Nation Topics - James Dobson | The Nation

The candidate’s most useful supporters have been evangelicals who believe that government should be rooted in biblical law.

For the Christian right, to reject a bigoted preacher is to deny "the right to pray."

The trouble with protesting the Tim Tebow ad: all most people see is pro-choicers trying to shut up a brave mother and her son.

Matthew Murray, a disturbed young gunman behind the the shootings in Colorado Springs, chose to end his nightmare and rebel against Christian-right self-help gurus and cult-like doctrines.

Ten tough questions for Sarah Palin. Really tough.

OK, God, we know James Dobson asked his followers to pray for rain on Obama in Denver last week. But this storm in New Orleans isn't what anybody had in mind.

With little to lose and everything to gain, Obama has lifted high the cross. But are there invisible strings attached?

In the past two years, the GOP's dream of a permanent majority has become a nightmare.

The new evangelicals are rejecting the religious right and embracing a broader social gospel.

Christian-right activists look at falling birthrates among whites and rising Muslim immigration in Europe and warn of a looming "demographic winter."