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In the wake of yesterday’s election, conservative Andrew Sullivan reprints a letter from a far-right conservative reader whose views have evolved [link]. Here’s the last paragraph: I believe in smaller government. I believe in efficient government. I believe in honest government. I believe in reason informed by faith. I believe in politics, informed by faith, … Return to Enlightenment Ideals?

Atheists top book charts by deconstructing God The Church of the Non-Believers

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‘Dr. Dino’ guilty on all counts: Couple could get more than 200 years Hard to believe a man with a Ph.D didn’t know of a basic tax law (Hat tip to Doug Krueger.)

First TBN President Paul Crouch and now New Life Church’s Ted Haggard? What is it with evangelical pastors both being gay and denouncing gays and lesbians? Was Sigmund Freud right after all? Update: Haggard steps down.

I stumbled on the web site for a project engaged in studying Spirituality in Higher Education, based at UCLA. It gives an interesting look at the state of religion on US college campuses, both with regard to students and faculty. Now, I don’t know how much to trust their findings. Many of the publications and … Spirituality in Higher Education

Take a look at Polly Toynbee’s column in The Guardian (major British newpaper) last week. She has many interesting things to say about the official religiosity emanating from Britain lately. It also gets me thinking about how irreversible European secularization really is. I’ve generally been impressed with the work of sociologists such as Steve Bruce, … How Europe could get religion again