Religion Dispatches
…history and presenting an inaccurate view of America—including the notion that this nation was based on Christian principles and that the founding fathers didn’t intend for there to be separation of church and state. The new standards serve as publishing guidelines for writers of textbooks, and Texas is the second largest bulk purchaser of textbooks in the country. But how far publishers will go to sell books in such a lucrative market is a matter…
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…m–which animates discussions about Nike at Georgetown and Villanova given that both are Catholic universities–has long held that equality must include the protection of workers’ rights. The Catholic social tradition’s commitment to workers’ rights inspired Cezar Chavez, Dorothy Day, The Solidarność movement in Poland and countless others to struggle for “bread and freedom.” Building on Pope Leo’s defense of workers in the late nineteenth century,…
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…Belfast Telegraph reports on a retired lawyer’s efforts to create a group that would promote inclusion of LGBT people in the Presbyterian Church, an effort “to emulate the success of existing grups such as Changing Ireland and Accepting Sexuality, which have been operating within the Church of Ireland and the Irish Methodist Church respectively.” “Of all the Churches, the Presbyterian Church in Ireland has failed to support its LGBT members by obs…
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