Dobbs: Religion and politics a dangerous mix
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We're about 40 days away from November's critically important midterm elections, and the campaign volume is rising.
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Tired of being seen by religious voters as too secular or even hostile toward religion, the Democrat party and its presidential candidates have launched an all-out effort to win their votes.
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Christian conservatives were divided over which of the Republican presidential candidates to support.
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Christian conservatives, traditionally a reliable Republican constituency, aren't necessarily a GOP gimme this time around. There is an undercurrent of concern that some evangelicals, unhappy that the GOP-led Congress and President Bush haven't paid more attention to gay marriage and other "values" issues, may stay home on Election Day or even vote Democratic.
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There are signs that the furor over the Congressional page scandal is sapping the enthusiasm of religious conservatives.
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Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee endorses a fire-and-brimstone video site called GodTube, to counter the myth that "Christians ought to keep to themselves in the church, and never get outside." Er, what?
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Turkey's leader, a devout Muslim, talks a lot about morality these days. It's language that alarms secular Turks, who fear the government plans to make religion a part of their lives.
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For 25 years, evangelicals have voted Republican. But the Democrats are courting, and their efforts may have a prayer.
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The death of Mormon church President Gordon B. Hinckley renews attention on Mitt Romney's little-known religion Â yet rather than being reluctant to discuss it, he's making a public embrace that shows some shifting political attitudes.
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His take on Islam, however clumsy, raises tough truths about reason and religion
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Voters in last year's presidential  election showed a new polarization within some religious  faiths, a fact that may make it all the harder for Democrats to  recapture the White House, according to a report released on  Thursday.
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Â· Rees sees main faiths as help in extremism fight Â· Dawkins warns against 'buying into fiction'
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This election year has seen unprecedented outreach to churches by the Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns, and intensified political activity by the religious groups themselves. But some watchdogs for separation of church and state are concerned that congregations are violating the federal tax code, which restricts the political activities of certain nonprofits, including churches.
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Candor about faith marks this presidential election season. Critics say a line is being crossed.
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Pope Benedict XVI's reference to dark aspects in Islam's history also has opened up another type of backlash for his church: fresh examinations of its past as conqueror, inquisitor and patron of missionaries whose zeal sometimes led to conflict with other faiths.
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John Danforth, an Episcopal priest and former U.S. senator, warned Thursday that the church risked irrelevancy by focusing on divisive issues such as gay clergy and same-gender couples.
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A scientific-religious debate is shaping up over near-death experiences. A look at the dangers for both sides.