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More on the Mosque: Religious Freedom is Important, But…
Proposed site of an Islamic community center One non-bigoted case against the erroneously-named “Ground Zero mosque” seems to go something like this: “Religious freedom is legitimate and important, and the promoters of the planned community...
ADL Disappoints on “Ground Zero Mosque” Issue
The manufactured controversy over what has ludicrously come to be called the “Ground Zero Mosque” has a lot of depressing aspects. But easily the most surprising and, for me, upsetting development is that the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish...
Secularism vs. Sharia
The threat of Islamism in Turkey is overblown On Feb. 25, 2010, some 40 top Turkish military officers were arrested for allegedly plotting a coup against...
Rejecting extremes
A global examination of church and state Taming the gods: religion and democracy on three continents, by Ian Buruma, Princeton University...
The New Moral Majority?
Young evangelicals shift left, change focus. “I’m a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order.” With this declaration, Congressman...
Rise of the Nonbelievers
Future looks bright for those “Good Without God.” According to the American Religious Identification Survey, the percentage of Americans affiliating...
Religion in America?
America has long had a complex, almost schizophrenic attitude towards religion. As the popular narrative goes, the country was founded by those fleeing religious...
The Colors of Islam
Muslims in America remain separated by race. Islam is the fourth-largest religion in the United States, and one of the fastest-growing. It also has a complicated...
The American Way of Faith
Compromise, innovation, and tradition define American religion. One might assume that the divide in American Christianity is simply between liberal and...
New Online Only Content
We’ve just posted lots of great online only content as part of our summer issue cycle. It includes: When Science Meets State, an article by John Prince about...
Current Issue: Spring 2010
Religion in America
- Is Godless Great? A New Heyday for American Secularism
The American Way of Faith Compromise, innovation, and tradition
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