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Exporting Blasphemy Restrictions: The Organization of the Islamic Conference and the United Nations
Paul Marshall Monday, 13 June 2011
In the United Nations Human Rights Commission, the 57 members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) have campaigned to ban criticism of Islam or Islamic governments through a resolution titled "Combating Defamation of Religions." [FREE]
Christian Conflict and Consensus in the Immigration Debate
Ruth Melkonian-Hoover Wednesday, 16 February 2011
American Christianity already plays a central role in the lives of many millions of immigrants in the United States, and it can and should contribute constructively to the urgent need for practical improvements in US immigration policy. [FREE]
Read more: Christian Conflict and Consensus in the Immigration Debate
A Just, Fair, and Compassionate Immigration Policy
Richard Land Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Comprehensive immigration reform should rest on three broad pillars: securing the border, enforcing immigration laws within the country, and providing multiple paths to legal citizenship and a guest-worker program. [FREE]
Read more: A Just, Fair, and Compassionate Immigration Policy
A Developing Story
Dennis Hoover Monday, 29 November 2010
Religion received less attention than it deserved in the recent discourse about the Millennium Development Goals and a new US global development strategy. Fortunately, however, in other quarters religion is faring better in the development discussion. [FREE]
Max Weber is Alive and Well, and Living in Guatemala: The Protestant Ethic Today
Peter Berger Monday, 29 November 2010
A century after Weber's famous essay, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Protestantism has changed dramatically. Today, there is an affinity between Pentecostalism—a movement vibrant in Latin America and Africa—and modern economic development. [FREE]
Read more: Max Weber is Alive and Well, and Living in Guatemala: The Protestant Ethic Today
The Only Way Out is Through ... Religion?
Dennis Hoover Thursday, 16 September 2010
At the moment, prospects are dim for a comprehensive peace agreement that results in a viable state for the Palestinians and a secure state of Israel. It would be easier if a durable peace could be achieved on the basis of purely pragmatic and materialistic negotiation, but the only realistic way forward now may require a proactive, creative, and sustained effort to make religion part of the solution. [FREE]
Read more: The Only Way Out is Through ... Religion?
Faith or Fanaticism?: A Dialogue on the Problem and Promise of Faith in the Middle East
Michael Gerson, Michael Ostrolenk, Gregory Khalil, Suhail Khan Thursday, 16 September 2010
Religion can reinforce tribal loyalties that lead to hatred and violence, but it also happens to be one of the oldest, deepest, most universal needs of the human soul. The best kind of religious witness is being willing to break a cycle of retribution and to try to establish something different. [FREE]
Read more: Faith or Fanaticism?: A Dialogue on the Problem and Promise of Faith in the Middle East
A Historical Context for Middle Eastern Democracy
Thomas Moore Thursday, 16 September 2010
A review of Bernard Lewis, Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East (Oxford University Press, 2010). [FREE]
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In Defense of Organized Religion
Dennis Hoover Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Americans tend to think of the "free exercise of religion" as an individual endeavor. But the communal expression of religion—particularly in non-Western contexts—is at least as important as individual expression. [FREE]
Read more: In Defense of Organized Religion
Legal Status of Religious Organizations: A Comparative Overview
W. Cole Durham, Jr. Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Modern societies are experiencing increased pluralism, and the need to respond in fair ways to different religious communities has created the need for neutral legal structures that are easily adaptable. [FREE]
Read more: Legal Status of Religious Organizations: A Comparative Overview
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