Christianity - Evangelical Protestant
Immigration, Integration, and National Identity: Making the Case for a Hispanic Evangelical Contribution
Gabriel Salguero Wednesday, 16 February 2011
The two dominant narratives regarding immigration focus on values, principles, and the oughtness of our national identity. Therefore, citizen faith leaders have a critical stake in the conversation; they should counter the dominant narrative that fosters anxiety about immigrants.
EU Accession and Serbia’s Discriminatory Religion Policy
Ellen Harvey Monday, 24 January 2011
Serbia's refusal to alter a discriminatory law on religion after repeated and direct recommendations reveals a need not just for changes in the law as it is written on paper, but a transformation of the nationalistic worldview framing the country's highly discriminatory religious law.
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“Good News” in the Fight Against Corruption
Roberto Laver Monday, 29 November 2010
Corruption is receiving far more attention from secular organizations than religious ones. The church needs to work locally on relevant and appropriate ways to engage the people it serves with the truth of scripture; to teach ethics and encourage public integrity; and to help reduce the gap between law and practice.
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Evangelicals, Pope Benedict, and the Financial Crisis
Paul Williams Monday, 29 November 2010
Evangelicals at a recent conference responded to Pope Benedict's encyclical Caritas in Veritate, finding common ground and offering critique. Participants found the encyclical's responses to the financial crisis lacking, and they questioned its apparently unqualified enthusiasm for globalization.
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How Evangelicals Failed to Change the World
Anna Littauer Carrington Monday, 29 November 2010
A review of James Davison Hunter, To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010).
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Recapturing Russian Heritage: Religious Education in Public Schools
Brett Lonadier Monday, 18 October 2010
Russia recently implemented a pilot program that introduces students to religious beliefs and ethics as part of the public education curriculum. The initiative could be a defining moment in the formation of the Federation's identity and policy on religious liberty.
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Evangelical Christians and Indirect Resistance to Religious Persecution in Ethiopia
Tibebe Eshete Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Using nonviolent approaches, the evangelical church in Ethiopia refused to collaborate with the state's atheistic national projects, created a counter-culture community, and challenged the state's ideological legitimacy through protest-oriented gospel songs.
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Why I Would Not Have Signed the Yale Response to "A Common Word"
Keith Pavlischek Monday, 1 December 2008
Evangelicals were too quick to sign the Yale Response letter and should have challenged the participants to repudiate apostasy laws and support religious liberty in Muslim-majority countries.
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Traditional Change: Evangelicals, Muslims, and Pluralism in America
Marcia Pally Monday, 1 December 2008
The dominant narrative for immigrant religious groups in America has been one of success. A pluralistic framework prompts participation rather than assimilation, allowing access to the public square.
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The Things that are Caesar's: New Possibilities for Evangelical Engagement in the Public Square
Nate Jones Friday, 24 October 2008
A unique pairing of popular political sovereignty and ongoing religious devotion offers Americans an extraordinary opportunity to collectively rethink the role of the church in the public square.
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