Obama

Interview
“Speaking Truth to Power in Love”: An Interview with Jonathan Walton
When he was named the Pusey Minister of Harvard University’s Memorial Church, Jonathan Walton became the latest in a line of prominent African-American ministers to …
By Max Perry Mueller
Report
When Was the Last Time a Rabbi Prayed at a Presidential Inauguration?
Last week, President Obama’s inaugural committee caused quite a stir after it announced who would be praying during the president’s second inauguration. Myrlie Evers-Williams, …
By Rachel Gordan
Essay
A Moral Guide to Obama’s Foreign Policy
Three years ago today, President Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize. The awkward contexts of 2009 that accompanied, if not overshadowed, the award and his …
By John D. Carlson
The Table
The Cracks Beneath Obama’s Winning Coalition
Despite a flagging economy and energized opposition, President Obama assembled a winning coalition that delivered him a second term in the White House. Yet even …
By Matthew Schmitz
Editor’s Note
What Can Jeremiah Wright and Joseph Smith Teach Us about the American Presidency?
Last Tuesday, Andrew Sullivan’s post at The Daily Beast highlighted what he believes to be the double standard the American media has applied to the racially charged …
By Max Perry Mueller
Interview
Training the Next Generation of Interfaith Leaders: An Interview with Eboo Patel
Even over the phone, Eboo Patel projects a youthful energy. This may come from his many hours spent talking to college students at universities around …
By Kip Richardson
Report
Can Obama Win the Latino Protestant Vote?
After John Kerry’s loss to George W. Bush in 2004, I attended at a day-long seminar at the home of Arianna Huffington called “Rebranding the …
By Gastón Espinosa
Report
Pastor on Pulpit Freedom Sunday: “Why I Cannot Support Barack Obama for President”
It was raining, and chilly, when Hope Christian Church celebrated Pulpit Freedom Sunday this past weekend. Some 150 congregants gathered for the special 8 a.m. …
By Tiffany Stanley
The States Project
Colorado: A Scholar Drives Through a Swing State
A Scholar Drives Through a Swing State.
By Paul Harvey
Excerpt
My Journey Toward the “New Evangelicalism”
If you’ve never changed your mind about something, you may be dead. Spiritually, intellectually, and even politically, if new facts and realities don’t ever prompt …
By Richard Cizik