hate speech" and "Christophobia" in a video message on the Saddleback Church website.

  12/30/2008 - By Administrator

• Pentagon tightens policy on distributing religious literature to recruits

  The Pentagon recently reversed its policy of granting religious groups like the Gideons International preferential access to provide literature to new recruits.

  12/29/2008 - By Administrator

• Christian leaders call for easing travel restrictions to Cuba

  Christian leaders on Dec. 18 called on President-elect Barack Obama to ease travel restrictions to Cuba they say hinder religious work.

  12/18/2008 - By Administrator

• Rick Warren to give invocation at Obama inauguration

  Rick Warren, founder of the Southern Baptist Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., will give the invocation at Barack Obama's Jan. 20 presidential inauguration.

  12/17/2008 - By Administrator

• Evangelical leaders seek broad moral agenda in Cizik replacement

  Fifty-nine evangelical leaders signed a letter requesting that whoever is chosen to replace ousted lobbyist Richard Cizik at the National Association of Evangelicals carry on Cizik's commitment to a moral agenda broader than opposition to homosexuality and abortion.

  12/17/2008 - By Administrator

• Controversy over NPR comments forces NAE lobbyist Cizik out

  Backlash over comments about gay rights on a public-radio broadcast has apparently cost a prominent National Association of Evangelicals lobbyist his job.

  12/11/2008 - By Administrator