Fritz a wonderful lesson – and esp. reading has a flow I found encompassing. If only …….. yes we can…
Weekly lessons in theology and public life • Since 2011
Tag: Freedom of Religion
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Lesson 8: Freedom of Religion
Read MORE: Lesson 8: Freedom of ReligionAny talk about church and politics after the Enlightenment has to look at the expectation that governments will protect freedom of religion. You get an idea how important this became when the founders of the US made their first amendment…
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Lesson 9: Foreign Invasion
Read MORE: Lesson 9: Foreign InvasionHundreds of heavily armed men and women invaded Gettysburg, my hometown, on July 4. They occupied sacred land and patrolled battlefield roads seeking the enemy. When asked why they came, they readily claimed to be patriots who were preserving our…
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Lesson 19: The Political and Technological Environments
Read MORE: Lesson 19: The Political and Technological EnvironmentsFather Jude caught my attention when he described the State as being the environment in which the Church exists. He reported that he framed his argument this way in order to make clear the Church has to play by the…
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Lesson 18: Freedom of Religion
Read MORE: Lesson 18: Freedom of ReligionI think the widely ignored freedom of religion movement indicates the problem Christianity faces in a modern democracy. People in my circles thought the advocates were a paranoid minority of various church bodies. Now those paranoids control our government. Let…
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So forgiveness pre-requires understanding the mistakes of the past? here hear re this opposing this me-first, America-first, white-first, male-first approach>…
An extremely timely topic. Thanks, Fritz!