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Archive: April 12, 2009 - April 18, 2009
Arrests Test North Korean and U.S. Officials
Arrest of two American journalists gives North Korea an opportunity to show the world it belongs.
By Deepak Chopra | April 16, 2009; 5:41 PM ET | Comments (0)
Obama: The Christian as President
Christians like President Obama govern as Christians without forcing others to be Christians. We know a good bit about President Obama's values, for good and bad, by knowing the form of Christianity he embraces
By John Mark Reynolds | April 16, 2009; 12:12 PM ET | Comments (26)
A "Christian" Nation Wouldn't Act This Way
When people tell me that we are or have been a Christian nation, I want to ask, "When?"
By Brian D. McLaren | April 16, 2009; 8:30 AM ET | Comments (10)
An Obama Nation of Citizens
I am comfortable celebrating a nation "bound by ideals and a set of values," most of which I would consider to be Christian, but none of which should be considered exclusively so.
By Phil Davis | April 15, 2009; 10:06 PM ET | Comments (3)
President's Statements Too Simplistic
It would be more appropriate if President Obama asked Muslims to renounce those who perpetrate terror in the name of Islam.
By Charles "Chuck" Colson | April 15, 2009; 4:47 PM ET | Comments (19)
But He's Gay!
Sooner or later we are going to have to stop saying we are Christians ...and be Christians. If I understand what Jesus taught, there is no person who is unworthy of God's love. No matter who one might be...
By Susan K. Smith | April 15, 2009; 4:42 PM ET | Comments (1)
Good Words, Now We Need Good Actions
Frankly, I find it disturbing, as well as a bit sad, that so many people feel it necessary to congratulate the president for understanding and speaking about basic concepts of religious freedom and pluralism.
By Welton Gaddy | April 15, 2009; 3:09 PM ET | Comments (1)
Obama Declares End of "Clash of Civilizations"
President Obama understood what his Muslim audience needed to hear to begin to dissipate the phony notion that the Muslim world and the West are embraced in an irreconcilable "Clash of Civilizations."
By Feisal Abdul Rauf | April 15, 2009; 2:54 PM ET | Comments (23)
One World, Under God
This war has never been about religion. It so happens that Iraq is a predominantly Muslim nation, and America is predominantly Christian, but the war has been about oil and power, not religion
By Susan K. Smith | April 14, 2009; 8:06 PM ET | Comments (11)
Why Islam Needs an Apology
His critics believe that Obama is giving aid and comfort to the enemy no doubt, by apologizing to the Islamic world, but from his perspective he's beginning to treat Muslims like normal human beings.
By Deepak Chopra | April 14, 2009; 7:08 PM ET | Comments (58)
Not Muslim or Anti-Muslim, Christian or Anti-Christian
We are nation with a couple hundred million Christians, and if they live up to their charter in the gospels, they will be good and generous and free and value-rich citizens, who will contribute to the public good "in church and state"
By Martin Marty | April 14, 2009; 4:17 PM ET | Comments (6)
Obama's Wishful Exaggerations
President Obama's claims about both America's relationship with the global Muslim community, and the extent to which we are not a "Christian nation", are partial truths which express a hope more than a reality.
By Brad Hirschfield | April 14, 2009; 3:55 PM ET | Comments (6)
We Are At War
We are at war with the part of Islam that persecutes women, sends suicide bombers in God's name into crowded markets, and threatens nuclear annihilation, claiming to love death.
By David Wolpe | April 14, 2009; 12:55 PM ET | Comments (111)
Obama's Chance and Challenge
Obama's handling of Afghanistan, Pakistan, the withdrawal from Iraqi, the US relationship with Iran and dictatorial governments across the Muslim world will all hold far more weight than any speeches he makes.
By Pamela K. Taylor | April 14, 2009; 11:38 AM ET | Comments (30)
America Does not Support or Oppose Any Religion
America neither supports nor opposes any particular religious faith.
By Kenneth E. Bowers | April 14, 2009; 9:11 AM ET | Comments (2)
Thank God for Secularism
Our successful American experiment in religious diversity enables President Obama to state plainly that our nation cannot be "at war" with a whole religion
By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite | April 14, 2009; 9:06 AM ET | Comments (34)
A Christian People Created a Secular Government
To war against any particular religion is, for America, inconceivable.
By Willis E. Elliott | April 13, 2009; 9:50 PM ET | Comments (7)
Must Love Dogs
I believe dogs are a gift of grace, and Bo -- the new Obama family dog -- is such a gift to all of us.
By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite | April 13, 2009; 6:46 PM ET | Comments (7)
Reviving Secular America
I believe that President Obama is bringing the United States back to its truly secular state.
By Arun Gandhi | April 13, 2009; 5:33 PM ET | Comments (2)
Obama Revives Forgotten Principle Of Founders
We are not a Christian nation, and our government is not a Christian government. That's a simple fact, and one of the glories of our history--as the founders understood.
By Susan Jacoby | April 13, 2009; 5:21 PM ET | Comments (345)
Pope Benedict and the Pursuit of Truth
Pope Benedict's willingness to admit to mistakes is a welcome precedent for all leaders, civil or religious.
By Thomas G. Bohlin | April 13, 2009; 2:32 PM ET | Comments (1)
Apologies Good, Not Enough
Thus papal apologies do not in any way call into question papal infallibility (though I think the claim to infallibility is indefensible on other grounds).
By Marcus Borg | April 13, 2009; 9:58 AM ET | Comments (5)
