October, 2007

Prohibitionists and Anti-Evolutionists: More Successful than You May Think

by Philip Jenkins
The Conversation
October 18th, 2007

I’m reluctant to say much in response to Mark’s reply. With courtesy and patience, he spells out the areas in which we disagree, and where, I suspect, we will continue to differ. Let me confine myself to one specific point. Mark comments how prohibitionists, anti-evolutionists, etc. lost on specific issues, and thereafter “they think of [...]

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When Is Religion in Politics a Problem? When I Don’t Like It

by Philip Jenkins
The Conversation
October 17th, 2007

I offer this initial contribution, focusing on the essays by Damon and Andrew. I wholeheartedly agree with most of Andrew’s analysis, not least when he says that “America is substantively and experientially a deeply religious country, and its political discourse has always been saturated with religious rhetoric and imagery.” Historically too, he may well be [...]

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