The social network that you can wear
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- February 6, 2015
This article is part four in a four part series. Read Part 3 The previous articles in this series on religious wars examined the ferocious 13 decades from the Protestant Reformation (c. 1520) to the Peace of Westphalia (1648), in which Europe was torn asunder by wars resulting from the post-Reformation fragmenting of Christendom. However,
READ MOREAn interview with sociologist and author Andrew Whitehead. For a book written by a social scientist, Andrew Whitehead’s American Idolatry has surprisingly few statistics in the opening pages (American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and the Church [Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2023]). Instead, Whitehead, a nationally known writer and speaker on religion in
READ MORERethinking our assumptions about Constantine, Theodosius, and the origins of the Christian persecutory impulse. Religious intolerance takes many different forms, and through the centuries many faiths have persecuted. Christians first began to persecute in the late Roman Empire; however, this persecutory mentality was not something forced on the church by emperors, eager to use its
READ MOREMost of our founders said in one way or another that morality is essential to democracy, and that religion is essential to morality. America is fast becoming a test of that proposition. Just look at some of the nations around the world today that are trying to establish democracy on moral quicksand, to see how
READ MOREI once found myself seated at a table in Washington, D.C., with representatives of many political and religious groups. Representing a conservative Christian organization, I was surrounded by those whose first principles conflicted with mine on many major points. I had to ask myself, What in the world am I doing here? The answer lay
READ MOREI thank you very much, and to receive an award from you is a special pleasure. Liberty magazine is a source not only of pride to Seventh-day Adventists, but a resource that’s been invaluable to all of us who work on behalf of religious liberty. That’s very special. . . . America is an extraordinary
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