An antidote to religious strife in Egypt: nationalism
(RNS) After decades of polarization along religious lines, Christians and Muslims in Egypt are coming together to rally behind their flag. The post An antidote to religious strife in Egypt: nationalism...
View ArticleAnti-immigrant rhetoric can be deadly (COMMENTARY)
(RNS) When one group of people in a country is taught to look at another group as inferior, immoral, and dangerous, the latter group will eventually pay a huge price. The post Anti-immigrant rhetoric...
View ArticleChristian solider opposes war: An interview Logan Mehl-Laituri
After five years of service, Army Sergeant Logan Mehl-Laituri changed his status from active soldier to conscientious objector.
View ArticleAn antidote to religious strife in Egypt: nationalism
(RNS) After decades of polarization along religious lines, Christians and Muslims in Egypt are coming together to rally behind their flag.
View ArticleAnti-immigrant rhetoric can be deadly (COMMENTARY)
(RNS) When one group of people in a country is taught to look at another group as inferior, immoral, and dangerous, the latter group will eventually pay a huge price.
View ArticleShould religious values or American self-interest shape foreign policy?
Nationalism, moralism, and isolationism -- which best serves America? Which reflects religious and moral values?
View ArticleHow Reinhold Niebuhr speaks to 2016 American politics
What would Reinhold Niebuhr say about our politics right now?
View ArticleThick beats thin every time
(RNS) If we don't like Donald Trump's version of thick American nationalism and national loyalty, we must offer an equally thick but more compelling alternative.
View ArticleThree different ways to resist Trumpian nationalism
Three paradigms for resisting when nationalism is on the march. But will any be strong enough?
View ArticleThe hardening of Geert Wilders: Anti-Islam crusader — and top Dutch pol?
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) Geert Wilders has lived in safe houses under 24-hour guard to protect him from Islamist militants since 2004. The experience has only strengthened his anti-Islam convictions.
View ArticleAn irrelevant war?
...I used the season to revisit old accounts of that war and what it shows about how religious and other leaders can get swept up and caught up in hyper-nationalism, patriotic idolatry, and loss of...
View ArticleSurvey: Trump voters ‘anti-Islam, anti-feminist, anti-globalist’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — Almost three-quarters of Trump voters said Islam is a threat, compared with 18 percent of those who voted for Hillary Clinton.
View ArticleThick beats thin every time
(RNS) If we don't like Donald Trump's version of thick American nationalism and national loyalty, we must offer an equally thick but more compelling alternative. The post Thick beats thin every time...
View ArticleThree different ways to resist Trumpian nationalism
Three paradigms for resisting when nationalism is on the march. But will any be strong enough? The post Three different ways to resist Trumpian nationalism appeared first on Religion News Service.
View ArticleThe hardening of Geert Wilders: Anti-Islam crusader — and top Dutch pol?
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) Geert Wilders has lived in safe houses under 24-hour guard to protect him from Islamist militants since 2004. The experience has only strengthened his anti-Islam convictions. The...
View ArticleAn irrelevant war?
...I used the season to revisit old accounts of that war and what it shows about how religious and other leaders can get swept up and caught up in hyper-nationalism, patriotic idolatry, and loss of...
View ArticleSurvey: Trump voters ‘anti-Islam, anti-feminist, anti-globalist’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — Almost three-quarters of Trump voters said Islam is a threat, compared with 18 percent of those who voted for Hillary Clinton. The post Survey: Trump voters ‘anti-Islam,...
View ArticlePatriotism, nationalism and the American dream
(RNS) — Americans need to embrace a more mature and realistic patriotism, one that recognizes that everything is not perfect but that there is still something worth celebrating. The post Patriotism,...
View ArticleLetter: Nationalism is anathema to Christian faith
(RNS) — The letter in the magazine Commonweal was a direct response to a letter in the conservative journal First Things that embraced the new nationalism. The post Letter: Nationalism is anathema to...
View ArticlePrayer is essential. Protest is required. Policy is necessary
(RNS) — I have never seen so many white people care so deeply about America’s Original Sin, structural racial injustice, and the 400 years of violence against black lives. The post Prayer is essential....
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