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How Mormons and Evangelicals Became Republicans
by Mark Silk
The restorationism of the Second Great Awakening was reactivated in the Reagan Revolution.

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Democrats Find Their Inner None by Mark Silk

Rowan Williams Lays Down His Burden by Frank Kirkpatrick
The Archbishop of Canterbury retires as the global Anglican Communion fades away.

Honey, I’m Shrinking the Church by Andrew Walsh
Was the Catholic bishops’ religious freedom campaign an anti-Obama crusade or an internal crackdown?

The Struggle to Keep Hospitals Catholic by Andrew Walsh
The case of Connecticut.

“Religious liberty” in Court by Marc D. Stern
Can free exercise claims liberate Catholic “public ministries” from the Obamacare contraception mandate?

The Democrats Dump God by Samuel Dunbar Livingston
The deity drops out of the Democratic platform.

Ayn No Way: Paul Ryan’s Problem by Daniel W. Morgan
The GOP vice-presidential candidate hides behind Thomas Aquinas.

Netanyahu’s Anti-Obama Campaign by Ron Kiener
Israel’s prime minister changes the subject from Palestine to Iran.

Varieties of Dylan’s Religious Experience by Christine McCarthy McMorris
50-plus years of Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.

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