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Faith in the 2012 ElectionReligion emerged as an important issue in the 2012 presidential campaign. The personal religious identity of President Barack Obama and the Republican candidate, Governor...
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Commentary on the Election
This collection gathers together key statements from politicians, campaign officials, journalists, and others as they analyze and react to the role of religion in the 2012...
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Political Demography: How Population Changes are Reshaping International Security and National Politics
May 31, 2012
May 31, 2012
INTERVIEWS (63)
A Discussion with Bishop Singulane on the Role of CCM in the Ending of the Mozambican Civil War
May 26, 2009
May 26, 2009
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RELATED RESOURCES: RELIGION AND PEACE
Miles S. Mullin II, Scholar at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary J. Dalton Havard School for Theological Studies, on the Quintessentially American Religious Backgrounds of Both Presidential Candidates
November 1, 2012
For Mitt Romney, the nurturing communitarian environment of a familial faith tradition that flourished in a hostile environment passed on a heritage of resilience and accomplishment. For Barack Obama, an eclectic but earnest Protestantism grounded his own individual eclecticism so that he overcame personal adversity to succeed in a hostile environment.