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Religion is not proving to be a clear-cut factor in the 2008 U.S. White House race, taking a back seat to the Iraq war and domestic issues, but most Americans still feel faith is an important attribute in their president, according to a survey released on Thursday.The Pew Forum survey also found that U.S. presidential candidates need not be seen as very religious to gain wide voter acceptance, noting that the Democratic and Republican front-runners — Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani — are viewed as the least religious among the top contenders.

The Café hasn’t kept up with all of the conversations engendered by the arrest of Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho), but Unitarian minister the Rev. Deborah

For Labor Day weekend, a meditation on the spiritual importance of living wage legislation from Archdeacon Michael S. Kendall of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. And a brochure from the Episcopal Network for Economic Justice.

Bishop Gene Robinson has publicly endorsed Barack Obama, according to published accounts of a telephone press conference today. On the one hand, Robinson is in the spotlight as a “civil rights leader,” but two cautions spring to mind, both issued by the Interfaith Alliance soon after the report of Robinson’s endorsement emerged.

Despite the advocacy of an unprecedented alliance of faith groups and antipoverty advocates around the country, all signs indicate that calls for farm-bill reform have fallen on deaf ears in the House Agriculture Committee. The cause of reform is now in the hands of the full House, and it will be critical for every member of the House to hear from constituents that the status quo is not good enough.

Senator David Vitter’s (R-LA) association with the woman known as the D. C. Madam has touched off another round of journalistic rumination about whether private

At a multi-denominational press conference on Capitol Hill on July 17, Bishop John Bryson Chane of the Diocese of Washington and five other faith leaders called upon the leadership of the United States Congress to stand for a farm bill consistent with “our nation’s fundamental values of fairness and opportunity for all people.”

From TIME Magazine: The Democrats are so fired up, you could call them the new Moral Majority. This time the emphasis is as much on the majority as on the morality as they try to frame a message in terms of shared values. It’s an article of faith among party leaders that it was strategic stupidity to cede the values debate to Republicans.

John Buchanan, editor and publisher of the Christian Century, has written an interesting essay reminding us of wisdom of Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address. In particular, it is a useful antidote to a religious tribalism that is beginning to infect political life.