Matter of Law0

• January/February 2004
• January 1, 2004

When Roy Moore ran for chief justice of Alabama, he promised voters that if he was elected he would display the Ten Commandments as his pledge to restore the moral foundation of the law. And so he did. Without letting any of his other eight justices know, Moore hired a company to sneak a 5,280-pound

Written In The Heart0

• January/February 2004
• January 1, 2004

Those who study human behavior as a science often comment on the destructive power of guilt. Unresolved guilt can destroy self-respect and create dangerous pathologies. A group of moral vigilantes interrupted Jesus as He was teaching in the Temple. They threw their prey in front of Him and gathered around with clamors for action. "This

James Madison0

• January/February 2004
• January 1, 2004

Religion In The Calm Eye0

• January/February 2004
• January 1, 2004

In the Middle East the freedom to practice various faiths is something rare; usually subject to the whims of rulers and clerics. But we are in an era of change. The government of Dubai has encouraged local Christian churches to grow, the Saudi government has dismissed anti-western Muslim clergy, and Iraqi Christians sense hope even

All About Character0

• January/February 2004
• January 1, 2004

In 1960 playwrights Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee immortalized the Scopes "monkey trial" in their classic drama Inherit the Wind. The play told of the legal battle that took place in Dayton, Tennessee, over the teaching of evolution in public schools. Nearly 80 years after Clarence Darrow put fundamentalist religion on the witness stand

Civil Religion And America's Inclusive Faith0

• January/February 2004
• January 1, 2004

Most presidents in American history have integrated religion into their political speeches in what scholars have dubbed civil religion. This has especially been the case in wartime, as war seems to inspire in people a need to know that God is with us. One of the president's roles is to assure the American people that