The Christian Persecutory Impulse
- January/February 2011
- January 1, 2011
As of this writing anyway—though the so-called &”Ground Zero&” mosque controversy is still unresolved—at least the Gainesville, Florida, pastor who threatened to burn the Koran as a public protest against the mosque has backed off. No Koran burnings by Christian clergy, at least for now. However much as many Americans could understand his frustration,
READ MOREThere are many different forms of relgious intolernace, and, over the centuries, many faiths have persecuted. In the Western context, however, it is the persecution of Christians, by Christians, especially in the two centuries after the Reformation, that is most important, because it still shapes relationships between peoples of different faiths and confessions today. Yet
READ MOREErwin Chemerinsky (J.D. Harvard Law School, '78) is Founding Dean of the U.C. Irvine School of Law, an author of numerous legal treatises and more than 100 law review articles, a renowned constitution scholar, and a veteran U.S. court of appeals and U.S. Supreme Court litigator. Dean Chemerinsky, thank you for graciously agreeing to be
READ MOREGlenn Beck made quite an impact with his Washington rally this year. It led many to comment that he seemed to be positioning himself as a leader of the conservative Christian political spectrum. It has been noted that Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, and David Barton all champion the "Black-Robed Regiment." David Barton, of
READ MOREOn May 31, 1998, Pope John Paul II issued the apostolic letter Dies Domini (on keeping the Lord's Day holy), in which he attempted to provide a biblical argument for Sunday worship. While both the argumentation used and the appeal to Scripture are questionable, the practical application of the letter is not. In article 67,
READ MOREIs it not strange that the descendents of those Pilgrim Fathers who crossed the Atlantic to preserve their own freedom of opinion have always proved themselves intolerant of the spiritual liberty of others? General Robert E. Lee in a letter to his wife, December 1856.
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