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.
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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By the Way: A Radically Conservative “Faith-Based Initiative”
Obama’s Bush-era strategy of using taxpayer money for faith-based social services not only risks infusing politics into religion, but also denies religious groups their traditional responsibility for caring for those in need—with their own funds.
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