The Table A setting to debate the issues of the day. Where can opposing sides in the abortion debate find common ground? We Should Be Peacemakers in the Abortion Wars By Frances Kissling The Abortion Conversation Needs New Language By Katelyn Beaty We Must Engage with Shared Values in the Abortion Debate By Cari Jackson Let’s Recognize the Human Dignity of All People By Daniel Darling What is to be done about the death penalty? Capital Crime Calls for Capital Punishment J. Daryl Charles The United States Should Abolish the Death Penalty, as Pope Francis Implores Joseph A. Fiorenza Let’s Reform Our Broken Criminal Justice System Onleilove Alston For Mormons, a Contested Legacy on Capital Punishment Patrick Q. Mason What should be done about immigration reform? Amnesty Is Not the Answer Without Genuine Border Security Mark Tooley The Blame Belongs to House Republicans Jacob Lupfer We Must Fix Our Broken Immigration System Gabriel Salguero Should we teach religion in public schools? And if so, how? How Should We Teach the Bible in Public Schools? Mark A. Chancey The Dangers of Religious Instruction in Public Schools Annie Laurie Gaylor We Must Teach about Religion in High Schools Joseph Laycock To Teach or Not to Teach? Cynthia N. Dunbar Are the proposed HHS mandate exemptions enough? How about a “Do Over” for the HHS Mandate? Francis J. Manion Rhetoric Versus Reality: The Contraception Benefit and Religious Freedom Elizabeth Sepper and Alisha Johnson Are religious groups too political? We Need Less Religion in our Politics and Less Politics in our Religion Stephen Prothero The Church’s Right to Religious Freedom (And its Place in the Public Square) Mary Ann Walsh Why My Church Avoids Taking Political Positions Dave Schmelzer What was missing from the presidential candidates’ campaign rhetoric? What Romney Wouldn’t Say Randall Balmer The Cracks Beneath Obama’s Winning Coalition Matthew Schmitz Will Paul Ryan help Mitt Romney win the Catholic vote? Ryan’s Catholic Problem? A Century of Papal Teachings Michael Sean Winters Memo to Ryan: “Life Issues” Go Beyond Abortion Simone Campbell In Ryan, Romney Has an Ally for the Unborn Patrick Archbold Ryan Speaks the Language of “Faithful Catholics” R.J. Moeller Whose responsibility is it to fund care for the underserved—the state or religious groups? And who does it best? Let’s Remember History, When Religious Institutions Welcomed Government Support Alison Collis Greene Government Is Not the Enemy, Nor the Only Answer Joel C. Hunter Churches Need Strong Federal Programs to Help the Vulnerable David Beckmann When It Comes to Complex Needs, Government Can’t Provide What Matters Most Jedd Medefind What is fair game to discuss in the media about a candidate’s religion? Faith Is a Factor for Voters, and Rightly So Timothy Dalrymple If a Candidate Talks Faith, We Should Talk About Everything Michael Ruse Let’s Focus On Policy, Not Just Theology Amy Sullivan
What is to be done about the death penalty? Capital Crime Calls for Capital Punishment J. Daryl Charles The United States Should Abolish the Death Penalty, as Pope Francis Implores Joseph A. Fiorenza Let’s Reform Our Broken Criminal Justice System Onleilove Alston For Mormons, a Contested Legacy on Capital Punishment Patrick Q. Mason
What should be done about immigration reform? Amnesty Is Not the Answer Without Genuine Border Security Mark Tooley The Blame Belongs to House Republicans Jacob Lupfer We Must Fix Our Broken Immigration System Gabriel Salguero
Should we teach religion in public schools? And if so, how? How Should We Teach the Bible in Public Schools? Mark A. Chancey The Dangers of Religious Instruction in Public Schools Annie Laurie Gaylor We Must Teach about Religion in High Schools Joseph Laycock To Teach or Not to Teach? Cynthia N. Dunbar
Are the proposed HHS mandate exemptions enough? How about a “Do Over” for the HHS Mandate? Francis J. Manion Rhetoric Versus Reality: The Contraception Benefit and Religious Freedom Elizabeth Sepper and Alisha Johnson
Are religious groups too political? We Need Less Religion in our Politics and Less Politics in our Religion Stephen Prothero The Church’s Right to Religious Freedom (And its Place in the Public Square) Mary Ann Walsh Why My Church Avoids Taking Political Positions Dave Schmelzer
What was missing from the presidential candidates’ campaign rhetoric? What Romney Wouldn’t Say Randall Balmer The Cracks Beneath Obama’s Winning Coalition Matthew Schmitz
Will Paul Ryan help Mitt Romney win the Catholic vote? Ryan’s Catholic Problem? A Century of Papal Teachings Michael Sean Winters Memo to Ryan: “Life Issues” Go Beyond Abortion Simone Campbell In Ryan, Romney Has an Ally for the Unborn Patrick Archbold Ryan Speaks the Language of “Faithful Catholics” R.J. Moeller
Whose responsibility is it to fund care for the underserved—the state or religious groups? And who does it best? Let’s Remember History, When Religious Institutions Welcomed Government Support Alison Collis Greene Government Is Not the Enemy, Nor the Only Answer Joel C. Hunter Churches Need Strong Federal Programs to Help the Vulnerable David Beckmann When It Comes to Complex Needs, Government Can’t Provide What Matters Most Jedd Medefind
What is fair game to discuss in the media about a candidate’s religion? Faith Is a Factor for Voters, and Rightly So Timothy Dalrymple If a Candidate Talks Faith, We Should Talk About Everything Michael Ruse Let’s Focus On Policy, Not Just Theology Amy Sullivan