Frank Schaeffer

son of evangelical Francis Schaeffer

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Novelist and author of several non-fiction books about what the war means for military families, including Baby Jack, a novel about a marine killed in Iraq, and co-author of AWOL: The Unexcused Absence of America's Upper Classes from Military Service -- and How It Hurts Our Country; author of Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back; son of evangelical Francis Schaeffer

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Yesterday in Philadelphia, Barack Obama addressed the potent issues of race, religion and politics in a speech designed to allow his campaign get past the controversy created by some…

The African American Church: Intersection of Race, Religion, Politics

Yesterday in Philadelphia, Barack Obama addressed the potent issues of race, religion and politics in a speech designed to allow his campaign get past the controversy created by some…

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