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Much-Married Newt Gingrich Converts to Catholicism

Bill Berkowitz.

Newt Gingrich may be a Catholic now, but he's still going for the jugular.

Play to Extinction: Religious Groups Unite Against Predatory Gambling

Frederick Clarkson.

What could James Dobson’s Focus on the Family and the League of Women Voters possibly have in common? They’re both members of a coalition to raise awareness of the devastating effects of, and to block, state-sponsored casino gambling in Massachusetts.

Biblical Battered Wife Syndrome: Christian Women and Domestic Violence

Kathryn Joyce.

Although Rick Warren’s Saddleback church teaches women that physical abuse is not grounds for divorce, there is a growing literature for evangelical women—by their peers—that shows women how to get out of an abusive marriage, while remaining in the church.

Attacking Obama’s Beliefs

Peter Montgomery.

Religious Right leaders insist it’s not only legitimate, but necessary, to question the legitimacy of Sen. Barack Obama’s Christian beliefs.

The Omission of the “New” Evangelicals

Tom Davis.

While the political focus of evangelicals shifts, mum is still the word on abortion.