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Relief groups push water projects: Clean water is not an inexhaustible resource

E-mails to families form shrines to fallen U.S. soldiers: Military families cope with loss

Obama has edge over Clinton with mainline Protestant Democrats: Catholics prefer Clinton

Gay man in UMC case welcomed as member this time: Conflicts in membership criteria

Religion news vies for space as newspapers downsize: Economic concerns

Vatican and Israel at an impasse over property rights: Tax exemptions at stake

Pope: 'Nothing positive' happening in Iraq: A global survey of disasters

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Party politics and piety: Stuart Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Political Report is skeptical that Democrats can win over evangelical voters by using the right language. The Democrats had minimal impact on white evangelical voters in 2006, Rothenberg says. White evangelicals are more likely to change the Republican Party than to change parties (Roll Call, March 22).

Methodist merger not in view: Smaller denominations won't be "swallowed up"

Episcopal bishops nix foreign oversight: A declaration of independence

Disagreement on same-sex relations riles Lutheran body: Heated debate in Lutheran World Federation

U.S. bishops condemn Maguire's stance on abortion, gay marriage: Theologian claims Catholics can dissent

Jewish seminary opens door to gay students: "In keeping with Jewish tradition of pluralism"

Book culls from decade of spiritual thinking on PBS program: The Life of Meaning

Proctor & Gamble wins 'Satan' suit: Judgment against Amway distributors

Protestant groups ask African Union to step into Zimbabwe crisis: Ever-worsening government suppression

Income gap in Russia endangers stability, church forum says: Poverty in a resource-rich country

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