You see, the interview on Al Arabiya confirms that the politics of fear can safely endure, barely disguised as the…
Barack Obama
A reason to remain hopeful
Despite disappointment in Obama's arm's length approach during the campaign, the vast majority of Arab and Muslim American voters supported…
Obama reaches out
President Barack Obama has moved quickly to follow up on his inaugural statement: "To the Muslim world, we seek a…
Waking up to still being a faith-based nation
The Bush administration has widely been assumed to have significantly favored evangelical Christian perspectives and organizations in its policies. A…
Telling the American story
Presidential inaugurations are occasions for civil religious drama. The inauguration of Barack Obama was no exception.
The Oprahfication of Obama
First, you need a name. Not just any name. A weird name: a Biblical misspelling, maybe, or an invocation of…
This is our moment, this is our time
For a long time after November 4, I found it hard to believe that Barack Obama had actually been elected…
The justice we need
The 2008 election provides a significant occasion to rethink our assumptions about justice and politics---concepts we rarely link together, least…
Magic, comedy and civic religion
Barack Obama's victory needs to be recognized and celebrated---not simply recognized for the fact that he won, but recognized by…
A public theologian
Americans have elected the most theologically astute president since Jimmy Carter.