Journal of Church and State articles from March 2005

Journal of Church and State archives from March 2005

Respecting religious differences: the missing ingredient in creating a peaceful world order.
March 22, 2005... The recent destruction of much of Iraq--caused by U.S. and Coalition forces seeking to oust Saddam Hussein from power and install a democratic order, and by Iraqi factions seeking to annihilate their own countrymen whom they despise for...

The political legacy of Pope John Paul II.
March 22, 2005... I. INTRODUCTION As pope of the Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II was the unquestioned spiritual leader of over one billion adherents. So powerful was his religious position that he was recognized as infallible when speaking on matters of...

Imposed limitations on freedom of religion in China and the margin of appreciation doctrine: a legal analysis of the crackdown on the Falun Gong and other "evil cults".
March 22, 2005... INTRODUCTION "Like a rat crossing the street that everyone shouts out to squash, they [Falun Gong] will suffer serious legal sanctions and ultimately receive the shameful fate of failure." (1) On 25 April 1999, over ten thousand Falun...

Locke's accidental church: the letter concerning toleration and the church's witness to the state.(United Kingdom)
March 22, 2005... I. INTRODUCTION Despite the obviously theological nature of much of John Locke's writings, until recently that aspect of his work was largely ignored. His Christianity has often been seen as a flaw that the modern reader does well to look...

Anti-semitism, christianity, and the catholic church: origins, consequences, and responses.
March 22, 2005... For approximately 1,900 years, the relationship between Jews and Christians had been marked by anger, hate, and suspicion, particularly in Europe. The primary cause of this lamentable phenomenon was the commonly held Christian belief that Jews...

Two types of pluralism and the Catholic Church scandal.
March 22, 2005... Just prior to their semiannual meeting in Dallas in June 2002, the U.S. Catholic bishops released a draft document proposing the removal of all priests found guilty of sexual abuse from active ministry except those who had committed only one...

Presumption against war or presumption against injustice? The just war tradition reconsidered.
March 22, 2005... I. INTRODUCTION How Americans think about war cannot be properly understood apart from reflecting on the American experience of the last half-century. And 'although the language of "just war" on occasion is heard among pundits,...

The 1861 Spring Resolutions: Charles Hodge, the American Union, and the dissolution of the Old School Church.
March 22, 2005... "What in the most general sense, did religion have to do with the Civil War?," asked a group of American historians gathered at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in October 1994. They answered, "Religion, understood in its broadest...

Remaking China's Public Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Remaking China's Public Philosophy for the Twenty-first Century. By Jinghao Zhou. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, 2003. 256 pp. $69.95. With growing economic and military power and active participation in world affairs, China's future...

The Vatican-Israel Accords: Political, Legal, and Theological Contexts.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... The Vatican-Israel Accords: Political, Legal, and Theological Contexts. Edited by Marshall J. Breger. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004. 416pp. $55.00. This book is a collection of essays written to analyze...

Bethlehem Besieged: Stories of Hope in Times of Trouble.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Bethlehem Besieged: Stories of Hope in Times of Trouble. By Mitri Raheb. Minneapolis, Minn.: Fortress Press, 2004. 157 pp. $13.00. Palestinian Lutheran pastor Mitri Raheb preaches hope for Israel/Palestine through his autobiographical...

Religious Separation and Political Intolerance in Bosnia-Herzegovina.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Religious Separation and Political Intolerance in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Eastern European Studies, Number 20. By Mitja Velikonja. Translated from Slovenian by Rang'ichi Ng'inja. College Station, Tex.: Texas A&M University Press, 2003. 352 pp....

The Church in the Republic: Gallicanism and Political Ideology in Renaissance France.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... The Church in the Republic: Gallicanism and Political Ideology in Renaissance France. By Jotham Parsons. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2004. np. Jotham Parsons's erudite study of sixteenth- and early...

The British Civil War: The Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1638-1660.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... The British Civil War: The Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1638-1660. By Trevor Royle. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. 888 pp. $40.00. Trevor Royle has crafted a very impressive comprehensive narrative of the British Civil War, reminiscent...

