Post Tagged with: "the Religious Right"

by Prof. Patrick Garry: Religion continues to take a beating in the political arena.  In the wake of Governor Brewer’s recent veto of the Arizona law providing legal protections to business owners who, for deeply held religious convictions, refuse to provide services for same-sex weddings, the political Left has intensified […]

by Tim Reuter: Decline always sells. People enjoy discussing or predicting the collapse of civilizations and social systems, whether it is Rome or Communism. Judging by the amount of ink spilled on doom mongering today, the United States is probably hopeless. Fiscal and demographic oblivion beckon as neo-paganism contaminates the culture. […]

by Matthew P. Cavedon: Less than a month after a military coup saw Egypt’s government arrested for the crime of being too religious, it was interesting to read Tim Reuter and Josh Carlson’s ongoing debate over the future of conservative Christians in American politics. Tim is right that conservative Christians need […]

by Tim Reuter: On December 9, 1931 a democratic government of republicans and socialists passed a liberal constitution to modernize their country. Religion, seen as causing stagnation, was a primary target. The document proclaimed a total separation of church and state, legalized divorce, banned clergy from teaching children, and governed […]

by Josh Carlson: Many on the Religious Right are concerned that the values they hold are reaching their twilight in American society.  The reelection of President Obama and subsequent failures of various conservative causes has caused many to pause, wondering how to be the salt and light of the earth (Matthew […]

Why the Religious Right Needs to Turn Away from Their Preoccupation with Power and Regain Their Moral Legitimacy by Tim Reuter: “There is no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America” ~Tocqueville, Democracy in America The Religious Right […]