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12/29/2016: Doing The Right Thing/Doing The Wrong Thing, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Doing the Right Thing/Doing the Wrong Thing“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

12/25/2016: Christmas, 2016—Secular Hope, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Christmas, 2016—Secular Hope“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

December 20, 2016: Faithless Calls For Faithless Electors, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Faithless Calls for Faithless Electors“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

December 17, 2016: I Don't Understand Charles Krauthammer, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “I Don't Understand Charles Krauthammer“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

December 16, 2016: The Fed And The President Elect, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Fed and the President Elect“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

December 10, 2016: The Businessman’S Economy, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Businessman’s Economy“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

December 7, 2016: Mark Lilla Discovers The Necessity Of Truth, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Mark Lilla Discovers the Necessity of Truth“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

December 4, 2016: The Supreme Court And Politics, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Supreme Court and Politics“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

November 30, 2016: More Paranoia: "Millions" Of Illegal Voters, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “More Paranoia: "millions" of illegal voters“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

November 27, 2016: Perfect Paranoia—-Jill Stein’S Recount, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Perfect Paranoia—-Jill Stein’s Recount“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

November 19, 2016: The Hypocrisy Of The Congressional Republican Party, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Hypocrisy of the Congressional Republican Party“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Beyond Punks In Empty Chairs: An Imaginary Conversation With Clint Eastwood’S Dirty Harry—Toward Peace Through Spiritual Justice, Mark L. Jones

University of Massachusetts Law Review

This Article is based on a presentation at the 2012 conference on “Struggles for Recognition: Individuals, Peoples, and States” co-sponsored by Mercer University, the Concerned Philosophers for Peace, and the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, and it seeks to help combat our human tendency to demonize the Other and thus to contribute in some small way to the reduction of unnecessary conflict and violence. The discussion takes the form of a conversation in a bar between four imagined protagonists, who have participated in the conference, and Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry, who is having a bad day questioning his …

November 16, 2016: The End Of The Spritual Thirst For Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “The End of the Spritual Thirst for Democracy“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

November 13, 2016: It Was Jobs, Heroin And Disconnection—Not Racism, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “It Was Jobs, Heroin and Disconnection—Not Racism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

November 10, 2016: Don’T Forget That The Game Is Still Rigged, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Don’t Forget that the Game is Still Rigged“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

November 6, 2016: “Nobody Believes The Numbers Anyway", Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Nobody Believes the Numbers Anyway“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

November 2, 2016: What Comey Did, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “What Comey Did“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

October 27, 2016: Republicans About To Practice Supreme Court Shutdown, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Republicans About to Practice Supreme Court Shutdown“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

October 20, 2016: Why Tolerate Religion, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Why Tolerate Religion“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

October 15, 2016: So, Hallowed Secularism Is Getting Somewhere, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “So, Hallowed Secularism is Getting Somewhere“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

The Idea Of Pollution, John C. Nagle

John Copeland Nagle

Pollution is the primary target of environmental law. During the past forty years, hundreds of federal and state statutes, administrative regulations, and international treaties have established multiple approaches to addressing pollution of the air, water, and land. Yet the law still struggles to identify precisely what constitutes pollution, how much of it is tolerable, and what we should do about it. But environmental pollution is hardly the only type of pollution. Historically, the idea of pollution referred to a host of effects upon human environments. This remains evident in contemporary anthropological literature, which studies the pollution beliefs of cultures throughout …

The Evangelical Debate Over Climate Change, John Copeland Nagle

John Copeland Nagle

In 2006, a group of prominent evangelicals issued a statement calling for a greater response to climate change. Soon thereafter, another group of prominent evangelicals responded with their own statement urging caution before taking any action against climate change. This division among evangelicals concerning climate change may be surprising for a community that is usually portrayed as homogenous and as indifferent or hostile toward environmental regulation. Yet there is an ongoing debate among evangelicals regarding the severity of climate change, its causes, and the appropriate response. Why? The answer to this question is important because of the increasing prominence of …

October 10, 2016: No, Trump Was Not Advocating Sexual Assault, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “No, Trump Was Not Advocating Sexual Assault“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

October 8, 2016: Nihilism Looks Like This, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Nihilism Looks Like This“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

October 2, 2016: Three Days At Regent Law School, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Three Days at Regent Law School“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

The Soul Of The Drone Operator: The Place Of The Cardinal Virtues In Drone Warfare, Lazarus Ejike Onuh

Theology Graduate Theses

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter

1. The Value of Human Life and the Paradox of War
2. The Nuts and Bolts of Drones
3. The Moral Landscape of Drone Warfare and Its Implication on the Just War Theory
4. The Cardinal Virtues and the Drone Operator
5. The Victimhood of the Drone Operator
6. Beyond Moral Injury; Soul Wound and Repair

Conclusion

Bibliography

September 29, 2016: A Nihilistic Election, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “A Nihilistic Election“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

September 22, 2016: An Open Letter To Fred Barnes, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “An Open Letter to Fred Barnes“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

September 21, 2016: You Have A Moral Obligation To Vote For Hillary Clinton, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “You Have a Moral Obligation to Vote for Hillary Clinton“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

The Grace Of God In The Law Of Moses: A Second Look At Israel’S Written Code, Jeffrey S. Krause

Fidei et Veritatis: The Liberty University Journal of Graduate Research

For centuries, the Mosaic Code (“MC”) has been viewed as Israel’s prescriptive legislation, whereby Jewish leaders were to judge infractions by the “letter of the law.” This view is one which permeates both pulpit and pew alike, even in this modern era. However, recent developments in scholarship are challenging this understanding of MC, concluding instead that this “law code” was not utilized in Israelite jurisprudence, but rather as a covenant contract that worked not prescriptively in the lives of the Jews, but rather descriptively, in that it relayed the heart of YHWH to its reader. Accordingly, MC was to be …