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A new American holy war

From Newsweek, a cover story on a new American holy war. From Britannica, Robert McHenry on religion and the "culture war", so called. David Brooks on faith vs. the faithless. Are Christian conservatives "Christian" or "conservative"? A review of Head and Heart: American Christianities by Garry Wills. A review of After the Baby Boomers: How Twenty- and Thirty-Somethings Are Shaping the Future of American Religion by Robert Wuthnow. Making Mormon history: An influential religion struggles with how to tell the story of its past. Where politics and Buddhism intersect: An interview with Ethan Nichtern, author of the new Buddhist political treatise One City, about faith, youth, 9-11, consumption, and powerlessness. A review of Lew Daly's God and the Welfare State. From The Washington Post Magazine, a cover story on the trials and tribulations of Hashmel Turner: An unassuming small-town preacher and his unconventional Christian lawyer are trying to win the right to pray to Jesus at city council meetings.