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  • Nothing for Us0

    Although Christian books are one of publishing's fastest-growing genres, the Cleveland Plain Dealer recently reported the frequent complaint of evangelicals that "there is nothing for us" in their public library. While some libraries are now stocking Christian fiction, many still don't because librarians fear that Christian literature on their shelves might violate the Establishment Clause.

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  • Judging the Judges0

    Jury selection in Etowah County, Alabama, begins with an invocation given by a local minister invited to the courtroom by county judge Roy S. Moore, who invites only Christian clergy (who, of course, offer only Christian prayers). Inside the courtroom the judge has hung a handcarved plaque of the Ten Commandments. Judge Moore acknowledges that

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  • Islamophobia0

    An American Muslim approached the counter at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport to purchase a one-way ticket to Dulles Airport. The airline refused to issue the ticket unless he produced a passport. "Sir," the exasperated Muslim blurted out, "I am traveling from New York to Washington, D.C. We don't need a passport to travel

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  • Iambs And Pentameters0

    In 1994, a group of religious leaders in America signed Evangelicals and Catholics Together: The Christian Mission in the Third Millennium (ECT). Though advocating "unity in Christ," the document was nothing but an attempt to get the almost five centuries of theological antipathy between these two faiths out of the way so they could pursue

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  • Four Days in Rio0

    As the plight of persecuted Christians is making world news, the fourth world congress on religious liberty, held last summer in Rio de Janeiro, couldn't have come at a better time. "Because Christians and people of all faiths are being persecuted the world over," said John Graz, secretary-general of the International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA),

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  • Extended Family Member0

    Though widely known as the nation's gay mecca, San Francisco is also heavily Catholic, with an estimated 25 percent of its 735,000 residents looking to Rome (to some degree or another) for guidance in matters of faith and morality. Thus, in a city that has never hesitated to legislate social policy, a collision of nationwide

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