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  • The Nexus of Human Rights0

    The twentieth century has traveled under many names: such as the American century, the space age, the century of democracy, of ecumenism, of the United Nations, of human rights. However, as we pass the millennial divide, most of these designations imply largely unfinished agendas. Yes, there have been significant advances, but there were also terrible

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  • The Next Wave0

    The wave first appeared as a dark shadow on the horizon that separates open sky from the deep. As it came closer some noticed that water levels on the beach had dropped precipitously. A few headed for the hills and safety. Some actually went out on the reefs to catch the stranded fish flapping on

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  • The Next Target?0

    Opinion: A Christian minister worries out loud. We live in dangerous times. It is especially dangerous if you happen to be a statue. That is because statues all over America are being torn down. In early 2020 the city of Columbus, Ohio, removed a statue of Christopher Columbus that was located in front of City

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  • The New Catholic Radicals0

    Integralism’s challenge to religious freedomIllustration by Robert Hunt The twentieth century saw an explosion of secular political movements and secularization, suppressing and marginal­izing religion in many parts of the world. In milder cases these secularizing movements only suppressed the political expression of faith, such as in Turkey and India; in the USSR and Mao’s China,

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  • The New Bible Wars0

    Over the past year, new fights have broken out in states across the nation about Bible courses in public schools. Competing "Bible bills" have popped up in various state legislatures, with Republicans and Democrats vying to see who can thump the Bible the loudest. First prize goes to Georgia Republicans. In March 2006 the Georgia

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  • The Neglected Tale of America’s First Religious Freedom Law0

    Tracing the origins and legacy of the Maryland Act of Toleration of 1649 (This painting by Emmanuel Leutze entitled “The Founding of Maryland” (1634) depicts the Piscatawy Indians meeting with the colonists in St. Mary’s City. The figure on the left is believed to be Jesuit missionary Andrew White. In front of him, the chief

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