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C.S. Lewis and Public Life How Should People of Faith Talk about Political - Discovery Institute

Christians 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 Cornyn

Judge Alito, I am very pleased to welcome you to the Committee.   Email This Article

Can Islam handle democracy? - Rev. Raymond de Souza

The 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 Pavone

I 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. LEHRMAN

In 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. Burke

Some 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 Weigel

It 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 Buehrer

February 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 Paffenroth

For 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


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