Journal of Church and State articles from June 2006

Journal of Church and State archives from June 2006

Islam and the "clash of civilizations".
June 22, 2006... In London, on 7 July 2005, the day dawned brightly but before mid-morning dark clouds of gloom would envelope the city. Always hectic, the eight o'clock hour on weekdays sees commuters hurry to their workplaces, many coming from surrounding...

The persecution of Thomas Emlyn, 1703-1705.(United Kingdom)
June 22, 2006... The passage of the Toleration Act in 1689 changed the nature of religion in England; no longer were Trinitarian dissenters outlawed and subject to criminal penalties. This served as the start of a more enlightened attitude to religion that...

Is reconciliation possible after genocide? The case of Rwanda.
June 22, 2006... From April to July 1994, Rwanda experienced one of the most destructive mass atrocities in history, resulting in the death of some 800,000 persons. The genocide began on 6 April and continued until the Hutu regime had been toppled in mid-July....

Thinking historically about diversity: religion, the enlightenment, and the construction of civic culture in early America.
June 22, 2006... Historians have long recognized the decades surrounding 1700 as crucial in the intellectual and cultural development of the early modern era. Generations ago, Paul Hazard characterized the years 1680-1715 as an intellectual crisis resulting...

"We are alienating the splendid Irish race": British Catholic response to the Irish conscription controversy of 1918.
June 22, 2006... Ireland was something of a paradox during the First World War. She was the "one bright spot," from the British point of view, at the time of the July-August crisis in August 1914 because the threat of civil war in Ireland was greatly diminished...

Shades of "pragmatism" in halakhah: a model for legal reform?
June 22, 2006... I. INTRODUCTION "[W]e must never forget that it is a constitution we are expounding," wrote John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. (1) He was referring to the United States Constitution, which has endured the...

Fresh wineskins for new wine: a new perspective on North Korean Christianity.
June 22, 2006... THE NEED FOR A NEW PERSPECTIVE Since the 1980s, North Korean Christianity has demonstrated phenomenal changes. Scriptures and a hymnal have been published, churches have been newly built for the first time since the Korean War, and the...

Earthly Powers: The Clash of Religion and Politics in Europe from the French Revolution to the Great War.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Earthly Powers: The Clash of Religion and Politics in Europe From the French Revolution to the Great War. By Michael Burleigh. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005. 529 pp. $29.50. Michael Burleigh has studied the interplay of religion...

Regulating Religion: Case Studies from Around the Globe.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Regulating Religion: Case Studies from Around the Globe. Edited by James T. Richardson. New York: Kluwer Academic Press, 2004. 570 pp. $216.00 cloth; $97.95 paper. This compilation of essays by editor James T. Richardson explores the...

Human Rights and the World's Major Religions, 5 vols.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Human Rights and the World's Major Religions. Five volumes. Edited by William H. Brackney. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, 2005. np. For nearly sixty years, the world community has struggled to collaborate and create a universal human...

The Anthropology of Religious Conversion.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... The Anthropology of Religious Conversion. Edited by Andrew Buckser and Steven Glazier. New York: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2003. 256 pp. $34.95 paper. A lot has been written about religious conversion and much of this...

Alms for Jihad: Charity and Terrorism in the Islamic World.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Alms for Jihad: Charity and Terrorism in the Islamic World. By J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. 348 pp. np. The authors of this cleverly named volume collaborated on several previous texts....

Contemporary Muslim Apocalyptic Literature.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Contemporary Muslim Apocalyptic Literature. By David Cook. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 2005. 272 pp. $34.95. The belief that the world will end at some time has been generally held by Muslims, although the Quran specifically...

Muslims and the State in Britain, France, and Germany.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Muslims and the State in Britain, France, and Germany. By Joel S. Fetzer and J. Christopher Soper. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. $18.99. Joel S. Fetzer and J. Christopher Soper's new book, Muslims and the State in Britain,...

"Holy Fire: The Battle for Christ's Tomb".
June 22, 2006... Holy Fire: The Battle for Christ's Tomb. By Victoria Clark. San Francisco, Calif.: Macadam/Cage, 2005. 294 pp. $28.50. Standing with Israel: Why Christians Support the Jewish State. By David Brog. Lake Mary, Fla.: Front Line, 2006. 285 pp....

Is Israel One?: Religion, Nationalism, and Multiculturalism Confounded.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Is Israel One? Religion, Nationalism, and Multiculturalism Confounded. By Eliezer Ben-Rafael and Yochanan Peres. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2005. 332 pp. $170.00. This book deals with the most important internal issue facing Israel. It is one...

