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Apologia pro bloga sua, Religion in the News, Winter 2008
The Greenberg Center debuts a new blog on religion and the 2008 election at www.spiritual-politics.org.

God's Own Party: Religion in the News, Winter 2008
      The Primary Field by Reid P. Vineis. Religion problems challenge the GOP’s candidates.
      Huckabee's Baptism by William Lindsey. The Missionary Baptist roots of Huckabee’s populism.   
      When Romney Was a Bishop by Philip Barlow. Mitt Romney’s an authentic Mormon leader, who can dance.
      A Democrat in Sheep's Clothing by Charles Reagan Wilson. A faith-based challenger makes a solid run
       in Mississippi.
      Oral Surgery by Matthew Avery Sutton. Terminating ORU’s Republican entanglements.  

The Democrats Get Religion, Religion in the News, Summer/Fall 2007, by Mark Silk
But, journalists ask, are the candidates religious enough?

Establishing Religion by Executive Order, Religion in the News, Summer/Fall 2007, by John Cosgriff.
The Supreme Court defends the Bush faith-based initiative.

Romney and the Mormon Moment, Religion in the News, Summer/Fall 2007, by Jan Shipps.
Mitt Romney's candidacy puts pressure on the church to open up.

The GOP's Religion Problem, Religion in the News, Winter 2007, by Mark Silk and John C. Green
Less observant voters ditch the Republicans.

There's a Muslim in the House, Religion in the News, Summer/Fall 2007, by John Cosgriff.
Mr. Ellison goes to Congress.

Religion and the Supremes, Religion in the News, Winter 2006, David M. Machacek
Faith-based nominations are all the rage.

The View From the Beltway, Religion in the News, Winter 2006, by  Christopher Hitchens
"Secularism: A Symposium," a special supplement to Religion in the News.

Why Moral Values Did Count, Religion in the News, Spring 2005, by JOhn C. Green and Mark Silk.
Religion and religious commitment did, indeed, shape the 2004 election.

"Our New Religious Politics," Religion in the News, Winter 2005.
Editor's Column, by Mark Silk.

"Religion Gap Swings New Ways", Religion in the News, Winter 2005, by John C. Green.
The new swing voters are pretty regular attenders and mainline Protestants.

A Certain Presidency, Religion in the News, Winter 2005, by Andrew M. Manis.
 Journalists struggled to get a fix on President Bush's religion.

Kerry Eucharistes, Religion in the News, Summer 2004, by Andrew Walsh
Catholic Bishops are pressed to ban pro-choice politicians from communion.

Shocked, Shocked, Religion in the News, Summer 2004, Editor's Column by Mark Silk.
Faith-based politicking and the presidential campaign.

Black Pastors Bridle at Gay Marriage, Religion in the News, Summer 2004, by Christine McCarthy McMorris
Does the cultural conservatism of African-American Protestants matter politically?

A Thorn in the Mainline's Side, Religion in the News, Summer 2004, by Alexis Schweizer.
The Institute for Religion and Democracy's Diane Knippers makes the media big time.

Gendering the Religion Gap, Religion in the News, Spring 2004, by John Green and Mark Silk
Where the swing votes are.

Religion and the 2004 Election , A Special Supplement to Religion in the News, Fall 2003.

The Decalogue in Montgomery, Religion in the News, Spring 2003, by Michael Evans.
 A defiant judge's struggle to keep the Ten Commandments in his courthouse.

The Undetected Tide, Religion in the News, Spring 2003, by John C. Green.
High church-attending, white evangelicals were mobilized.

The New Governing Party, Religion in the News, Spring 2003
A memo on governing from the Georgia Christian Coalition.

Church Notes, Religion in the News, Spring 2003
The shunning of a Democrat.

"What Christian Right?", Religion in the News, Spring 2003, by Mark J. Rozell.
Reports of its death are greatly exaggerated.

Religion and American Politics: The 2000 Election in Context, 2000
[86-page book, Acrobat (.pdf) file], edited by Mark Silk

"Preacher Joe", Religion in the News, Fall 2000, [Joe Lieberman is first Jew to run on a major party's presidential ticket], by Mark Silk, editor

"The Mexican Election: Bringing the Church Back In", Religion in the News, Fall 2000, [The election of Vicente Fox, a devout Catholic, marks a break with Mexican anticlericalism], by Oscar Aguilar Ascensio, Centro de Estudios del Ejercito y Fuerza Aerea, Mexico City

"A Religious Right Arrives in Canada", Religion in the News, Summer 2000, [socially conservative evangelicals emerge as a force to be reckoned with in Canada's national politics], by Dennis R. Hoover, associate editor

"Go Down, Elian", Religion in the News, Summer 2000, [Elian Gonzalez as a political cause with religious significance], by Thomas Hambrick-Stowe, editorial assistant

"Jesus, Political Philosopher", Religion in the News, Spring 2000, [liberal journalists react to George W. Bush citing Jesus in debate], by Thomas Hambrick-Stowe, editorial assistant

"Charitable Choice and the New Religious Center", Religion in the News, Spring 2000, [faith-based social services and presidential politics], by Dennis R. Hoover, associate editor

"Spiritual Politicking and the IRS", Religion in the News, Summer 1999, [IRS cracks down on Christian Coalition], by G. Jeffrey MacDonald, student, Yale Divinity School

"A Different Spiritual Politics", Religion in the News, Summer 1999, [moving beyond culture wars], by Mark Silk, editor

"Montgomery Wars: Religion and Alabama Politics", Religion in the News, Spring 1999, [the religious right and Gov. Fob James], by Gerald Johnson, Auburn University

"A New Establishment?", Religion in the News, Fall 1998, [First Amendment religious issues], by Mark Silk, editor

"Where Preachers Fear to Tread", Religion in the News, Summer 1998, [media moralizing on presidential sex scandal], by Mark Silk, editor