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The Scripturally Informed Conscience 0
- May/June 2007
- May 1, 2007
The road from the Protestant Reformation to the religious freedom of the American republic was full of unexpected turns, switchbacks, and delays. The ambiguities, tensions, and paradoxes within church/state thought are seen starkly at the second Diet of Speyer in 1529—the event which birthed the term "Protestant." The Diet, or gathering of German nobility, was
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The Roots of the Quebec Incident 0
- July/August 2017
- July 1, 2017
On January 29, 2017, a man entered a mosque in Ste-Foy, a suburb of Quebec City, and, using a CZ-858 rifle and a 9-millimeter pistol, proceeded to shoot men at prayer, killing six and wounding another five. Authorities identified and charged Alexandre Bissonnette for the horrific crime. We need to look at the circumstances that
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The River Jordan is Deep and Wide 0
- May/June 2016
- May 17, 2016
There were times when Mark Twain’s humorous attitude toward religion was equal parts impudence and intuition: “There has been only one Christian,” he wrote in his 1898 Notebook. “They caught him and crucified him—early.”3 On many other occasions he wrote with far less subtlety and more direct disdain. Though if a reader then or now
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The Rise of Dominionism and the Christian Right 0
- July/August 2006
- July 1, 2006
God's plan is for His people, ladies and gentlemen, to take dominion. . . .What is dominion? Well, dominion is Lordship. He wants His people to reign and rule with Him. . . but He's waiting for us to. . . extend His dominion. . . .And the Lord says, "I'm going to let you
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The Right to Wrong Hair 0
- March/April 2014
- March 1, 2014
As so often with these cases, it could appear like much ado about nothing, or about only a little.Arocha v. Needville Independent School District was no exception. On the surface, prima facie, it was simply a case of dress code compliance for a 5-year-old in a public school kindergarten. Hardly epochal stuff, yet the principle
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The Right to Freedom of Expression 0
- July/August 2007
- July 1, 2007
According to United States District Court Judge Norman Mordue, the Liverpool Central School District in Upstate, New York, violated fourth grader Michaela Blood Good's constitutional rights to free speech and equal protection by refusing to let her distribute "personal statement" flyers conveying a Christian message. Judge Mordue affirmed that "fear or apprehension of disturbance .
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