Tag: religion
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Democrats, Liberals, and Religion
From Washington Monthly: Democrats, Liberals, and Religion So let's get real: It's true that Democratic politicians are uniformly respectful toward religion, but it's equally true that the Democratic Party responds to liberal concerns, and that means it's more sympathetic than the Republican Party is to a whole raft of positions that even some moderate believers…
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‘Watershed’ as China’s rulers embrace religion: Anglican leader
From Yahoo News: 'Watershed' as China's rulers embrace religion: Anglican leader (HT: Presbyweb) BEIJING (AFP) – China's rulers are now beginning to embrace religion in efforts to build a fairer society but the persecution of religious groups remains a worry, the head of the world's Anglican Church said Monday. Wrapping up a rare two-week visit,…
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Left, right and religion: A double standard
From USA Today: Left, right and religion: A double standard (HT Presbyweb) In our political tradition, most evangelicals and other conservative Christians today are really moderates. They want a government that is non-sectarian without being hostile to organized religion and people of faith. That's a whole lot closer to what the Founders had in mind…
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Faculty are Finding Faith
The Harvard Crimson: Faculty are Finding Faith (HT: titusonenine) God may have a place at Harvard after all. On the heels of the General Education report that added a religion requirement to the Core, a national study released last week revealed that the majority of college educators believe in some form of God. Assistant Professor…
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Democrats seen as failing in outreach
From Christian Century: Democrats seen as failing in outreach After varied efforts by Democratic leaders to convince mainstream churchgoers that they share common moral values, a Baptist ethicist has suggested that the Democrats focus instead on core biblical issues of compassion and begin long-term contacts with centrist clergy at local levels. "The Democratic Party simply…
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The Pen, the Sword and the Pontiff
From TCS Daily: The Pen, the Sword and the Pontiff by Lee Harris. Great article. [Harris quoting Madeleine Bunting] "An elderly Catholic nun has already been killed in Somalia, perhaps in retaliation for the pope's remarks; churches have been attacked in the West Bank. How is this papal stupidity going to play out in countries…
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Head-in-the-Sand Liberals
From the LA Times: Head-in-the-Sand Liberals by Sam Harris. This an exceptional article. Here are a few excerpts: TWO YEARS AGO I published a book highly critical of religion, "The End of Faith." In it, I argued that the world's major religions are genuinely incompatible, inevitably cause conflict and now prevent the emergence of a…
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Germans Reconsider Religion
From the Christian Science Monitor: Germans Reconsider Religion BERLIN – This is the continent where some leading thinkers are talking about a "post-Christian Europe." And this is the country of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, who infamously quipped, "God is dead." So some may be surprised at the receptivity in Germany this week to visiting Pope Benedict…
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In Africa, Islam and Christianity are growing – and blending
In Africa, Islam and Christianity are growing – and blending is a Christian Science Monitor Article about religious developments in Africa. Fascinating stuff. I would be curious to know more of the specifics about how people blend the two faiths.
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Find a Place for Intelligent Design in Public Schools
Find a Place for Intelligent Design in Public Schools is an opinion piece at Real Clear Politics by Mark Davis. I like what he has to say. This is driving the rest of us nuts. There are millions of Americans of faith who are willing to have evolution taught as what it is – a…