Note to CPAC Conservatives: “City [Up]on a Hill” Wasn’t About American Exceptionalism
Bruce Springsteen channels John Winthrop.
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Case Against Church-State Separation From Unlikely Source
A new essay in an influential journal illuminates little-known intersections between Catholic thought and US social history. But then it goes on to prescribe an odd fix for US labor woes: razing the wall between church and state.
Read MoreObama Signs Executive Order Making Changes to Faith-Based Office, but Frustrations Remain
But church-state separation advocates remain frustrated by administration’s failure to address constitutional issues of direct funding and hiring discrimination.
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Should Faith-Based Orgs Be Allowed to Discriminate in Hiring? Introducing: A New Collaboration with Bloggingheads
In this first installment, RD Contributing Editor Peter Laarman debates evangelical professor David Gushee over the Obama administration’s decision to effectively continue to allow recipients of federal faith-based funding to discriminate in hiring. In other clips, the two tangle on gay marriage, whether the Christian Right is dead, and more.
Read MoreFaith-Based Anniversary: Has Anything Changed?
Obama administration under fire from civil liberties advocates for failing to reverse Bush-era policies.
Read MoreBy the Way: Obama and Faith-Based Initiatives
Obama’s proposal is too timid: How about asking religious groups to really step up?
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Of Values and Viruses: The Challenges for Obama’s New Global AIDS Coordinator
Dr. Eric Goosby, Obama’s pick to run the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS relief, will face the challenge of faith-based opposition to condom distribution, among other difficulties, when he assumes this important position.
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Arguing Liberally: Rift in Religious Coalitions Goes Public
A public row threatens to break out between the DC-based “Religious Industrial Complex,” which seeks new Democratic voters, and a small group of rabble-rousers who claim that they’ve compromised their progressive souls in reaching out to religious conservatives. How did it come to this?
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You Gotta Have Faith-Based Politics
Even as it talks about inclusion and admits nonbelievers into the ranks of upstanding citizenry, the new administration, like the last one, has a plan to use religion to further its political goals.
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A New Theopolitical Order: But What About The Women?
Even as they invite progressive religious groups to the table the leaders of the Democratic party shun religious feminism.
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