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The Evangelical War on Mormonism That Wasn’t

May 28, 2012Tom Van Dyke 82 Comments

A rather odd–or underreasoned–op-ed from Harvard prof Noah Feldman is making the rounds, that Mitt Romney’s candidacy is Mormonism’s ticket to American Protestant acceptance. That’s a very big yes and no, as we shall see: As a deeply believing Mormon,… Continue Reading →

Political Theory, Religion Romney Mormonism evangelicals

America, Religious Freedom, and the Natural Law

May 13, 2012Tom Van Dyke 115 Comments

A recent George Weigel commencement address. Defending Religious Freedom in Full: A Generation’s Challenge “[A] special word of thanks, today, to the parents of today’s graduates — and the grandparents, and the other family members — who have helped bring… Continue Reading →

Atheism, Constitutional Law, Political Theory, Religion natural law, religious freedom, weigel

John & Yoko’s Happy X-Mas: Not Very Happy

December 23, 2011Tom Van Dyke 3 Comments

[Do stick around for the punchline.] So I’m in the local liquor store here in SoCal, owned by the Mexican Mafia and clerked by Armenians, buying a few oil cans of Foster’s green, the ale, not the blue one, the… Continue Reading →

Atheism, Political Theory, Religion

Separation of church and football

October 26, 2011Tim Kowal 125 Comments

From Joe Carter at First Things: A few weeks ago George Weigel wrote that the Denver Bronco’s third-string quarterback Tim Tebow “draws hatred because he is an unabashed Christian, whose calmness and decency in the face of his Christophobic detractors… Continue Reading →

Religion Christianity, Tim Tebow

Capitalism is a Christian value

April 21, 2011Tim Kowal 8 Comments

The Public Religion Research Institute finds that most Americans are unable to comport capitalism with Christianity: Jamelle Bouie nods in agreement: As it happens, they are absolutely correct; the Gospels are incredibly short on issues we associate with modern "values… Continue Reading →

Economics, Religion Bible, capitalism, economics, max weber, property rights, Social Gospel

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