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  • The Reshaping of America…Theocratic Dreams0

    Illustrations by Sara Tyson Last July at a gathering organized by the Center for Christian Statesmanship, House majority whip Tom DeLay (now House majority leader) declared, "I know there are some people that are worried about the faith-based initiative that the president supports. And most of the distress is . . . that 'we don't

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  • The Repeal of the Religion Clauses0

    As argued above, the religion clauses amounted to a decision by the national government not to address substantive questions concerning the proper relationship between religion and government. There would be no national law, theory, or principle-and, consequently, no constitutional law, theory, or principle-prescribing the proper relationship between religion and government. The decision to "incorporate" the

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  • The Religious Century0

    The twenty-first century will be more religious than the twentieth for several reasons. First is that, in many ways, religion is better adapted to a world of global instantaneous communication than are nation states and existing political institutions. Second is the failure of Western societies after World War II to address the most fundamental of

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  • The Reformation: An Apocalyptic Perspective0

    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), the self-described antichrist and disciple of the Greek god Dionysus, is undeniably one of Christianity’s bitterest philosophical enemies. Yet ironically, in numbers 60 and 61 of The Antichrist (1888), he eulogized the Renaissance Papacy and bitterly condemned Martin Luther’s break with Rome.1 Inadvertently, however, the eulogy reveals the pagan essence of medieval

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  • The Reformation and Wars of Religion0

    This article is part two in a four part series. Read Part 1 Read Part 3 Starting in the 1520s international relations between the rising European states were dominated by conflicts that were primarily or significantly religious in character: wars in central and southern Europe, between Christians and Muslims; and, in central and northwestern Europe,

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  • The Real Problem With ”Project 2025”0

    The 2025 Presidential Transition Project has caused quite a stir since it was made public last April. This 887-page document stands apart from other position papers routinely churned out by Washington think tanks and advocacy groups. For a start, there’s the sheer size of the coalition that stands behind it: more than 80 conservative organizations,

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