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		<title>Christian Advocacy for Human Rights &amp; Poverty Alleviation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 19:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a report I wrote on how Christian NGOs are trying to defend human rights and alleviate poverty.  It provides a brief overview of the key issues, organizations and methods and concludes with a list of best practices.  It it written as a guide for organizations concerned with social justice issues. The second document, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=redstatebluestate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2407028&amp;post=100&amp;subd=redstatebluestate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book: Freeing God&#8217;s Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently finished reading Freeing God&#8217;s Children by Dr. Allen Hertzke who teaches at the University of Oklahoma.  His book details and explains the role faith-based organizations played in passing the International Religious Freedom Act, the Sudan Peace Act, and the Trafficking Victims Protection Act—three notable pieces of human rights legislation. As the accounts make [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=redstatebluestate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2407028&amp;post=89&amp;subd=redstatebluestate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Article: Tony Blair&#8217;s Leap of Faith</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to thank my mother for finding this one and bringing it to my attention. It is a very interesting article from Time Magazine on how Tony Blair&#8217;s faith has impacted his life. It is salted with numerous tid-bits of information I had never heard before along with some colorful quotes from, believe it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=redstatebluestate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2407028&amp;post=86&amp;subd=redstatebluestate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Article: African American Churches and U.S. Policy in Sudan</title>
		<link>http://redstatebluestate.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/article-african-american-churches-and-us-policy-in-sudan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 00:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a very good article on the influence churches have had on U.S. policy towards Sudan. It was recently published in the Council on Faith and International Relations and written by Allen Hertzke, a political science professor at the University of Oklahoma. It chronicles how a broad spectrum of churches jointly lobbied the U.S. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=redstatebluestate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2407028&amp;post=84&amp;subd=redstatebluestate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Article: Diplomacy in the Age of Faith</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 00:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a recent Foreign Affairs article by Thomas Farr, the former Director of the State Department&#8217;s Office of International Religious Freedom. In it, he argues that freedom of religion should be a core value promoted by the United States. It is an interesting read on how freedom of religion is currently viewed within the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=redstatebluestate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2407028&amp;post=82&amp;subd=redstatebluestate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Judging Hearts and Picking Candidates</title>
		<link>http://redstatebluestate.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/judging-hearts-and-picking-candidates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the course of the Presidential campaign, there has been notable coverage of the candidate&#8217;s religious beliefs and how those beliefs might influence evangelical Christians participating in the Republican primary. Would evangelicals support a Mormon candidate? How much political capital was there in being a former Baptist preacher? What impact would evangelicals have in key [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=redstatebluestate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2407028&amp;post=75&amp;subd=redstatebluestate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: The (2nd) Choice for Evangelicals?</title>
		<link>http://redstatebluestate.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/obama-the-2nd-choice-for-evangelicals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent survey conducted by Christianity Today, a self-professed &#8220;Magazine of Evangelical Conviction&#8221;, found surprisingly strong support among its online reader base for Barrack Obama. Twenty-four percent of respondents said they were supporting Obama for President placing him second to only Mike Huckabee at 31%. The finding may highlight one of the more significant yet [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=redstatebluestate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2407028&amp;post=68&amp;subd=redstatebluestate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Rick Warren on the Church and Politics</title>
		<link>http://redstatebluestate.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/video-rick-warren-on-the-church-and-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this interview, Rick Warren speaks about the role of evangelicals in politics and the differences between the Church as a spiritual vs. political force. The end appears to be cut off and the sound is unfortunately mis-matched with the video but his comments are interesting, nonetheless.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=redstatebluestate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2407028&amp;post=64&amp;subd=redstatebluestate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Article: Faith of the Presidential Candidates</title>
		<link>http://redstatebluestate.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/faith-of-the-presidential-candidates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an interesting article published in the Christian Science Monitor regarding the religious beliefs of the Presidential candidates. It can be read here.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=redstatebluestate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2407028&amp;post=46&amp;subd=redstatebluestate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Video: The Mighty &amp; The Almighty</title>
		<link>http://redstatebluestate.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/video-the-mighty-the-almighty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a very interesting video of Madeleine Albright discussing her views on faith &#38; international relations. It was recorded at the Council on Foreign Relations and can be viewed here.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=redstatebluestate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2407028&amp;post=43&amp;subd=redstatebluestate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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