“Is Dobson’s Political Clout Fading?”
Read a Jan. 24, 2008, Time magazine story, “Is Dobson’s Political Clout Fading?,” about Focus on the Family leader James Dobson.
Category: Church & state
“Latinos courted as wild card among shifting evangelical voters”
Read a Jan. 29, 2008, Chicago Tribune story about Latino Protestants and their political influences over the ages.
“Q&A: Barack Obama”
Read a January 2008 interview that Barack Obama gave to Christianity Today, the flagship evangelical magazine, about his faith and his approach to evangelicals as a Democrat.
“Evangelicals and the midterm election”
Read a Nov. 8, 2010 Washington Post article about the studies of Evangelical influence throughout history on the political battle field.
“Evangelical Christianity and conservative politics don’t have to go together”
Read an April 1, 2013 article about the close, but not fused, relationship of Evangelical Christians with conservative politics.
“For Evangelicals in Politics: Is the Bible a Good Enough Argument?”
Read a Feb. 21, 2013 article about the debate over whether or not the Bible is sufficient enough for evangelicals when addressing public policy issues.
“Evangelicals and Politics”
Read a 2012 Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals article about the politically active evangelical community, their influence in the polls and the transformation of their political ideologies throughout history.
Hugh B. Urban
Hugh B. Urban is a professor of comparative studies at Ohio State University in Columbus. He contributed a chapter about Osho to Gurus in America.
Khyati Y. Joshi
Khyati Joshi is an associate professor of education at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, N.J., and a scholar on cultural and religious pluralism in the United States. Her books include New Roots in America’s Sacred Ground: Religion, Race and Ethnicity in Indian America. She is also co-founder of the Institute for Teaching Diversity and Social Justice (IDSJ), […]