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Like I Was Jesus: How to Bring a Nine-Year-Old to Christ - Aviv, Rachel - Harper's Magazine, August 2009, v319, #1911, pp42-51

Shifting Boundaries: The Establishment Clause and Government Funding of Religious Schools and Other Faith-Based Organizations

Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, May 2009, 18p

Religion and Democracy - Elshtain, Jean Bethke - Journal of Democracy, April 2009, v20, #2, pp5-11

Evangelicals in the Public Square -Raschke, Carl - Society, March 2009, v46, #2, pp147-154

A Religious Portrait of African-Americans
- Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, January 30, 2009 (0verview)

Religious Liberty in America: An Idea Worth Sharing Through Public Diplomacy - Marshall, Jennifer A. - Heritage Foundation, Backgrounder #2230, January 15, 2009

Islamic Peace Making since 9/11 - Smock, David; Huda, Qamar-ul
U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), Religion and Peacemaking Program, Special Report, January 2009, 12p

Report on International Religious Freedom 2008 - U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Web posted on September 23, 2008

More Americans Question Religion’s Role in Politics: Some Social Conservative Disillusionment - The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, August 22, 2008

Exploring Concepts of Liberty in Islam - Holmes, Kim R. - Heritage Foundation, Heritage Lecture #1097, August 22, 2008, 5p

U.S. Religious Landscape Survey 2008 - Religious Beliefs and Practices: Diverse and Politically Relevant - Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, June 2008, 276p

Private Faith, Big Government: Understanding the Impact of Marginalizing Religion - Messmore, Ryan - The Heritage Foundation, Heritage Backgrounder #2123, April 15, 2008

Religion and Social Order - Etzioni, Amitai - Policy Review, April/May 2008, #148, pp59-67

Religion and Economic Development - McCleary, Rachel C.
Policy Review, April/May 2008, #148, pp45-57

And the Winner Is... - Wolfe, Alan - Atlantic Monthly, March 2008, online edition

Born Again: American Evangelical Future - Mead, Walter Russell
Atlantic Monthly, March 2008, v301, #2, pp21-24

Religion in World Affairs: It's Role in Conflict and Peace - Smock, David - U.S. Institute of Peace, Special Report 201, Web posted February 11, 2008, 8p

A World Without ISLAM - Fuller, Graham E - Foreign Policy, January/February 2008, #164, pp46-54

Protestants Today: Can U.S. Protestants Survive Today's Challenges?
Clemmitt, Marcia - CQ Researcher, December 7, 2007, v17, #43, pp1109-1032

The Law of Church and State: U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Since 2002 - Brougher, Cynthia M. - Congressional Research Service (CRS), October 30, 2007, online edition, 17p

Searching for God in the Brain - Biello, David - Scientific American, October 3, 2007, online edition

Public Expresses Mixed Views of Islam, Mormonism; Benedict XVI Viewed Favorably But Faulted on Religious Outreach - Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, Pew Research Center, September 25, 2007, online edition, 31p

Mega-Churches: Are They Straying Too Far From Their Religious Mission? - Greenblatt, Alan - CQ Researcher, September 21, 2007, v17, #33, pp769-792  

Public Expresses Mixed Views of Islam, Mormonism - Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, Pew Research Center, September 25, 2007, online edition, 31p

2007 Report on International Religious Freedom - U.S. State Department, Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, September 14, 2007, online edition

The Politics of God - Lilla, Mark - New York Times Magazines, August 19, 2007, v156, #54041, pp28-55

Should Science Speak to Faith? - Krauss, Lawrence M.; Dawkins, Richard
Scientific American, July-August 2007, v297, #1, pp88-91

How Muslims Compare With Other Religious Americans - Ruby, Robert; Smith, Greg - Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, July 6, 2007, online edition

The Challenge of Positive Freedom - Fukuyama, Francis - New Perspectives Quarterly, Spring 2007, v24, #2, pp53-58

Popular Conceptions of the Meaning of Democracy: Democratic Understanding in Unlikely Places - Center for the Study of Democracy, May 18, 2007, Online edition, 22 p

Changing Faiths: Latinos and the Transformation of American Religion
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, the Pew Hispanic Center, May 2007, Online edition, 87p

