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  • 16 Nov 2012
    New US survey confirms end of 'white Christian' political hegemony

    A new US survey confirms that winning an overwhelming majority of 'white Christian' voters is no longer sufficient to secure the presidency.

  • 15 Nov 2012
    The US religious right is losing its grip on the term 'evangelical'

    The US Presidential election was a disaster for the religious right, which had again tied its faith to the partisan political agenda of the Republican Party, says Jim Wallis, CEO of the progressive evangelical Sojourners magazine and movement. Research into shifting populations and voting patterns shows why the religious right’s leaders will no longer be able to control or easily co-opt the meaning of the term “evangelical,” he argues. There is a new, diverse coalition for a new America emerging, and a changing evangelical demographic is a central part of that.

  • 7 Nov 2012
    Barack Obama wins re-election in US presidential election

    All the major media outlets have now called the United States presidential election for Barack Obama, who has been re-elected for a second term.

  • 7 Nov 2012
    The subversive potential of Election Day Communion

    I'm somewhat taken with the idea of Election Day Communion, being practiced by a diverse range of church groups and Christians across the United States on election day, Tuesday 6 November 2012.

  • 6 Nov 2012
    IRS asked to investigate US Catholic bishops' anti-Obama bias

    A watchdog group has asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to investigate the US Conference of Catholic Bishops for political violations.

  • 6 Nov 2012
    GOP accused of using religion as last ditch anti-Obama scare tactic

    As polls indicate that the tight US presidential race is heading Barack Obama's way, the Republican Party is being accused of using religious scare tactics.

  • 5 Nov 2012
    US election 2012: principle, compromise, rebellion and Jill Stein

    “To go into the voting booth and vote for either Wall-Street-backed candidate, that is the definition of throwing away your vote.” So claims Jill Stein, the US Green Party’s candidate for the presidential election on 6 November 2012.

  • 4 Nov 2012
    The US presidential race and the condition of integrity

    During our Quaker Meeting for Worship this morning, a Friend asked that we hold in the Light the people of the United States as they choose their next president.

  • 2 Nov 2012
    Consistency, hypocrisy and the US presidential election

    Most people in America, whether they are religious or not, prefer consistency in the faith community to hypocrisy, says Jim Wallis. One of the reasons the fastest growing demographic in religious affiliation surveys is now “none of the above” is that too many people see more religious hypocrisy than consistency. In this reflection, the CEO of of Sojourners in the USA argues that evangelicals, in particular, are apt to get their values in a muddle in the political arena, not least by ignoring or sidelining the huge biblical emphasis on concern for the poor and vulnerable as a criterion for looking at the impact of human endeavour.

  • 19 Oct 2012
    Missing issues from the US presidential debate

    US presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney tackled some important issues - including jobs, immigration, energy, and pay equity for women - in their recent TV debate. But they missed a whole lot more, says the progressive evangelical 'Sojourners' magazine and movement.