Why is it apparently so difficult to get a reasonable, thoughtful, non-extremist religious voice on cable news shows? After watching yet another program about religion in politics pitting an atheist against a fundamentalist, beliefnet's Diana Butler Bass wants to...
President Obama's highly publicized Faith Advisory Council had its first meetings Monday and Tuesday, to discuss ways religious organizations can partner with government. While President Bush's Office of Faith-Based Initiatives was focused on government...
The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the City of Philadelphia in prohibiting police officers from wearing religious head coverings like Muslim scarfs. Officer Kimberlie Webb argued the policy amounts to religious discrimination. While the court...
Maj. Gen. Douglas Carver is a Southern Baptist and the Chief of Chaplains for the U.S. Army. In issuing a proclamation to entire Chaplaincy, calling for a "day of prayer and fasting, he could hardly have picked a less troubling date: April 8, which this year...
In a speech given to the Turkish parliament near the end of his first European tour, President Obama used the occasion to praise that country's advances in religious liberty, while encouraging further steps, and to reassure that U.S. foreign policy is not based on...
Dan Gilgoff reports that the White House's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships – part of the revamped approach to the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives – is set for its first meetings today and tomorrow. The President may also...