Israel's Higher Law: Religion and Liberal Democracy in the Jewish State.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Israel's Higher Law: Religion and Liberal Democracy in the Jewish State. By Steven V. Mazie. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2006. 334 pp. $90.00 cloth. $31.95 paper. "Israel is the only democracy in the Middle...

Inquisitorial Inquiries: Brief Lives of Secret Jews and Other Heretics.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Inquisitorial Inquiries: Brief Lives of Secret Jews & Other Heretics. Edited and translated by Richard L. Kagan and Abigail Dyer. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. 216 pp. $19.95. It is well-known that the trial...

The Political Papacy: John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Their Influence.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... The Political Papacy: John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Their Influence. Edited by Chester Gillis. Boulder, Colo.: Paradigm Publishers, 2006. 208 pp. $24.95. Chester Gillis compiled twenty-eight primary texts and essays in his newest book,...

Benedict XVI: Fellow Worker for the Truth, an Introduction to His Life and Thought.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Benedict XVI Fellow Worker for the Truth: An Introduction to His Life and Thought. By Laurence Paul Hemming. Harrisburg, Pa.: Contiuum, 2005, 183 pp. $16.95 paper. The election of Pope Benedict XVI as the new Pontiff for the Roman Catholic...

Gods of the Blood: The Pagan Revival and White Separatism.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Gods of the Blood: The Pagan Revival and White Separatism. By Mattias Gardell. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2003. 445 pp. $94.95 cloth; $24.95 paper. This insightful book deals with the Nordic-pagan dimension of the radical right...

The Churching of America, 1776-2005: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... The Churching of America, 1776-2005: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy. By Roger Finke and Rodney Stark. Piscataway, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2005. 347 pp. $21.95 paper. In this new edition of their controversial text in...

Religion in America, 5th ed.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Religion in America (Fifth Edition). By Julia Corbett Hemeyer. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006. 324pp. np. Revised and updated in its fifth edition, Religion in America is obviously a book in demand. As a concise...

Christianity in the United States: A Historical Survey and Interpretation.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Christianity in the United States; A Historical Survey and Interpretation. By David W. Wills. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2003; English ed., South Bend, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2005. 102 pp. np. Christianity in the United...

Washington's God: Religion, Liberty, and the Father of Our Country.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Washington's God: Religion, Liberty, and the Father of Our Country. By Michael Novak and Jana Novak. New York: Basic Books, 2006. 304 pp. $26.00. George Washington's religious beliefs have been the subject of more scrutiny and speculation...

Isaac Taylor Tichenor: The Creation of the Baptist New South.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Isaac Taylor Tichenor: The Creation of the Baptist New South by Michael E. Williams, Sr. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 2005, 240 pp. $42.50. Throughout his diverse and significant career, Isaac Taylor Tichenor (1825-1902)...

Family Transformed: Religion, Values, and Society in American Life.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Family Transformed: Religion, Values, and Society in American Life. Edited by Steven M. Tipton & John Witte Jr. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2005. 317 pp. $26.95. It has been said that a culture is defined by its stories....

Joy at Work: Bible Study Companion.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Joy at Work: Bible Study Companion. By Raymond Bakke, William Hendricks, and Brad Smith. Seattle, Wash.: Pearson Venture Group Publishers, 2005. 216 pp. $19.95. This is the study guide designed to accompany Dennis Bakke's book entitled Joy...

True Faith and Allegiance.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... True Faith and Allegiance. By Noah Pickus. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 2005. 257 pp. $35.00. Every alien admitted to citizenship in the United States is required to pledge "true faith and allegiance" to the United States....

God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It. By Jim wallis. San Francisco, Calif.: HarperSanFrancisco, 2005. 384 pp. $24.95. My guess is that almost all readers of JCS have heard of this book and of Jim wallis,...

The Bible and Its Influence.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... The Bible and Its Influence. Edited by Cullen Schippe and Chuck Stetson. Fairfax, Va.: BLP Publishing, 2006. 373 pp. $69.95. Whether or not one believes that the Bible is a sacred text of Scripture, one cannot deny its influence upon...

The Evangelical Moment: The Promise of an American Religion.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... The Evangelical Moment: The Promise of an American Religion. By Kenneth J. Collins. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2005. 288 pp. $22.99 paper. In the author's own words, "this book is principally about understanding American...