category: religion and politics

Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics

... Wallace v. Jaffree, the U.S. Supreme Court was confronted with the issue of PRAYER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS . Specifically ... or voluntary prayer.” By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court ruled that the “moment of silence” law was unconstitutional ...

First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life

... marriage rules . " I didn't want to be argumentative , but muttered ... should be made for couples in particular circumstances , but the proposal ... before that understanding took firm root , but in the last thirty years much of it has ...

Religion, Politics, and Identity in a Changing South Africa

... sorcery , and more than one " witchcraft summit " has been held . Whether or not the brute quantum of occult activity exceeds that of times past , it is clear is that their reported incidence , written about by the mainstream press in ...

First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life

... DUROVAN Government as Judgment Dante : A Party of One ROBERT HOLLANDU THE AMERICAN FROPLE W LETTER FROM PLLAND Ali Mo THE DYING OF THE ACADEMIC LIGHT THE PUBLIC SQUARE IRST INGS Future of Democracy MACE p Times Three Self - Sacrifice ...

First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life

... ROBERT W. JENSON AND SOLVEIG LUCIA GOLD Conversations with Poppi about God AN EIGHT - YEAR - OLD AND HER THEOLOGIAN GRANDFATHER TRADE QUESTIONS Robert W. Jenson and Solveig Lucia Gold 1587431866 160 pp . $ 18.99c The Freedom of a ...

Taking Religious Pluralism Seriously: Spiritual Politics on America's Sacred Ground

... system for adjudication of civil clashes, returning to less litigious procedures for ... sex Relations and the Definition of Marriage A thorny issue in the ... Dao.”32 The Dao, the way and proper pattern of human life, is fulfilled in ...

Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia: Islam, Christianity, and Politics Entwined

... Islam in Harar between 1941 and 1948 , began serving as Haile Selassie's man in charge of administering the hajj , as well as an inspector of the Quran's translation into Amharic . Indeed , the 1940s and the first half of the 1950s were ...

First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life

... Liberals hate conservatives and conservatives hate liberals , and that makes both feel good about themselves . Brooks reports that extremists at both ends of the spectrum are less com- passionate and less loving toward their families ...

First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life

... baby who cannot live can be used to rescue an- other child who must otherwise die . That , at least , is how it ... Theresa " case . In this case the parents , backed by the ACLU , requested that their anencephalic baby be declared dead ...

First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life

... Wiker & Jonathan Witt When we look at nature , whether at our living earth or into deepest space , what do we find ? In stark contrast to contemporary claims that the world is meaningless , Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt reveal a ...

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