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Reason October 2004 Cathy Young |
Beyond Belief The idea that U.S. politicians should keep their religious faith private may seem outrageously intolerant. But is it not equally outrageous that a secularist figure cannot express his views honestly without committing career suicide? |
Reason April 2008 Ronald Bailey |
The New Age of Reason Is the fourth great awakening finally coming to a close? |
Reason January 2001 Cathy Young |
God Talk The First Amendment vs. freedom of speech... |
Salon.com November 20, 2000 Amy Standen |
Faith in America What does religion mean now? Is it a mystical experience, a collection of social protocols or just common sense? |
Psychology Today Jan/Feb 2008 Bruce Grierson |
An Atheist in the Pulpit Public identity and private belief are never more at odds than when a preacher loses his faith. |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 |
Getting Your Religious Terms Right Can't tell the difference between the evangelicals and the seekers? Confused by the prosperity gospel? Here's a glossary to help you. |
Salon.com Debra Dickerson |
So this is compassion? George Bush's compassionate conservatism sounds a lot like Al Gore's. But are faith-based charities really the answer to America's problems? |
Wired November 2006 Gary Wolf |
The Church of the Non-Believers A band of intellectual brothers is mounting a crusade against belief in God. Are they winning converts, or merely preaching to the choir? |
Salon.com November 21, 2000 David Rubien |
Rev. Billy Graham At 82, the Elvis (and Marshall McLuhan) of preachers is still the king of ecumenical evangelism. |
Reason April 2005 Cathy Young |
A Wave of Hot Air A great tragedy like last December's tsunami might not be a good time for any kind of philosophizing, religious or secular---particularly philosophizing by safe and well-fed people about a disaster that doesn't touch their own lives. |
Reason June 2007 W. James Antle |
Evangelicals and the State In The Choice Principle: The Biblical Case for Legal Toleration, by Andy G. Olree, a law professor makes a case for a libertarian Christianity. |
Salon.com August 29, 2000 Gary Kamiya |
Holy Joe Lieberman's God-fearing sermon was a cute political move -- and a debasement of both religion and civil society. |
Reason December 2002 Cathy Young |
Ecumenical Intolerance The sin of extremism is neither common to all Muslims nor limited to Islam. |
Reason November 2003 Cathy Young |
Roy Moore's Monument Religion has a place in the American public square -- but not an exclusive one. |
Salon.com September 5, 2000 Samuel G. Freedman |
Why Jews hate Lieberman's God talk Jewish Americans sometimes have a hard time telling the difference between discomfort and discrimination. |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 William C. Symonds |
Earthly Empires How evangelical churches are borrowing from business, ranging from niche marketing to MBA hiring, to lift their share of U.S. churchgoers. |
Reason October 2002 Cathy Young |
One Nation, Many Gods Vouchers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the separation of church and state |
Reason July 2007 Brink Lindsey |
The Aquarians and the Evangelicals How left-wing hippies and right-wing fundamentalists created a libertarian America. |
Reason February 2003 Jeremy Lott |
Jesus Sells What the Christian culture industry tells us about secular society |
Reason November 2000 Charles Paul Freund |
The New Presidential Identity Nobody ever accused American presidential politics of suffering from too much dignity, but the 2000 election has been a singularly post-labial affair... |
Salon.com August 16, 2000 James Traub |
Closing the piety gap With Joe Lieberman, the Democrats have someone who can take God back from the right. But do we really need more moralizing about private issues in public life? |
Reason May 2003 Jesse Walker |
Inside the Spiritual Jacuzzi What JewBus, Unitarian Pagans, and the Hot Tub Mystery Religion tell us about traditional faiths |
Reason June 2000 Nick Gillespie |
Albert Agonistes What Gore's winning storyline tells us about politicians |
Salon.com June 5, 2001 Jake Tapper |
Losing his religion? Negotiating a bill through Congress, Bush's faith czar expresses frustration with his own White House... |
Reason June 2003 Jodie T. Allen |
God Only Knows: The conflicting demands of wartime prayers You gotta feel a little sorry for God these days. The hotline from the White House has been hopping off the heavenly hook; the pope has been urging his flock to "persevere in unceasing prayer"; cries of "Allahu Akbar" echo from the streets of Gaza to those of Baghdad. |
Salon.com December 21, 2001 Carolyn S. Briggs |
