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Mar 15, 2024 · 8 in 10 Americans Say Religion Is Losing Influence in Public Life. 3. Christianity’s place in politics, and ‘Christian nationalism’. Most Americans express support for the principle of separation of church and state. And few say they think the federal government should declare Christianity to be the official religion of the United States.
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Nasser Behnegar, “Locke, Capitalism, and the Bible.” (Enlightenment and Secularism, Lexington Press, 2013) Michael Breidenbach (co-author), “Aquinas on Tyranny, Resistance, and the End of Politics.” (Perspectives on Politics44.1, 2015) Nicholas Capaldi, “Catholic Metaphysics in the Wake of the Collapse of the Enlightenment Project.” (Proceedings of...
Teresa Bejan, “‘The Bond of Civility’: Roger Williams on Toleration and its Limits.” (History of European Ideas37.4, December 2011) Teresa Bejan, “Evangelical Toleration.” (The Journal of Politics77.4, October 2015) Teresa Bejan, “‘When the Word of the Lord Runs Freely’: Roger Williams and Evangelical Toleration.” (The Lively Experiment: The Story ...
Michael Breidenbach, “Catholics and the First Amendment.” (Starting Points, July 19, 2020) Timothy Haglund, “America’s Civic Christianity and Paul’s Solution.” (Perspectives: A Journal of Reformed Thought, Sept-Oct. 2006) Mark David Hall, Did America Have a Christian Founding?: Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth. (Thomas Nelson, 2019) Mar...
Jonathan Bean, “Catholics, Civil Rights, and the Holy Name.” (Ignatius Insight, August 17, 2009) Martin Burke, “Catholicity and Civilization’: Catholics and the Capitalist Ethic in Nineteenth-Century America.” (Essays in Economic and Business History17, 1999) Samuel DeCanio, “Religion and 19th Century Voting Behavior: A New Look at Some Old Data.” ...
Lara Brown, “Republican Primary Shows Evangelicals’ Influence.” (New York Times, December 13, 2011) Nicholas Capaldi, “A Catholic Perspective on Organ Sales.” (Christian Bioethics6.2, 2000) Nicholas Capaldi, “From the Profane to the Sacred: Why We Need to Retrieve Christian Bioethics.” (Christian Bioethics 1.1, March 1995) Nicholas Capaldi, “How Ph...
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Sep 20, 2022 · It distorts our understanding of the struggle and change underway in American Christianity — changes that could have far-reaching consequences for all Americans. The Christian church broadly “has been having to ask questions of itself for the last 50 years” — questions about the legacies of racism, sexism and child abuse, Chen said.
Mar 2, 2023 · Christianity offers a compelling, abiding vision of hope, redemption, and justice. It comforts those who mourn, lifts the weak and the vulnerable, and discourages private and public vice. Christianity isn’t just a powerful force in politics. It’s a powerful force for good.
Oct 28, 2018 · In the early 1970s, many evangelical Christians weren’t active in politics. Within a few years they had reshaped American politics for a generation. White evangelical Christians are among ...
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Nov 15, 2023 · Americans, especially, are fond of citing the Declaration of Independence and Jefferson’s “self-evident” truth that “all men are created equal.”. Here, they suppose, was a radical new ...
May 16, 2023 · The role of Christianity deserves our attention because of the religion's important role in the conceptualization, popularization, and practice of human rights in the United States and, thanks to Christians’ overseas networks, to every corner of the world. 1 The increasingly global understanding of rights, however, did not lead to the ...
