Vol. 3, No. 1 (Spring 2005)
This issue includes perspectives on Islam and politics in Turkey, Iraq, Western Europe, and Indonesia. Additional articles examine religious pacifism.
By the Numbers
Robert Seiple Tuesday, 1 March 2005
Christians must put aside their cultural tendencies to count God's success by the number of souls saved in relation to dollars spent. [FREE]
A New Framework for Promoting Religious Freedom in China
Carol Lee Hamrin Tuesday, 1 March 2005
Creating a sustainable approach that can effectively promote steady progress toward religious freedom in China will require sophisticated cooperative initiatives that involve various sectors, actors, and nationalities.
Read more: A New Framework for Promoting Religious Freedom in China
Turkey Between Secularism and Fundamentalism?: The "Muslimhood Model" and the Greek Orthodox Minority
Elizabeth Prodromou Tuesday, 1 March 2005
Kemalism, a secular government model in Turkey, is challenged by a "Muslimhood model" that effectively allows religious groups to operate free of persecution.
Rediscovering Pancasila: Religion in Indonesia’s Public Square
Nate Jones Tuesday, 1 March 2005
Indonesia's ancient tradition of tolerance and pluralism, pancasila, provides a foundation for democracy in a country with serious religious antipathy.
Read more: Rediscovering Pancasila: Religion in Indonesia’s Public Square
Can the Vital Center Hold?: A Critique of the Evangelical Pacifist Left
Keith Pavlischek Tuesday, 1 March 2005
Similar to the consequences of the evangelical far right's absolutism, the revival of far left evangelical pacifism is also worrisome.
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A Journalist on the Persecuted Church Beat
Ronald Boyd-MacMillan Tuesday, 1 March 2005
Art is the only medium that can convey not only obvious persecution but also subtle persecution dramatically enough for people to notice.
In Search of Non-secularist Democracy
Mark Silk Tuesday, 1 March 2005
Iraq's notions of Pan-Islam may be far from European secularism, but may have some similarities to America's history of civil religion. [FREE]
Public Religion, Secretary Rice, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Thomas Farr Tuesday, 1 March 2005
We must work to create space for religion in US and Iraqi politics.
Read more: Public Religion, Secretary Rice, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Governmental Responses to Muslim Populations in Western Europe
H. Knox Thames Tuesday, 1 March 2005
It is important that Muslim communities are encouraged to participate openly in European public life, thus diminishing the appeal of extremism.
Read more: Governmental Responses to Muslim Populations in Western Europe
Prophets, Pacifists, and Just War
Mac Brodt Tuesday, 1 March 2005
A review of The End of Illusions: Religious Leaders Confront Hitler's Gathering Storm, 1938-1941, by Joseph Loconte.
Religion on the Record
Tim Dean Tuesday, 1 March 2005
A review of Quoting God: How Media Shape Ideas About Religion and Culture, by Claire Hoertz Badaracco.