May 23 2008
Just when he thought he had solved his “God Problem” with his repudiation of John Hagee, John McCain has had to repudiate another one: Pastor Rod Parsley of the World Harvest Church of Columbus, Ohio. As ABC News put it, “Despite his call for the U.S. to win the ‘hearts and minds of the Islamic [...]
May 14 2008
There are media reports that televangelist John Hagee has apologized for his comments on the Catholic Church. After meeting with a number of prominent religious activists — almost all of them Catholic — Hagee wrote a letter to Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights, stating in part:
“In my zeal to oppose anti-Semitism [...]
May 07 2008
Glen Greenwald has a powerful post today concerning the presidential election and the Catholic vote. Prompted by some on the right who, commenting on the Indiana precinct where a group of 80- and 90-yearold nuns were not able to vote for lack of sufficient identification, asked what the nuns were doing voting for Obama or Clinton in [...]
May 03 2008
This coming week a group of influential American evangelical leaders will be releasing An Evangelical Manifesto that is critical of some current attempts to blend evangelical faith with politics. Notably, James Dobson and some other prominent evangelical leaders are not signatories, and this reflects a debate within the movement as to how far and for [...]
