Religious Americans are far more diverse, tolerant, and compassionate than the image of an evangelist upsurge would suggest.
Peter Steinfels
Peter Steinfels writes the “Beliefs” column on religion and ethics in The New York Times and is the author, most recently, of A People Adrift: The Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America. He co-directs Fordham University's Center on Religion and Culture.
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Democracy’s Faith-Based Troubles
Religion and rationality have been clashing for centuries. Is it possible to talk about this conflict without going nuts?
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A Darwin for the Divine
Evolution and religion are compatible if we accept that even our cultural development displays inbuilt direction.
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Religiously Equal?
In her new book, philosophical titan Martha Nussbaum questions the separation between church and state, arguing that constitutional law has more often derived from prejudice than principle.
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Be Not Afraid
Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism by Michelle Goldberg (W.W.Norton, 224 pages, $23.95) Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis by Jimmy Carter (Simon & Schuster, 224 pages, $25.00) The Faiths of the Founding Fathers by David l. Holmes (Oxford University Press, 240 pages, $20.00) American Theocracy: The Peril […]