Seeing the light A former Christian fundamentalist recalls a life of ferocious, intractable faith -- and the moments it began to crumble. |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 Paul Magnusson |
They Backed Bush -- And Expect Him To Deliver The battle over President George W. Bush's judicial appointments threatens to kick up a firestorm over the intrusion of religion into politics. |
Salon.com March 20, 2002 Suzy Hansen |
"Jerusalem Calling" by Joel Schalit A disillusioned young Israeli living in the U.S. warns the American left that it's too reluctant to criticize religious fundamentalists -- including George Bush... |
Reason June 2008 Gene Healy |
The Cult of the Presidency Who can we blame for the radical expansion of executive power? Look no further than you and me. |
Reason June 2007 Gillespie et al. |
Presidential Scouting Reports A libertarian fan's guide to the World Series of politics |
Salon.com August 8, 2000 Anthony York, Alicia Montgomery & Daryl Lindsey |
"It's a great pick" Harry Shearer, Al Franken and Jewish leaders weigh in on Al Gore's veep choice. |
Reason March 2005 Cathy Young |
God or Mammon When religious groups in the U.S. get caught between their principles and their subsidies. |
Salon.com July 29, 2002 Michelle Goldberg |
Fundamentally unsound Left Behind, the bestselling series of paranoid, pro-Israel end-time thrillers, may sound kooky, but America's right-wing leaders really believe this stuff. |
Salon.com December 15, 2000 Alan Wolfe |
Hobbled from the start How can George W. Bush convince Americans to trust him when he has dismissed such notions as truth and justice? |
BusinessWeek August 22, 2005 Robert J. Barro |
The Political Power Of The Pew A new study shows how churchgoing affects voting preferences. |
Salon.com August 22, 2001 Robert Scheer |
Dog days for God It's been a rough summer, taking the blame for senseless limits on stem cell research and killings on both sides in the Middle East... |
Salon.com November 22, 2000 Chris Colin |
Views from the pews If church is theater, then where are the reviews? This week, the Baptists lose it at the altar, and the Unitarians try finding it through tweedy discussion. |
Salon.com February 1, 2001 Michael Joseph Gross |
Hard-wired for God? A Christian takes issue with a book claiming that religion is merely a trick of evolution... |
Wired May 2006 Karen Breslau |
The Ressurection of Al Gore He invented the Internet (sort of). He became President (almost). Now Al Gore has found his true calling: using the power of technology to save the world. |
Salon.com July 12, 2001 Lauren Sandler |
Throbbing hearts and thumping Bibles Christian authors are staking their claim on pop culture's steamiest preserve: Romance novels... |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 |
Evangelism Gone Entrepreneurial Rick Warren believes evangelism means devotion to both social issues and God. The Internet is one tool he uses to spread the word |
Salon.com August 4, 2000 Katharine Mieszkowski |
Higher being Can legalizing drugs bring us closer to God? |
Fast Company July 1, 2007 Ellen McGirt |
Al Gore's $100 Million Makeover Not long ago, he was the butt of jokes -- lockbox, earth tones, a post-election beard. Then he dusted off an old slide show and jumped with both feet into the private sector. The untold story of how an epic loser engineered what may be the greatest brand makeover of our time. |
Salon.com June 22, 2000 Fiona Morgan |
Cruel and unusual punishment The Supreme Court has gone too far by banning prayer from school football games. |
Inc. December 2006 Alan Wolfe |
Guest Speaker: Worshiping at Work - Religion - Adam Smith Bringing religion into your company can be a test of faith - but not in the way you might expect. |
Salon.com April 17, 2002 David Talbot |
Fight or flight? David Brock's expose of the Republican attack machine shows that Democrats have to get serious about fighting back. And that doesn't mean Al Gore's Florida-style fisticuffs... |
Reason June 2007 Jacob Sullum |
Spiritual Highs and Legal Blows The power and peril of religious exemptions from drug prohibition in the U.S. |
Inc. February 1, 2003 Susan Hansen |
Let Us Now Pray ... for Accu-Fab Three years ago Gregg Page and Dennis Zullig decided that spreading the glory of God -- not making money -- would be their company's top priority. They had no idea how deeply the experience would test their faith. |
Salon.com August 9, 2000 Jake Tapper |
Too Jewish? Americans made "Seinfeld" one of the most popular TV shows ever. But are they ready to put a Jew in the White House? |
Salon.com September 24, 2002 Andrew Sullivan |
The opportunist Al Gore's bitter and negative speech in San Francisco on Monday contained any number of clashes with his previous positions. |