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This Is Not Your Father’s Bible Belt. Can Dems Make It Theirs?

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OPINION — There’s a series of striking images in a televised ad for Dan McCready, who is seeking to represent North Carolina’s reliably conservative 9th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. It puts the candidate’s military record and faith front and center — not entirely surprising for someone vying for voters in a swath of the state that includes […]

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Opinion: Will Tax Bill Open Church Doors Wider Still for Politics?

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A place of worship has never been completely clear of politics in America. But that physical and spiritual space for contemplation and reflection may grow smaller still, and moments without intrusion from the bitterness and division in the world could grow shorter. Tucked into the House version of the tax plan that Republicans dearly crave as “a win” is a provision that would

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Opinion: For Whom and What Do Faith Leaders Pray?

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Were their prayers answered? White — most of them, anyway — evangelicals, recently photographed laying hands on President Donald Trump perhaps were praying that the proposed Senate health care bill, the one estimates predicted would result in millions losing care or Medicaid coverage, would fail. And it did. Or maybe not. Who knows what a person prays for in

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Christ Is Risen, But Campaign Discourse About Faith Has Fallen

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Fewer Americans are flocking to religion, but you wouldn’t know that from the current presidential election cycle. The politics of Washington are on pause for Easter break, but the campaign trail does not relent. And despite our separation of church and state, religion has been front-and-center this election season, often in ways that emphasize division rather than reconciliation.  

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In North Carolina, same-sex marriage goes to church

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CHARLOTTE — Standing ovations, applause, the sounds of tambourines — and rainbow colors everywhere, on banners and flags and adorning the stoles around the shoulders of clergy celebrating the fact that same-sex marriage is now legal in North Carolina. In a city known for its churches, Holy Trinity Lutheran hosted an interfaith service that resembled

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