For me, and maybe for many religious kids of the '60s, the church lost relevance the more it became a surrogate in the movement for social and political change.

When I worked at the White House in the mid-1990s, I would not have dreamed of sharing my beliefs on faith with my colleagues.

There are so many similarities between a startup venture and a political campaign - the rhythm, the tempo, the hours, the intensity.

For the progressive left, social activism grounded in faith and theology crested in the 1960s.

The White House is a huge organization, first and foremost.

I'm not going to parse the statement. You've got the statement I made earlier and the statement speaks for itself.

In Barack Obama, Democrats have put forth a man of strong religious faith who is comfortable connecting his spiritual life to his public role as a policymaker.