J. Brent Walker – “Church and State in the USA: Promises and Challenges”
This thought-provoking address was given by J. Brent Walker of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty at the Congress on Religious Liberty in…
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July 2008
Obama Sets Off a Debate on Ties Between Religion and Government (NY Times)
Religion and the politics are experiencing an interesting mix this election season. Peter Steinfels, of the New York Times, explores this mix in the…
NEWS / ANALYSIS: Obama to expand Bush’s faith based charities and support their right to hire/fire based on faith (AP)
Jennifer Loven of the Chicago AP bureau reports today that Barack Obama is announcing plans to expand the amount of federal social service funding…
June 2008
Take Money, Lose Faith – Seven Catholic Schools turned into public schools in Washington DC (Maryland Daily Record)
Charles C. Haynes points out the trap that religious schools can fall into if they decide to take government money. For those of you…
VIDEO: Michael Newdow in Panel at Boston College on Religious Freedom and the Pledge of Allegiance
This is particularly relevant this election year. From http://frontrow.bc.edu/program/newdow/ October 18, 2006 – Boston College – Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life…
Professor Steven Calabresi on Enforcing Morality (Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy)
In this essay published in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Steven Calabresi, the George C. Dix Professor of Constitutional Law, Northwestern…
RAW MATERIALS: This week’s Obama / Dobson broughaha
To help understand what’s going on between Focus on the Family’s Dr. James Dobson and Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, we have assembled the raw…
“A Call To Renewal” – Barack Obama on the Role of Religion in Public Life
BARACK OBAMA TRANSCRIPT: ‘Call to Renewal’ Keynote Address Wednesday, June 28, 2006 Washington, DC Good morning. I appreciate the opportunity to speak here at…
Pastors Challenge the IRS: Using the Pulpit to Promote Candidates
During this hotly contested election year, some church pastors are deliberately promoting candidates, knowing that the Internal Revenue Service could remove their tax-exempt status…
VIDEO: Interview with James Carroll about Christianity and Violence
Trinity Institute’s Bob Scott talks with James Carroll, author, activist and former Catholic priest about religion and violence. Discusses Constantine’s introduction of state power…