The other day I listened spellbound to an interview with Alvin Toeffler, author of the seminal book "Future Shock." It does seem that we are living through many of his prognostications. The societal shifts and dislocations of the modern age explain in large measure the current religious agitation—whether it is Islamic radicalism in the Middle
READ MORERome has long cultivated an image as a gathering point for religious power. And of course that power at times has been biased toward a single viewpoint. Not so the "Fourth Interparliamentary Conference on Human Rights and Religious Freedom," organized by the Washington, D.C. based Institute on Religion and Public Policy and its president Joseph
READ MOREThe United States of America was founded upon a singularly bold premise: Those who founded our nation declared that we are endowed by our Creator with rights and that God stands with those who seek to maintain this grant of liberty for future generations. Yet today, as Americans struggle over the text of the Pledge
READ MOREFor months he kept Osama bin Laden company on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list. Then, on the quiet evening of August 28, 2006, Nevada State Trooper Eddie Dutchover pulled over a 2007 Cadillac Escalade on Interstate 15 north of Las Vegas during a routine traffic stop. In the back seat, his carotid artery pumping
READ MOREOn September 12, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI provided what could easily be described as the most important speech of the twenty-first century. To an audience gathered at Regensburg University in Germany, Benedict with startling precision stated not only that "violence is incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul," but also
READ MOREIt has taken centuries for a true recognition of the fact that religious freedom is a fundamental freedom and a basic human right. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was written and adopted by acclamation by the United Nations in 1948, after the tragedy of World War II. Article 18 gives one of the best
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