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First Place		Daniel Burke, Religion News Service
		From the Depths
Second Place		Todd Jones, Columbus Dispatch
		Answering the Call: Day One
Third Place		Michael Paulson, Boston Globe
		Faith and Good Works

First Place		Brett Buckner, Anniston (Ala.) Star
		Origin of Debate
Second Place		John Dart, Christian Century
		Study Process Aided ELCA Gay Breakthrough
Third Place		Adam Parker, Post and Courier (Charleston, S.C.)
		Stem Cell Future

First Place		David Gibson, PoliticsDaily.com
		Queen Esther's Legacy
Second Place		Tracey O'Shaughnessy, Republican-American (Waterbury, Conn.)
		Faith finds some but loses others
Third Place		Joel Engardio, WashingtonPost.com and USA Today
		Our Gay Christian Neighbors

First Place		Laurie Goodstein, New York Times
		Divine Recruits
Second Place		Barbara Bradley Hagerty, National Public Radio
		Obama's Religious Rhetoric Puts Faith in the Spotlight
Third Place		Michael Paulson, Boston Globe
		Here's the church, but where are the people?

First Place		Tracy Simmons, Republican-American (Waterbury, Conn.)
		Connecticut Nun and Ethicist Addresses Sexual Taboos
Second Place		Brad A. Greenberg, Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
		L.A.'s Defenders of Israel
Third Place		Brett Buckner, Anniston (Ala.) Star
		Called into the presence of God

First Place		David Gibson, Star-Ledger of New Jersey and Wall Street Journal
		Vestments are more than just clothes for the pope
Second Place		Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun
		Academic philosophers need to speak again of God
Third Place		Tom Krattenmaker, USA Today
		The evangelicals you don't know

First Place		Manya Brachear, Chicago Tribune
		Race is Sensitive Subtext in Campaign
Second Place		Yaroslav Trofimov, Wall Street Journal
		Borrowed Ideas
Third Place		Adam Parker, Post and Courier (Charleston, S.C.)
		A House Divided

First Place		Lee Lawrence, Christian Science Monitor
		Military Chaplains: A Presbyterian Pastor Patrols With His Flock of Soldiers in Iraq
Second Place		G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Christian Science Monitor
		Social Conservatives Rally an Investor Army
Third Place		Brad A. Greenberg, Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
		Does Hollywood Give Jewish?

First Place		Mohamad Bazzi, The Nation and Newsday
		Muqtada al-Sadr’s Power Grab
Second Place		William McKenzie, Dallas Morning News
		In the Age of the Public Intellectual, Theologians Have a Role to Play
Third Place		Robert Sibley, Ottawa Citizen
		Why the Force is Still With Us

First Place		Jennifer Green, Ottawa Citizen
		The Education of David Jeffrey
Second Place		Jennifer Garza, Sacramento Bee
		Bridging the Divide
Third Place		Omar Sacirbey, Freelancer, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
		The Clash

First Place		Jason Byassee, Christian Century
		I was in Prison
Second Place		G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Christian Science Monitor
		A Gospel's Rocky Path
Third Place		Adam Parker, Post and Courier (Charleston, South Carolina, USA)
		March Is Act of Remembrance

First Place		Robert Sibley, Ottawa Citizen
		Age of Terror, Age of Illusions
Second Place		Asra Q. Nomani, Freelancer, Morgantown, West Virgina, USA
		Clothes Aren't the Issue
Third Place		Kevin Eigelbach, Cincinnati Post
		Kinsey Blamed for Ills of Society

First Place		Charles A. Radin, Boston Globe
		Two Visions of Faith Collide
Second Place		Robert Sibley, Ottawa Citizen
		The Way of Shikoku: A Pilgrim's Lot
Third Place		John Blake, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
		Back from the Abyss

First Place		Jean Gordon, Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
		It Will Just Make Me More Spiritual
Second Place		Brett Buckner, Anniston (Ala.) Star
		Staring into the Void: God and the Holocaust
Third Place		Terri Jo Ryan, Waco Tribune-Herald
		Family Tree Tied to Forgotten Genocide

First Place		Naomi Schaefer Riley, Wall Street Journal
		The Hard Sell
Second Place		Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Republican-American (Waterbury, Conn.)
		Evolution Debate has Regressed
Third Place		Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun
		Iraqi Conflict a Sectarian Civil War

