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Mark Tooley

Mark Tooley is president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy in Washington, D.C. and author of Methodism and Politics in the Twentieth CenturyYou can follow him on Twitter @markdtooley.
by | Jan 3, 2014

A liberal United Methodist congregation in Claremont, California provocatively altered its Nativity scene this year to replace Baby Jesus with…

by | Jan 22, 2013

American civil religion is always exemplified in presidential inaugurals. Typically the selection of clergy for inaugural prayers has not been…

by | Jan 17, 2013

In a testimony to America’s ongoing religiosity, virtually every public debate has religious voices arrayed on both sides. But typically…

by | Jan 11, 2013

Recently a blog for liberal Episcopalians commemorated the 150th anniversary of the 38 Dakota Indians hanged on December 26, 1862,…

by | Jan 7, 2013

America remains overwhelmingly religious in a world that is largely growing more religious, with fast growing Christianity increasingly competing for…

by | Dec 24, 2012

Complaints about Christmas commercialization get tiresome. Barrett Duke of the Southern Baptist D.C. office responds in a recent column with…

by | Dec 21, 2012

Bill Murray would seem an unlikely Franklin Roosevelt. But the promos for Hyde Park on Hudson show him surprisingly persuasive,…

by | Dec 17, 2012

Sadly, Dean Faulkner Wells died last year shortly after publishing her delightful memoir about her uncle, famed Southern novelist William…

by | Dec 7, 2012

On December 15 the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) will have its annual convention at All Saints Episcopal Church in…

by | Nov 30, 2012

Argo, the movie, features Ben Affleck as the CIA “exfiltrator” who sneaks U.S. embassy personnel out of the Ayatollah Khomeini’s…

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