The Devils and Religious Expression
- July/August 2007
- July 1, 2007
When our Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution, they designed a government that, at the time, was a unique government. Since that time, it has served as an example for nations across the globe. This new government set a definite boundary line of jurisdiction which the government itself was not to cross. However, over the course
READ MOREScholars have long argued the extent of Luther's influence on the outbreak of revolution among the German peasants in 1524-1525. Those who would give him significant blame for it point to his intemperate remarks against institutional authority of the day, his arguments for spiritual equality, and his elevation of the individual conscience over spiritual and
READ MOREThe theme of this book is the rise of public religiosity that has been orchestrated by a small group of "theoconservative" intellectuals. It is Mr. Linker's contention that Roman Catholicism has provided Republicans with a nondenominational language and morality with universal appeal. He foresees the end of separation of church and state and of secular
READ MOREOver the years in our struggle for liberation in South Africa we learned one very important lesson, and that is that when people of different races and cultures or ethnic backgrounds are kept apart and there is no communication or interaction among them, it results in: 1. prejudices against one another based on myths that
READ MOREReligious liberty is more than the freedom to believe. It is also the freedom to let believe. Religious liberty is more than the freedom to evangelize. Religious liberty is also the responsibility to find the common ground even as you evangelize: that religious liberty has to assert the great spirituality of all human beings while
READ MORECathy Raddi is a live-and-let-live kind of woman. Shy, she doesn't like to make waves. She's a turn-the-other-cheek Christian. After all, that's what her Lord tells her to do. So when the Village of South Orange, New Jersey, said that her Care and Share Ministry couldn't perform on public property because of the religious content
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