First Place		Kimberly Winston, freelance, Pinole, Calif.
		Did “The Passion” Fulfill its Promise?
Second Place		Bill Tammeus, Kansas City Star
		Ritual Provides a Place to Contain Pain
Third Place		David Van Biema, Time
		Found in Translation

First Place		Linda Leicht, News-Leader, Springfield, Mo.
		Debating Life’s Origins: Teachers Struggle to Learn and Present Evolution and Creationism
Second Place		Burton Bollag, Chronicle of Higher Education
		Can God See the Future?
Third Place		John Dart, Christian Century
		Attenders, Not Members: Join the church? Well…

First Place		Steven Waldman, Beliefnet
		The Real Reasons Evangelicals Love Bush
Second Place		Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Sunday Republican (Waterbury, Conn.)
		Singling Out Kerry Does the Church Harm
Third Place		Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun
		Having More, Enjoying it Less

First Place		Laurie Goodstein, New York Times
		Seeing Islam as ‘Evil Faith’: Evangelicals Seek Converts
Second Place		G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Religion News Service
		Behind America’s rush to memorialize death
Third Place		Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune
		Hard-hit town enlists clergy’s aid

First Place		John Dart, Christian Century
		Can Hollywood teach and inspire? Reel Faith
Second Place		Julie Marshall, Daily Camera (Boulder, CO)
		A Matter of Duty: Anti-war beliefs could not be ignored, say conscientious objectors
Third Place		Jane Lampman, Christian Science Monitor
		Shaping the Future of Marriage

First Place		Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun
		The Dutch way of doing things
Second Place		Steven Waldman, Beliefnet
		Don’t Pray American
Third Place		Bill Tammeus, Kansas City Star
		‘Crucible for Islam’

First Place		Susan Hogan/Albach, Dallas Morning News
		The Gay Divide
Second Place (tie)		Sharon Boase, Hamilton Spectator (Canada)
		Retiring McMaster Theologian's Theory of God's Love Ruffles Evangelical Feathers
		G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Religion News Service
		Rethinking Religious Tolerance

First Place		Deb Richardson-Moore, Greenville (SC) News
		Local Kurds United against Saddam: Simpsonville Offers Young Families a Future on a Street 'that God Built'
Second Place		Maya Kremen, Herald News (West Patterson, NJ)
		Spirits of the dead: Palo Mayombe, a mixture of African and Catholic beliefs, stirs controversy
Third Place		Julie Marshall, Daily Camera (Boulder, CO)
		Death and healing: First ‘patients’ teach students about medicine, compassion in cadaver lab

First Place		Deborah Caldwell, Beliefnet
		How Islam Bashing Got Cool: President Bush no Longer Seems Able to Restrain Anti-Islamic Rhetoric
Second Place		Kenneth Woodward, Newsweek
		In the Beginning, There Were the Holy Books
Third Place		Bill Tammeus, Kansas City Star
		Where Church and State Are One: How long can Saudi Arabia’s puritanical version of Islam survive?

First Place		Peter Smith, Louisville Courier-Journal
		Cane Ridge Meeting House: 1801 Revival Reverberates today
Second Place		Michael Paulson, Boston Globe
		On Ash Wednesday, A Wider Observance
Third Place		Dave Gibson, (Newark) Star-Ledger
		Losing the Holy War; No Hope in Faith-based Programs

First Place		Beth McMurtrie, Chronicle of Higher Education
		3 Theologians Face a Dilemma for Themselves, Their Colleges, and the Church
Second Place		John Dart, Christian Century
		Simpsons Have Soul
Third Place		Jane Lampman, Christian Science Monitor
		Morality and War

Winner		Deborah Caldwell, Beliefnet
		The Rumor: A Surprising Number of Muslims Are Asking Whether Israel Was behind the Attacks

Over 100,000 circulation		Richard N. Ostling, Associated Press
Under 100,000 circulation		Rhonda Parks Manville, Santa Barbara News-Press
Opinion Writing		Bill Tammeus, Kansas City Star

First Place		Carol McGraw, Orange County Register
Second Place		Bill Broadway, Washington Post
Third Place		Bruce Bryant-Friedland, Florida Times-Union