March/April 2009

The Bridge to Tomorrow 0
- March/April 2009
- March 1, 2009
&”Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.&” —Edwin Hubbell Chapin On Monday, March 29, 1948, the city of Jerusalem had on hand only a five-day supply of margarine, four days of macaroni, and ten days of dried meat. There was no
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Censorship and Religious McCarthyism 0
- March/April 2009
- March 1, 2009
On April 9, 2008, the administration of the U.S. Air Force Academy planned to present a seminar titled &”U.S.A.’s War on Terror: Not a Battle Between Christianity and Islam.&” It would feature Michael (Mikey) Weinstein, alumnus of the academy and director of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation; Muslim scholar Reza Aslan; and former U.S. ambassador
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Islam: Religion of Peace?0
- March/April 2009
- March 1, 2009
To the majority of Muslims, Islam is a religion of peace. They are law-abiding citizens who mind their own business, respect others’ religious beliefs, and lead a low-key life. Their interfaith activities are guided by verses such as the following in the Qur’an, their holy book: Invite (all) to the Way of your Lord with
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In November the Supreme Court of the United States heard a case that presents an interesting twist on the persistent constitutional problem of religious displays on government property. Typically, the question is whether a particular display, such as a depiction of the Ten Commandments or a Nativity scene, violates the establishment clause of the First

When Religion Becomes Evil 0

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. After all, it has been more than 400 years since Rene Descartes locked himself in a room and, with his famous mantra &”Cogito ergo sum,&” laid the foundation for modern rationalism. It has been 300 years since the Enlightenment, which offered hope that, through reason, rationality, and natural

Very Public Prayers 0

Well before the actual inauguration of President Barak Obama there was a chorus of complaints about his choice of Rick Warren to give the inauguration prayer. What might just as easily have been interpreted as an attempt to link up with a populist expression of mainstream religious values was interpreted as a tilt toward the

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