As its mighty big title suggests God and the Constitution Christianity and American Politics attempts to address some broad issues Paul Marshall rsquo s essential thesis is that it is the God-given duty of Christians to engage in politics But in God and the Constitution he criticizes the average
Some of our most beautiful architectural creations are synagogues cathedrals mosques temples of every kind Believing people express religious sentiments in the structures they set apart for prayer It is there that they unite themselves in a special way with God so the place itself is considere
God seems to choose the most unlikely people to proclaim the good news a prophet who tried to escape his call and was carried to his ministry in the belly of a large fish simple fishermen who knew a lot about bait and nets but little about preaching a tent-maker who became a disciple when the po
For a lifelong member of a large institution, at what point does a stance of healthy dissent toward that institution become a full-fledged breach? For a dozen years or so I’ve lived in a state of tension with the two most elemental institutions in my upbringing, the church and the state. My ex
Pope, Other Leaders Urge That War With Iraq Be AvoidedAs war clouds darkened the coming of a new year, Pope John Paul II joined other church leaders in asking that a U.S.-led war be avoided with Iraq. In a year-end speech to Vatican officials, he warned against conflicts “that risk exploding again