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Home: Core Subjects: Politics and Government: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Politics and Government: LINKS_PAGEArticles:C.S. Lewis and Public Life How Should People of Faith Talk about Political - Discovery InstituteChristians and other people of faith often disagree about how to articulate their moral concerns in the public arena. As religious people are often attacked for how they articulate their views in public, determining the appropriate language to use when dealing with political issues is one of the most pressing tasks for civic-minded people of faith today. C.S. Lewis has much to say on the topic of framing moral issues, and the essays in this chapter focus on this aspect of his writings. Email This Article Campaign for the Supreme Court: Prepared Remarks of Senator John Cornyn - Senator John CornynJudge Alito, I am very pleased to welcome you to the Committee. Email This Article Can Islam handle democracy? - Rev. Raymond de SouzaThe purple fingers are back. Smiling Iraqis are proudly showing off the symbol of their democracy. Email This Article Can you commit a sin in the voting booth? - Fr. Frank PavoneI raise the question first of all because we are in an election year. Campaign 2004 is everywhere in the news, and it is only going to get more intense with every passing week. Email This Article Capitalism: Only One Cheer - LEWIS E. LEHRMANIn America, we give three cheers to persons and things that earn our unrestrained approval: the American flag, the United States Marine Corps, Pope John Paul II. Email This Article Catholic politicians and bishops - Most Rev. Raymond L. BurkeSome have accused me and other bishops of introducing division within the church and between the church and the political order of our country by our public declaration regarding the moral duty of Catholic politicians and their exclusion from Communion, in the case of their serious failure in carrying out their moral duty. I have often reflected upon these accusations, in examining my conscience regarding my action in the matter. Email This Article Catholic Sources and the Declaration of Independence - REV. JOHN C. RAGER, S.T.D.The American Declaration of Independence, which is so admirable and dignified an expression of the American mind, is at the same time an accurate expression of the Catholic mind, medieval and modern. Email This Article Catholicism and Islam: A strategic dialogue - George WeigelIt is arrogant to expect a billion Muslims to become good secular western liberals. The real question is whether Islam, within its own scriptures and history, has the resources to support those Muslims who want to build modern societies around the conviction that it's God's will that we be tolerant of those who have different understandings of God's will. Email This Article Christianity Reflected In Two Historic Writings From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Eric BuehrerFebruary is Black History Month. Many schools will highlight the contributions and accomplishments of various African-Americans in history. This provides an excellent opportunity for students to also learn about the influence of Christianity on the Civil Rights Movement. For example, if students are to truly understand Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s activities for Civil Rights, they need to understand how Christianity influenced his thinking. Email This Article Christianity's Transforming Spirit - Kim PaffenrothFor democracy and freedom to endure there must be some order and necessity, to use Plato's terms, in the citizens' lives. But such order and necessity are not intrinsic to democracy. As shown by the work of the Founders and Tocqueville, religion can fill this void in a democracy, guaranteeing freedom by forming and guiding it. Email This Article Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 14-May-2008 - 09:50:04
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