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Václav Havel: Democracy as Spiritual Discipline

By Peter Montgomery

…l undermine another’s work only because they belong to different political parties. Partisan considerations still visibly take precedence over pragmatic attempts to arrive at reasonable and useful solutions to problems. Analysis is pushed out of the press by scandalmongering. Supporting the government in a good cause is practically shameful; kicking it in the shins, on the other hand, is praiseworthy. Sniping at politicians who declare their suppo…

Newt Gingrich’s Hero, a Religion-Crushing Dictator

By Haroon Moghul

…s much more than he intends to. He’s not a traditional conservative. He, like his hero, is the radical, claiming legitimacy in a murky past. For as much as the Republican party likes to claim continuity with the distant past, it doth protest too much. …

What if Israel Were in Germany? An Alternate History

By Haroon Moghul

…der if this alliance had any deeper meaning for you, or if this was simply part another part of turning the world upside down. Well, initially this was just one of those world-building questions that comes up in a story like this: If the state of Israel still exists, but Palestine is taken, where would Israel go? The idea of giving them part of Germany as reparations for the Holocaust struck me as a plausible enough choice that also allowed for so…

The Heresy of Compromise

By Peter Manseau

…erty was not a rallying cry for the bishops—it was a problem. In a pair of papal encyclicals written at the end of the nineteenth century, Pope Leo XIII expressed ambivalence about the Catholic Church in the United States. Much of what the man sometimes called “the first modern pope” had to say amounted to nodding approval (“That your Republic is progressing and developing by giant strides is patent to all…”), which at times seemed to take credit…

Kirk Cameron’s Monumental Reveals Subtle Influence of Christian Reconstructionism

By Julie Ingersoll

…theological framework—and he’s doing it in a way that isn’t necessarily apparent to mainstream evangelicals and tea partiers. Moreover he’s doing so without rejecting or even acknowledging many of the extreme implications of the arguments he is making (like the elimination of public education). Is there a conspiracy here? No. The difference between a conspiracy theory and observing the articulation and implementation of a plan (and what makes con…

Mao, Meet Confucius: China’s Religious Revolution

By Kwok Pui-lan

…e state to phase out from the religious sphere to allow for greater social participation and cultural renewal. He said the government should be tolerant of different forms of existence of religion in China: traditional religions, new religious movements, and the hybrid movements in between. Religion and State Power Other scholars argue that religion is not a reactionary force, but is beneficial to China’s rise to power. Several months before the…

McCarthy, Born Again and Retooled for Our Time

By Sarah Posner

…she’s got her feet in that camp big time.” And, he added, “I would say Ron Paul, for example, Ron Paul is more Christian than anything, to tell the truth.” Noebel’s influence can be seen in the work of a Summit alumnus who answered the Christian Right call for evangelicals to create their own media and entertainment enterprises to replace secular ones. Noebel makes an appearance in the propaganda film Agenda: Grinding America Down, produced by for…

Another “Hot Text” For the War on Women: Rosemary’s Baby

By Mary Valle

…is a little girl in many ways, even right down to getting affectionate and patronizing pats from Guy. She looks like she’s ready for a very chic First Communion when she and Guy first come to the Bram. By the end she looks like she is institutionalized, because, in a way, she is. “Institutionalized”=“mother of infant.” There’s some truth there. What do you make of the Jewishness on display? We have Ira Levin, the author of the book. We have Polans…

Will Hate Crime Laws Redeem Us All?

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ail and is currently out of jail and serving three years of probation. The passage this past week of a measure adding sexual orientation and gender identity to existing federal hate crimes laws comes too late from my friend’s son – but is welcome future protection for our community. Those on the religious right, however, have been sounding the alarms over the measure for months, claiming it will “silence” the Christians who want to preach against…