Nathan Field, in World Politics Review, writes about the failings of American counterterrorism, and how this is tied into a failure to understand groups like al-Qaida in a religious, cultural, and historical sense.

Bernard-Henri Lévy discusses the "darknesses" facing the world's democracies with Guernica.

The Washington Post reports on the political fight of student activists at the evangelical Liberty University.

Newsweek's Lisa Miller notes the lack of an abortion debate in the 2008 presidential campaign.

Get Religion's Terry Mattingly revisits the "Pew Gap" and looks at three Politico religion stories.

At the politics blog of Christianity Today, Ted Olsen has created an interactive map of the evangelical vote in this presidential election.

Patton Dodd offers some Christian responses to Obama's win through a selection of his Facebook status updates, a popular gauge of  political sentiment.

As we reflect on the events of our election day, Bradley Burston brings us his voting experience, sending an absentee ballot from Jerusalem, and tells us how voting is essentially a religious act.

Dan Gilgoff at God-o-Meter responds to Faith in Public Life's claim that Obama's success among religious voters stems from "Democrats' faith outreach, the rise of the Religious Left, and shifting terrain on hot button issues among evangelicals and the broader electorate."