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As contradictory as the gospel truths of California's digerati are the dogmas of West Coast evangelicalism, a melding of Jefferson and Jesus.

The high lonesome sound that touched so many, so deeply, could only have been born of both strife and fight-back in equal proportions.

Declaring a global “orphan crisis,” US evangelicals ride to the rescue—with unintended results.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Westboro Baptist Church can't be punished for picketing at funerals. Is this really a win for free speech?

"Real America" is nothing more than a state of mind.

Since California's Prop 8, gay activists of a new generation have jumped into the fray.

Can the NAACP's new president reform the 100-year-old civil rights organization? Does he want to?

Is there more to racism in America than intolerance and immorality? Four books shed light.

Meet the new face of economic politics in post-NAFTA North Carolina.

Jerry Falwell is best known for crusading against abortion and homosexuality. But early on, he skillfully used race to galvanize the Christian right.