How much does it matter that most Americans don’t know that Maimonides was Jewish? Or that most of us do not know that most people in Indonesia — the world’s largest mostly Muslim nation — are Muslim? Or that Protestants (and not Catholics) are taught that salvation comes through “faith alone”? Academics call it the [...]
What is the black church? For many, it’s a straight line from masses of slaves singing “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” and praying for deliverance in the next world to modern-day masses of worshipers providing ministers with expensive gifts and undying loyalty. But just as that early American narrative leaves out the Africans who retained their [...]
ONE CHRISTIAN GROUP TAKING ACTION BY ASKING PRIESTS AND PREACHERS TO PREACH POLITICS FROM THE PULPIT.
Politics Daily White House Correspondent Alex Wagner appeared on MSNBC’s “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” on Monday to discuss allegations of criminal and ethical misconduct facing Christine O’Donnell, Delaware’s Republican senatorial candidate, as well as recent revelations about her religious beliefs. Click play below to watch the segment: More articles from Colin McDonald »Print FacebookTwitterDiggAIME-mailMobile @import [...]
Politics Daily White House Correspondent Alex Wagner appeared on MSNBC’s “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” on Monday to discuss allegations of criminal and ethical misconduct facing Christine O’Donnell, Delaware’s Republican senatorial candidate, as well as recent revelations about her religious beliefs. Click play below to watch the segment: More articles from Colin McDonald »Print FacebookTwitterDiggAIME-mailMobile @import [...]
A couple of readers responded to my recent post about the religions of Sarah Palin and Christine O’Donnell by asking why I didn’t spend my time digging deeper into the religious history of President Obama. As one of them reminded me, Obama attended school “in a MUSLIM country.” A real reporter would keep probing, he [...]
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