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Perverse Optimism 0
- July/August 2022
- July 1, 2022
At a Capitol Hill meeting some years ago I heard a report that sounded utterly far-fetched. It was during a regular weekly gathering of human rights and religious freedom advocates, each representing a different government agency, nongovernmental organization, or faith group. Toward the end of that day’s agenda someone rose to speak. His concern? Organ
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Why Our Story Matters: Interview with Philip Gorski 0
- July/August 2022
- July 1, 2022
What is the story of our nation? How did it begin, and what is its destiny? What values define what it means to be American? And does it matter how we answer those questions? In their recently released book, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy (Oxford University
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A Duty to Kill?0
- July/August 2022
- July 1, 2022
Illustration by Michael Glenwood A California law gives a new spin to the Hippocratic Oath to “do no harm.” The test results come back, and they’re not good. Your doctor explains that the cancer has advanced and that the chemo and radiation can do nothing, at this point, to help you. You probably have less
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Patriotism Health Check 0
- July/August 2022
- July 1, 2022
Illustration by Robert Hunt Love of country or harmful nationalism? National pride or idolatry? Amid all the political acrimony of recent years, no concept has been the target of more debate and fury than “Christian nationalism.” A steady stream of books and articles have blamed Christian nationalists for all manner of ills in America, ills
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