The National Cultural Value Survey - Fitzpatrick, Brian - Media Research Center Special Report, Released March 7, 2007, online edition, 32p

Friends or Foes? The Islamic East, and the West - Walker, Christopher J. - History Today, March 2007, v57, #3, pp50-58

Is America a Christian Nation? - Heclo, Hugh - Political Science Quarterly, Spring 2007, v122 # 1, pp59-87

Presidential Faith and Foreign Policy: Are Times Changing? - Spalding, Elizabeth - Heritage Foundation, Heritage Lecture #985, Janaury 19, 2007, Online edition

America's Design for Tolerance - Clausen, Christopher - Wilson Quarterly, Winter 2007, v7, #1,pp26-32

Through a Glass, Darkly - Sharlet, Jeff - Harper's Magazine, December 2006, v313, #1879, pp33-44

The Veil Controversy - Guitta, Olivier - Weekly Standard, December 4, 2006, v12, #12, pp16-18

Understanding Islam: Is Islam Compatible with Western Values? - Jost, Kenneth - CQ Researcher, November 3, 2006, v16, #39, pp913-936

Deep and Wide - The Real American Evangelicals - Ammerman, Nancy T. - American Interest, September-October 2006, vII, #1, pp25-34

A Conversation with Senator John Danforth - American Interest, September-October 2006, vII, #1,pp18-24

Deep and Wide: The Real American Evangelicals - Ammerman, Nancy - The American Interest, September/October 2006, v2, #1, pp25

God’s Casino - Pask, Kevin - Dissent , Summer 2006, v53, #3; pp 37-45

Culture and Religion in Global Affairs - Albright, Madeleine - New Perspectives Quarterly, Summer 2006, v23,#3, pp.27-31

What Would the Founders Do Today? - Brookhiser, Richard - American Heritage, Jul2006, v57 #3, pp31-38

The American Way of Empire - Thomas Bender - World Policy Journal, Spring 2006, v23, #, pp45-60

Christianity, the Brand - Strawberry, Saroyan - New York Times Magazine, Apr 16, 2006, pp46-52

True Believers - Spalding, Elizabeth Edwards. - Wilson Quarterly, Spring 2006, v30, #2, pp40-48

How Do I Love Thee? - Gottlieb, Lori - Atlantic Monthly, March 2006, v297, #2, pp58-68

The Preacher - Pappu, Sridhar - The Atlantic Monthly, March 2006, v297, #2, pp92-102

Tribal Relations: How Americans Really Sort Out On Cultural and Religious Issues -- and What It Means For Our Politics - Waldman, Steven ; Green, John C. - Atlantic Monthly, January/February 2006, v 297, #1, pp136-14

Debating Design: Evolution on Trial - Munro, Neil - National Journal, January 7, 2006, v38, #1, pp36-43

A Difficult Marriage: American Protestants and American Politics
Kazin, Michael - Dissent, Winter 2006, v53,#1, pp. 47-54

American Muslims and the Rediscovery of America's Sacred Ground - Khan, Muqtedar - Brooking Institution, December 22, 2005, online edition, 20p.

Important Trends on Religion - AEI Studies in Public Opinion, December 16, 2005, 9p

Darwin In The Dock - Talbot, Margaret - New Yorker, December 5, 2005, v 81, #39, p66-77

Science Wars - Should Schools Teach Intelligent Design? American Enterprise Institute, Conference Proceedings, October 21, 2005. Online, various pagings

Evolution & Intelligent Design: Understanding Public Opinion. Nisbet, Matthew C.; Nisbet, Erik C.; Hansen, Kathryn. Geotimes, v50, #9, September 2005, online edition

Exploring Religious Conflict. Treverton, Gregory F.; Gregg, Heather S.; Gibran, Daniel; Yost, Charles. Rand Corporation, Autumn2005, 84p

Spirit Wars - Schmidt, Leigh E - The Wilson Quarterly, Autumn 2005, v29, #4, pp42-49

Divided, We Stand. Tolson, Jay. U.S. News & World Report, August 8, 2005,v139, #5, pp42-48

How to Think About the Crusades. Johnson, Daniel. Commentary, Jul/Aug 2005.Vol.120, # 1; pp. 46-52

Religion and the West. Berger, Peter L. The National Interest, Summer 2005, #80, pp112-120

 






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