By David Gushee I began this election year with The Future of Faith in American Politics, a book arguing that there is an emerging political center in the white evangelical community. This center breaks with the evangelical right in that…

By David Gushee It’s all over but the shouting. Millions have already voted, and the retrospectives on the 2008 presidential election are already beginning. Some of these will involve reflection on the way that faith played out in this election…

By David Gushee The last two weeks of a presidential-election campaign are not likely to mark a high point in rationality and love. But still, one cannot help but be deeply disturbed by the dark divisions that descend on this…

By David Gushee This morning I was reading in 1 Peter 2, “Rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk.” Think of every political ad you…

By David Gushee The United States is in trouble. Even our presidential candidates, trained to project confidence and strength, now admit that we face profound challenges. Everyone agrees that we are in the worst financial crisis since the Depression. Our…

By David Gushee Every so often, conservative evangelical politicians, military officials, or ministers are quoted describing the outcome of an election, the actions of the United States, or the deeds of its president or its troops  as if they are…

By David Gushee Last Monday (Sept. 15), I published an article in USA Today that has bounced around the blogosphere evoking intense reaction ever since.  The argument of the article was that Sarah Palin’s nomination for vice president, and the…

By David Gushee The week of Sept. 11, 2008, I had the privilege of hosting a national summit on torture at Mercer University in Atlanta. (To learn more about the program called “Religious Faith, Torture, and Our National Soul,” and…