9. He rewrote Darwin and told us "hell's best secret," too!
Dec 14, 2009
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The sitcom star and super-Christian is giving away a new version of "On the Origin of Species," and it's got Nazis
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
September 24, 2009
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The chairman of the National Day of Prayer task force and wife of the evangelical leader asks you to join her on this special day.
May 7, 2009
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An HBO documentary about the former pastor underscores the horrors of the evangelical Christian closet, just as new allegations
about him emerge.
By Heather Havrilesky
January 29, 2009
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Barack Obama knows liberals are upset he picked the conservative evangelical preacher to pray at the inauguration. And he doesn't care.
By Mike Madden
December 19, 2008
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Richard Cizik stepped down from the National Association of Evangelicals after moderate remarks on the issue caused the group's leadership to lose "confidence" in him.
By Alex Koppelman
December 12, 2008
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Kathleen Parker -- who took heat for daring to criticize Sarah Palin -- is now deriding evangelicals and their hold on the Republican Party.
By Vincent Rossmeier
November 19, 2008
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Imagine a land where presidents don't sprinkle holy water on wars, citizens have good healthcare and governments care about the environment.
By Louis Bayard
October 22, 2008
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Posing as a "liberal Democrat" in the L.A. Times, David Blankenhorn endorsed a California initiative to ban gay marriage. His right-wing funders must be pleased.
By Jon B. Eisenberg
October 2, 2008
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Sarah Palin has a way of using "old boys" -- then dumping them when they become inconvenient.
By David Talbot
September 23, 2008
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The religious right is celebrating sex to stroke its conservative message. Liberals better rise to a secular defense soon.
By Louis Bayard
July 8, 2008
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The presumptive Republican nominee continues to reach out to Christian conservatives, but so far, they're not enthused.
By Justin Jouvenal
June 26, 2008
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Welcome to the Christian sex advice movement, where brave souls tackle the stereotype that evangelicals are prudes (masturbation is still iffy).
By Daniel Radosh
April 9, 2008
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U.S. and Israeli hard-liners -- some with close ties to John McCain -- are once again hyping the Iranian nuclear threat.
By Gregory Levey
March 7, 2008
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According to author Amy Sullivan, liberals don't have to sell their souls to convert Christian Republicans.
By Vincent Rossmeier
February 26, 2008
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Former born-again Christian John Marks journeyed back into the evangelical America he'd left behind and discovered the promise -- and limitations -- of faith.
By Louis Bayard
February 25, 2008
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A list of religious extremists linked to the GOP candidate.
By Alex Koppelman and Vincent Rossmeier
January 18, 2008
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On foreign policy, he is talking up his visits to the Holy Land. But it may really be about courting believers in Armageddon.
By Mike Madden
January 18, 2008
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Mike Huckabee's affinity for religious extremism is no secret. But is biblical law at the heart of his presidential vision?
By Joe Conason
January 18, 2008
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The former governor's feckless, faith-based clemency policies in Arkansas continued for years after the convicted rapist was released.
By Joe Conason
December 14, 2007
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In a Salon interview, the long-shot GOP candidate reveals his convictions about gay marriage, wonders about Mitt Romney's faith, and fires back at Fred Thompson.
By Michael Scherer
November 9, 2007
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Salon crunches the numbers -- what happens to the 2008 electoral map if a third-party social conservative enters the race, as threatened, against Giuliani and Clinton?
By Alex Koppelman
October 19, 2007
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Endorsing GOP front-runner Giuliani would be anathema to Dobson's evangelical base, but his "third-party" alternative could be a boon for Democrats.
By Joe Conason
October 5, 2007
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I don't believe in God but I want to allay her fears.
By Cary Tennis
October 4, 2007
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Patrick Henry College grooms fundamentalist kids to be America's future leaders. A new book looks at how these elite students cope with the pressure to bridge secular and religious worlds.
By Elizabeth Svoboda
September 6, 2007