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Excluding Religion, Nelson Tebbe Jan 2008

Excluding Religion, Nelson Tebbe

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Shifting Out Of Neutral: Intelligent Design And The Road To Nonpreferentialism, Kelly S. Terry Jan 2008

Shifting Out Of Neutral: Intelligent Design And The Road To Nonpreferentialism, Kelly S. Terry

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Unleashing Or Harnessing 'Armies Of Compassion'?: Reflections On The Faith-Based Initiative, Linda C. Mcclain Jan 2008

Unleashing Or Harnessing 'Armies Of Compassion'?: Reflections On The Faith-Based Initiative, Linda C. Mcclain

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A central tenet of President George W. Bush's faith-based initiative, launched in 2001, is that the federal government, by entering into more partnerships with religious and community organizations, should put the power of faith to work to solve pressing social problems. Proponents of the initiative have invoked the eighteenth-century French writer Alexis de Tocqueville's famous observations about the American propensity to join various voluntary associations as well as the Catholic principle of subsidiarity. Seven years into the faith-based initiative, challenging questions remain about what, exactly, it means to put faith to work. Such questions deserve attention, given the institutionalization of …


Brief Comments On An Intermediate Position, Kent Greenawalt Jan 2008

Brief Comments On An Intermediate Position, Kent Greenawalt

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I am going to start with some clarifications about how I see this topic. Some of what I say may be a bit repetitive, but I think it can be helpful. I do not see this subject as mainly about the force of the Establishment Clause. With Judge McConnell, I think there is a big difference between promoting a religious position, let's say, which I think teaching creationism is, and deciding some moral or political issue based on a religious judgment, such as whether there should be restrictive abortion law. And I do not think this is a question of …