Archives: September 2012
Essay
What Does Shari’a Really Mean?
In August, Representative Joe Walsh spoke to constituents at a town hall meeting in Elk Grove, Illinois, about radical Islam, noting, “It’s in Addison. It’s … By Krystina Friedlander
The States Project
Connecticut: A Blogger Revisits the Yale Athletic Fields
A Blogger Revisits the Yale Athletic Fields.
By Mark Silk
Review
Can Political Theology Save Secularism?
Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer’s Guide to the Uses of ReligionBy Alain de BottonPantheon Books, 2012. The Faith of the Faithless: Experiments in Political TheologyBy … By David Sessions
Editor’s Note
A Status Update
Recently, Religion & Politics reached a milestone. Sometime after the start of the RNC in Tampa, and before the conclusion of the DNC in Charlotte, … By Tiffany Stanley
Excerpt
My Journey Toward the “New Evangelicalism”
If you’ve never changed your mind about something, you may be dead. Spiritually, intellectually, and even politically, if new facts and realities don’t ever prompt … By Richard Cizik
Essay
The Anniversary of Kennedy’s Landmark Speech on Religion
On September 12, 1960, John F. Kennedy gave his now-famous speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association. In front of the Protestant ministers in attendance … By The Editors
Essay
Why Mormon Men Love “Church Ball” and Are Scared of Homosexuality
Mormon men play a lot of basketball. Every Saturday morning across the country, Mormon men gather for a strange liturgy of “Church Ball” in the … By Kristine Haglund
Profile
Meet Derrick Harkins, the Pastor Behind the Democratic Party’s Faith Outreach
CHARLOTTE — “Faith is an integral part of the Democratic Party,” the Reverend Derrick Harkins proclaimed Wednesday as he kicked off a panel on religion … By Elizabeth Dias
The States Project
North Carolina: A Southerner Mines the Meaning of Progress
A Southerner Mines the Meaning of Progress.
By Marla Frederick