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  • Triumph Over Bigotry and Persecution0

    We have abundant reasons to rejoice that in this land the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition, and that every person may here worship God according to the dictates of his own heart. In this enlightened Age and in this Land of equal liberty it is our

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  • Tribes, Trolls, and the Power of Technology0

    How the digital world is remaking our political order. Illustration by Mary Haasdyk Vooys For more than a decade I have worked at the intersection of the two things we are told not to bring up at holiday gatherings: religion and politics. These topics often elicit visceral reactions—especially conversations about politics, which at times take

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  • Trial By Silence0

    A heretic is usually known for his opposition to a confession of faith. Only rarely does a man find himself suspected of heresy when his public witness is orthodox. Such a man was the Dutch theologian James Arminius—suspected of heresy because of his demand for personal religious freedom. This man, reputed to have been the

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  • Transcending the Blame Game0

    Perspective Fact-blindness, unreasoning partisanship, and a fast-growing deficit of compassion. Can people of faith help forge a path through our current political morass? Illustration by Jon Krause More than 100,000 Americans have died of drug overdoses in a 12-month period,1 overall life expectancy is falling,2 and our immigration system is, by all accounts, a catastrophe.

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  • Trading Freedom for Fear0

    Dressed in an all-white suit with a white tie, attorney Joe Brandon, Jr., paced back and forth in the county courthouse in Rutherford County, Tennessee, peppering witnesses with incendiary questions. On some of the six days of the proceedings, Brandon wore brightly colored ties with checkered shirts and checkered suits. In all of his looks,

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  • Toward a Paradigm of Religious Faith in Society0

    For the past few years I have been writing a book entitled The Divided States of America? What Liberals AND Conservatives Are Missing in the God-and-Country Shouting Match! The book, published this past April, is the product of almost a half century of reflection and study about an issue that matters deeply to me as

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