Vol. 4, No. 3 (Winter 2006)
Despite agreement on domestic social issues, American evangelicals may find it difficult to engage Muslims in processes of dialogue and democracy. Like all Americans, they will need to muster an ecumenism of endurance. This issue includes responses to Walter Russell Mead's Sept./Oct. 2006 Foreign Affairs article, "God's Country?"
From the Editor: Evangelicals and Muslims Together?
Dennis Hoover Friday, 1 December 2006
As evangelicals are increasingly entering the realm of international engagement, commentators have also recognized some of their points of commonality with Muslims. [FREE]
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Imposed Constitutions and Established Religion
Noah Feldman Friday, 1 December 2006
Interfering in constitutional processes abroad in order to ensure that they empower as many people as possible can be counterproductive.
Isaiah's Vision of Human Security: Virtue-Ethics and International Politics
Scott Thomas Friday, 1 December 2006
For Isaiah the concept of justice is more than legal equity; it is a sustainable positive peace, encompassing the concepts of development and well-being. [FREE]
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Religion, Politics, and the State: Observations of a Comparative Sociologist
N.J. Demerath, III Friday, 1 December 2006
While religion can be a source of legitimacy for politicians, it can turn into a restraint in the process of state administration.
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Seeing the Forest for the Trees
Richard Land Friday, 1 December 2006
Richard Land responds to Walter Russell Mead's Sept./Oct. 2006 Foreign Affairs article, "God's Country?" and distinguishes evangelicals from fundamentalists.
The Radical Religious Middle
Ronald Sider Friday, 1 December 2006
Ron Sider responds to Walter Russell Mead's Sept./Oct. 2006 Foreign Affairs article, "God's Country?" and warns against underestimating the evangelical center.
Evangelicals and American Exceptionalism
James Skillen Friday, 1 December 2006
James Skillen responds to Walter Russell Mead's Sept./Oct. 2006 Foreign Affairs article, "God's Country?", arguing that civil religion warranted greater attention.
Rise of the Neo-Cals
Judd Birdsall Friday, 1 December 2006
Judd Birdsall responds to Walter Russell Mead's Sept./Oct. 2006 Foreign Affairs article, "God's Country?" and critiques Mead's comparison of Calvinism to separationist fundamentalism.
Un-orthodoxy in Foreign Policy
Steven Meyer Friday, 1 December 2006
Steven Meyer responds to Walter Russell Mead's Sept./Oct. 2006 Foreign Affairs article, "God's Country?" and critiques Mead's three categories of Protestantism: liberal, fundamentalist, and evangelical.
Evangelical DNA and International Affairs
Mark Galli Friday, 1 December 2006
Mark Galli responds to Walter Russell Mead's Sept./Oct. 2006 Foreign Affairs article, "God's Country?" and takes issue with Mead's optimism about evangelical internationalism.
Moving Beyond Agendas to Understanding
Nancy Roman Friday, 1 December 2006
Nancy Roman responds to Walter Russell Mead's Sept./Oct. 2006 Foreign Affairs article, "God's Country?" and elucidates the growing global platform of evangelicals.
The "God's Country?" Forum: A Reply
Walter Russell Mead Friday, 1 December 2006
Walter Russell Mead responds to the CFIA forum panelists critiquing his Sept./Oct. 2006 Foreign Affairs article, "God's Country?"
In Defense of Holy Unsameness
Brent Nelsen Friday, 1 December 2006
A review of The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America, and Politics Without God, by George Weigel.
You Say You Want an Islamic Reformation?
Lynn Robinson Friday, 1 December 2006
A review of The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization, by Richard Bulliet.
The Means and Ends of Nations
Daniel Edward Young Friday, 1 December 2006
A review of Defending Human Dignity: John Paul II and Political Realism, by Derek Jeffreys.