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(RNS) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush may be seeing the bold exclamation point wilt in his Jeb! posters. Like his Republican brethren, Catholic convert Jeb Bush, who turns 63 on Feb. 11, 2016, is chasing the conservative Christian vote in the primaries. But unlike evangelical Sen. senator Ted Cruz, fellow
Faith
Wheaton College professor Larycia Hawkins, who faced termination from her tenured post at the evangelical school for publicly saying Christians and Muslims worship the "same God," has announced in a joint statement with the college that she will leave. The statement on Wheaton's website referred to
Faith
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who ties every move he makes, every breath he takes, to God, began his Iowa caucus victory speech Monday (Feb.1), "To God be the glory." He's been that way all his 45 years — from his childhood in evangelical private schools, up
Donald Trump
Donald Trump, the New York real estate billionaire and reality television star fabled for bluster (and bad hair), has ruled the polls leading into primary season. And he's done it with minimal — and late — attention to the GOP's most loyal base of conservative evangelicals. Making up
Democratic primary
(RNS) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders — a political independent, a socialist and possibly the most liberal member of Congress — may be a cultural Jew, but he's campaigned on the idea that people of faith and those with strong moral values can stand together. He even took his pitch — that
Democratic primary
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Throughout her 2016 presidential campaign, one facet of Hillary Clinton, 68, has been unchanging. She was, is and likely always will be a social-justice-focused Methodist. This has been evident across her decades as a lawyer, first lady, senator and secretary of state right up to her passionate response
GOP
(RNS) — When The New York Times endorsed Ohio Gov. John Kasich on the eve of the Iowa caucus, their praise focused on his pragmatic, calm voice for "government's duty to protect the poor, the mentally ill and others 'in the shadows.'" He told conservative
Catholic
(RNS) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has tried three religions for the right spiritual fit. But now, as he now pushes to prove he's the right electoral fit for the GOP presidential nomination, he's assuring Christians, "There's only one savior and it's