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  • Faith As Politics0

    At first glance, the faith forum held at the United Nations in the waning days of 2008 would seem a miracle: the kind of event that everyone who was anyone would want to participate in, to have their pictures taken with the dignitaries, to have their name and their organization represented. After all, look what

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  • Faith And Social Justice0

    Separation of church and state means a lot of things. But it does not mean that the faithful have no voice in the public square. It certainly does not relieve believers from urging government to act with wisdom, justice, and righteousness. And it clearly should not bar personal involvement in matters of law and public

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  • Faith and Security: The Role of Religion in a Police State0

    Based on what I know of our present circumstances, coupled with what I have studied about past regimes, the outlook does not look good. Already Christians and other religious individuals are finding themselves jailed and fined for holding Bible studies and church meetings in their homes and backyards. Others are being prosecuted for daring to

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  • Faith and Home0

    Among the most inestimable of our blessings is that . . . of liberty to worship our Creator in the way we think most agreeable to His will; a liberty deemed in other countries incompatible with good government and yet proved by our experience to be its best support&” (Thomas Jefferson, 1807). All across the

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  • Fair Game0

    By Allen M. Jackson Woven into the warp and woof of American culture—a good swath of it, anyway—is the notion of athletics and fair play. For decades school sports have helped lift young people from obscurity into the limelight (Ronald Reagan, Brandi Chastain). And in some parts of the country—most notably Texas—football games all but

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  • Facing Up to the Burqa0

    There is a new law in France forbidding women wearing full-face veils in public. The media has largely focused on the voices of protest from religious leaders and human rights advocates. Yet it's important to realize that this law enjoys widespread popular support—not just in France, but across Europe. Polls show that in many European

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