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Rick Warren’s Job, and Other Highlights from the Beliefnet Interview
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Patton Dodd
During Steve Waldman’s interview with Rick Warren last week, Waldman mentioned Beliefnet’s survey of voters after the election. Among other findings, says Waldman, we learned that when asked to rank issues of concern, evangelicals who voted John McCain listed “reducing poverty” as 13th out of 14 in order of importance. “So what’s your message to [those…
Straight Talk on Gay Marriage
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Patton Dodd
Pun intended. Starting today, two of our bloggers–Tony Jones and Rod Dreher–will begin a debate discussion Beliefnet Blogalogue on same sex marriage. They’ll post on their respective blogs and link back to one another. Here’s what’s unique about this discussion, and why you should tune in: First, we did a lot of thinking internally about how…
This Just In: Obama Not Orthodox
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Patton Dodd
Based on remarks President-elect Obama made to Cathleen Falsani four years ago (and recently reprinted on Beliefnet), there’s been a dustup over whether he can legitimately be said to be a Christian: Joe Carter at Culture11 says no. Rod Dreher echoes him. Tony Jones says Yes He Can. Steve Waldman points out that if Barack…
Christian reactions to Obama’s victory
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Patton Dodd
From status updates on my Facebook profile, a bird’s eye view of Christian responses last night. All names have been replaced with “Sally.” Sally is no longer proud to be an American. Sally loves America. Sally is sad that America is incredibly naive. Sally loves saying President-elect Barack Obama. Sally says THIS IS A SAD DAY.…
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