A former Lutheran pastor, Martin Marty rose to become one of the country’s preeminent historians and interpreters of religion ...

the political influence of evangelicals or the fiery rhetoric of Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama’s former pastor in Chicago. His influence was so great that when the Christian Century, a leading ...

Martin Marty, one of the foremost interpreters of religion in American public life, died on Tuesday. He was 97 years old.

More recently, Marty helped listeners understand the fiery tone of Barack Obama's pastor during the 2008 presidential campaign. "A lot of Jeremiah Wright's rhetoric matches that of Martin Luther ...

Hillary Clinton of echoing the "bluster" of President Bush when she said the U.S. would be able to "obliterate" Iran if it used nuclear weapons against Israel. "It's not the language we need right now ...

Secretary Chris Wright, U.S. Department of Energy, has been confirmed as a speaker and guest of honour at the 10th Powerin ...

Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for "crude and hurtful" remarks he made about Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama after an interview with a Fox News correspondent. The remarks came ...

Portions of a sermon preached by then pastor, Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright criticizing the government about it’s handling of September 11th made headlines, forcing a public distance between the ...

The deck seemed stacked against us. We had gathered in a conference center ballroom to hear a message from Jeremiah Wright, one of three founders of the Proctor Conference and the pastor emeritus of ...