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1 day ago · The book’s thesis is that by tolerating and indeed promoting forms of “civil religion” that symbolically link God and country, mainline Protestant clergy established structures that spawned today’s more extreme forms of Christian Nationalism. Kaylor is editor in chief of Word&Way and a member of Americans United’s Board of Trustees.
23 hours ago · Summary. Religion provided an intellectual fulcrum, institutional support, and leadership to the U.S. civil rights movement. Whether through the eloquent and influential articulation of nonviolence, the deployment of mandates and maxims from the sacred texts of the world’s “living religions,” or the personification of crucial leadership in Black and White clergy and laity, civil rights ...
23 hours ago · This paper offers a reading of Machiavelli’s discussion of religion in the Discourses on Livy which unveils the democratic purpose of the institution in his popular republicanism. I argue that religion is a powerful tool that both the elite and the people use to force their class adversaries to abide by their oaths, respect the laws, and ...
5 days ago · Martin Luther King, Jr. (born January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.—died April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee) was a Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968.
- Martin Luther King, Jr., was a Baptist minister and social rights activist in the United States in the 1950s and ’60s. He was a leader of the Ameri...
- Martin Luther King, Jr., is known for his contributions to the American civil rights movement in the 1960s. His most famous work is his “I Have a D...
- Martin Luther King, Jr., influenced people around the world. He advocated for peaceful approaches to some of society’s biggest problems. He organiz...
- Martin Luther King, Jr., grew up as the middle child of Michael (later Martin Luther) King, Sr., and Alberta Williams King. His father was the mini...
- Martin Luther King, Jr., was standing on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, when he was shot by James Earl Ray. An hour later...
3 days ago · Religion, human beings’ relation to that which they regard as holy, sacred, absolute, spiritual, divine, or worthy of especial reverence. Worship, moral conduct, right belief, and participation in religious institutions are among the constituent elements of the religious life.
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3 days ago · Civil liberties organizations in Louisiana have already issued a statement calling the law unconstitutional. “Our public schools are not Sunday schools,” it reads, “and students of all ...
3 days ago · There is solid evidence that religion helped Kennedy in several urban and industrial states but was, at the same time, a significant factor in his loss of Ohio, Kentucky, Florida, and Tennessee—and in his very close win in Texas.