"Side by Side in a Small Country": Bishop John Frederick MacNeice and Ireland.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... "Side by Side in a Small Country": Bishop John Frederick MacNeice and Ireland. By Christopher Fauske. Dublin: Church of Ireland Historical Society, 2004. np. There are some people who are universal because what they preach is universal....

Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State. By Daniel L. Dreisbach. New York: New York University Press, 2002. 283 pp. $19.00 paper. At the heart of the raging controversies in church-state relations is Thomas...

The Supremacists: The Tyranny of Judges and How to Stop It.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... The Supremacists: The Tyranny of Judges and How to Stop It. By Phyllis Schlafly. Dallas, Tex.: Spence Publishing Co., 2004. 182 pp. $24.95. The balance of powers offered in America's Constitution has been replaced by an "Imperial...

Ballots and Bibles: Ethnic Politics and the Catholic Church in Providence.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Ballots and Bibles: Ethnic Politics and the Catholic Church in Providence. By Evelyn Savidge Sterne. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2004. 294 pp. $34.95. This book is a significant contribution to the history of the Catholic...

Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and Second Bishop of Tennessee: The Memoir and Civil War Diary of Charles Todd Quintard.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and Second Bishop of Tennessee: The Memoir and Civil War Diary of Charles Todd Quintard. Edited by Sam Davis Elliott. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2003. 285 pp. $39.95. With this volume,...

New Day Begun: African American Churches and Civic Culture in Post-Civil Rights America.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... New Day Begun: African American Churches and Civic Culture in Post-Civil Rights America. Edited by R. Drew Smith. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2003.310 pp. $29.95. Too often, the Civil Rights Movement forms the finish line for...

A Passionate Pilgrim: A Biography of Bishop James A. Pike.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... A Passionate Pilgrim: A Biography of Bishop James A. Pike. By David M. Robertson. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. xi+283pp. $24.95. Although intuition dictates that the best author of a biography is a close associate of the subject, it is...

The Sword of the Lord: Military Chaplains from the First to the Twenty-First Century.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... The Sword of the Lord: Military Chaplains from the First to the Twenty-First Century. Edited By Doris L. Bergen. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004. 298 pp. $18.00. The field of chaplain studies is meager, despite a...

For the Glory of God: How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witchhunts, and the End of Slavery.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... For the Glory of God: How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-hunts, and the End of Slavery. By Rodney Stark. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2003. 496 pp. $35.00 paper. This book, the second of a two-volume project...

Politics and Religion.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Politics and Religion. By Steve Bruce. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2003. 304 pp. $28.95 paper. In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, reporters, commentators, and the public generally assume that religion has an important influence on...

Religious Pluralism in America: The Contentious History of a Founding Ideal.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Religious Pluralism in America: The Contentious History of a Founding Ideal. By William R. Hutchison. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2003. 288 pp. $18.00 paper. William Hutchison's Religious Pluralism in America: The Contentious...

Religion and Politics in the United States, 4th ed.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Religion and Politics in the United States. 4th ed. By Kenneth D. Wald. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. 381 pp. $75.00 cloth; $32.00 paper. This is the fourth edition of a successful textbook that first appeared in 1987. The...

One Electorate Under God? A Dialogue on Religion and American Politics.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... One Electorate Under God?: A Dialogue on Religion and American Politics. Edited by E. J. Dionne, Jr., Jean Bethke Elshtain, and Kayla M. Drogosz. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2004. 239 pp., $17.95 paper. This Brookings...

The Virtue of War: Reclaiming the Classic Christian Traditions East and West.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... The Virtue of War: Reclaiming the Classic Christian Traditions East and West. By Alexander F. C. Webster and Darrell Cole. Salisbury, Mass.: Regina Orthodox Press, 2004. 252 pp. $19.95 paper. The co-authors of this book have a distinct...

Faith-Based Initiatives and the Bush Administration.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Faith-Based Initiatives and the Bush Administration. By Jo Renee Formicola, Mary C. Segers, and Paul Weber. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. 214 pp. $23.95. George W. Bush, in his inaugural address, laid down the foundation for his...