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Today is the National Day of Prayer. What exactly does that mean? President Truman signed a bill in 1952 creating the holiday and the president is required by law to issue a proclamation annually [...]

Last week the Dallas Morning News announced it was eliminating religion coverage from its paper. The Dallas Morning News used to have an award-winning religion section, stewarded by several [...]

According to the LA Times: Egyptians are cautiously rejoicing over the recent appointment of a veiled Egyptian American Muslim woman as an advisor to President Obama. Dalia Mogahed, senior [...]

From the Religion News Service: In years past,…a White House liaison has contacted the [National Day of Prayer Task Force headed by Shirley Dobson] at least a month in advance to ask about [...]

The race for the White House may have ended months ago, but the campaign is still reverberating. See for example this story from the Huffington Post about John McCain’s campaign manager: [...]

I was a little surprised when I read Paul Waldman’s commentary in the American Prospect magazine entitled: We’ve Already Won the Battle Over Gay Marriage Did I miss that particular [...]

The following is cross-posted from the Washington Post/Newsweek On Faith forum: I am delighted to hear President Obama speaking to the Muslim world in a part of the Muslim world and not just [...]

After getting up very early yesterday for Easter services, I was a little groggy on my Metro ride into work today. As I flipped through my Washington Post, I found this headline in the Metro [...]

This week, the White House announced the final names of members of the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, which oversees the faith-based initiative begun [...]

Have you ever wondered where the term Easter comes from? I’m a Christian, and I honestly did not know. It comes from a Anglo-Saxon goddess called Eostra with roots going all the way back [...]