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Tag Archives: Catholicism
The Unborn, Alcohol and Scripture, and the Afterlife
My church’s Sunday School class is going through the United Methodist Church’s Social Principles. We had a lot of good discussions last Sunday: about pay disparity between men and women, alcohol, eugenics, the unborn, rights and responsibilities, the afterlife, and … Continue reading
Posted in Alcoholism, Bible, Church, Religion
Tagged alcohol, Catholicism, fetal rights, Love Wins, Rob Bell, Social Principles, Unborn, United Methodist Church
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John Courtney Murray and Reflections on Religion in the Public Square
For my write-up today on The Search for God at Harvard, I’ll use as my starting-point something that Ari Goldman says on pages 117-118 about the Catholic thinker John Courtney Murray’s stance on church and state: “On writing on church-state … Continue reading
Posted in Political Philosophy, Politics, Religion
Tagged Ari Goldman, Catholicism, city of god, divine revelation, divorce, John Courtney Murray, John Joseph O'Connor, Politics, social safety net, society, The Search for God at Harvard
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Take It Back 3: Bush and Kerry on Faith
In my latest reading of Take It Back: Our Party, Our Country, Our Future (copyright 2006), James Carville and Paul Begala criticize how John Kerry talked about his faith during the 2004 Presidential Election. Essentially, according to Carville and Begala, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Candidates, George W. Bush, Political Philosophy, Politics, Religion
Tagged 2004 Presidential election, Catholicism, George W. Bush, james carville, John Kerry, Paul Begala, Take It Back
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Kristin Luker’s Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood 9
I finished Kristin Luker’s 1984 book, Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood. In my latest reading, Luker discussed a variety of issues. She detailed her methodology, as she specified what criteria she used in selecting the pro-life and pro-choice activists … Continue reading
Posted in Political Philosophy, Politics, Religion
Tagged Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood, Catholicism, evangelicalism, Kristin Luker, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, Roe vs. Wade
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James' Ramblings 