Journal of Church and State articles from September 2000

Journal of Church and State archives from September 2000

Confronting ethnic cleansing in the twenty-first century.
September 22, 2000... The slaughter of as many as 170 million human beings in countless episodes of ethnic cleansing qualifies the twentieth century as one of the darkest eras in human history. The century was the most successful in all of history in terms of...

The Stockholm Accords on Ethnic Cleansing.
September 22, 2000... INTRODUCTION Forty-three participants assembled in Stockholm, Sweden on January 29-30, 2000 for a set of roundtable discussions on the theme, "Reverence and Reconciliation: A Healing Response to Ethnic Cleansing." The discussions were...

Globalization, sacred beliefs, and defiance: is human rights discourse relevant in the Muslim world?
September 22, 2000... Globalization, as shaped by a neo-liberal ideology, appears incompatible with the earlier project of the humane or compassionate state and confines the effective role of the new multilateralism, at least for the foreseeable future, to the civil...

Social Catholicism engages the American state: the contribution of Archbishop Edward J. Hanna.
September 22, 2000... American Catholic history during the second quarter of the twentieth century, a period described by the historian David O'Brien as the era of "Social Catholicism,"(1) was a period when many church leaders sought to rectify the evils of society....

The subtle significance of sincere belief: Tocqueville's account of religious belief and democratic stability.
September 22, 2000... Those who claim that religion plays an important role in democratic political orders must, in order to provide a compelling argument, define the proper role and nature of religion within democracy. For example, is it essential that religious...

Proclaiming peace and love: a new role for churches in African politics.
September 22, 2000... Guy Hermet observed that in political systems characterized by an "authoritarian exercise of power and... refusal to implement a sufficient and generalized participation of the citizen in the political system... religious organizations are...

Espionage and the Ecclesia.
September 22, 2000... "Did you read Zorba the Greek? Then you know about the Devil himself being inside the monastery. It is so with us. In Alba Julia, for example, the confession stall in the church was bugged." (Romanian author Sandra Danciu)(1) Of all the...

Blessed be the ties that bind? The challenge of charitable choice to moral obligation.
September 22, 2000... Both presidential hopefuls, Al Gore and George W. Bush, as well as other politicians, made campaign calls for a revolution in social service provision: expanding the role churches and other faith-based organizations (FBOs) play in meeting needs...

Religion, Law, and Freedom: A Global Perspective.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Religion, Law, and Freedom: A Global Perspective. Edited by Joel Thierstein and Yahya R. Kamalipour. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2000. 228 pp. n.p. This collection of essays takes as its major theme the question of the relationship of...

People Versus States: Minorities at Risk in the New Century.(Review)
September 22, 2000... People versus States: Minorities at Risk in the New Century. By Ted Robert Gurr. Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace, 2000. 399 pp.n.p. Peoples versus States is the follow-up volume to the Institute's 1993 report, Minorities...

From Iranaeus to Grotius: A Sourcebook in Christian Political Thought, 100-1625.(Review)
September 22, 2000... From Iranaeus to Grotius: A Sourcebook in Christian Political Thought, 100-1625. Edited by Oliver O'Donovan and Joan Lockwood O'Donovan. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdman's Publishing Company, 1999. 838 pp. $70.00. From Iranaeus to...

The Church of Scientology.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... The Church of Scientology. By J. Gordon Melton. Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2000. 80 pp. $12.95. This short book is the first in a series of general introductions to new religions offered by the Center for Studies on New...

A Community of Witches: Contemporary Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft in the United States.(United Kingdom)(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... A Community of Witches: Contemporary Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft in the United States. By Helen A. Berger. Studies in Comparative Religion Series. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1999. 134 pp. n.p. Helen A. Berger,...

The Religious, the Spiritual, and the Secular: Auroville and Secular India.(United Kingdom)(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... The Religious, the Spiritual, and the Secular: Auroville and Secular India. By Robert N. Minor. Albany, N.Y.: State University, of New York Press, 1999. 9.08 pp. n.p. In post-colonial India, two perspectives have coexisted regarding what...

In the Shadow of the Mahatma: Bishop V.S. Azariah and the Travails of Christianity in British India.(Review)
September 22, 2000... In the Shadow of the Mahatma: Bishop V.S. Azariah and the Travails of Christianity in British India. By Susan Billington Harper. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans, 2000. 462 pp. n.p. Harper's book, published in the "Studies in the...

A History of the Church in Africa.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... A History of the Church in Africa. By Bengt Sundkler and Christopher Steed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. 1,232 pp. $140.00. This book asserts that the church in Africa carries the touch of hope for many Africans today in...

Challenging the State: Churches as Political Actors in South Africa, 1980-1994.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Challenging the State: Churches as Political Actors in South Africa, 1980-1994. By Tristan Anne Borer. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1998. 289 pp. n.p. The end of apartheid in South Africa marked the beginning of a new...

Opting for Democracy?: Liberation Theology and the Struggle for Democracy in Brazil.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Opting for Democracy?: Liberation Theology and the Struggle for Democracy in Brazil. By Iain S. Maclean. New York: Peter Lang Publishers, 1999. 9,64 pp. $55.95. In his introduction, Maclean projects that his text will illustrate how and...

Martin Luther, German Saviour: German Evangelical Theological Factions and the Interpretation of Luther, 1917-1933.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Martin Luther, German Saviour: German Evangelical Theological Factions and the Interpretation of Luther, 1917-1933. By James M. Stayer. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000. 177 pp. $55.00. The use and abuse of national heroes...

God, Britain, and Hitler in World War II: The View of the British Clergy, 1939-1945.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... God, Britain, and Hitler in World War II: The View of the British Clergy, 1939-1945. By A.J. Hoover. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1999. 148 pp. $55.00. Although political, economic, and social forces involved in the decision to go to war are...

Religion and Politics in Spain: The Spanish Church in Transition, 1962-96.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Religion and Politics in Spain: The Spanish Church in Transition, 1962-96. By Audrey Brassloff. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. 183 pp. $65.00. What does it mean to be both Spanish and Catholic in Spain? This very difficult question...

Pope Pius XII: Architect for Peace.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Pope Pius XII: Architect for Peace. By Margherita Marchione. Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist Press, 2000. 345 pp. $22.95. Margherita Marchione, of the Filippini Sisters, has published other works defending the role of Pope Plus XII during the...

The Pope's Armada.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... The Pope's Armada. By Gordon Urquhart. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus, 1999. 490 pp. $26.95. "Doctor, cure thyself," is Gordon Urquhart's appeal to Pope John Paul II. Instead of preaching to the city and the world the church's defense of human...

The Freedom Not to Speak.(Review)
September 22, 2000... The Freedom Not To Speak. By Haig Bosmajian. New York: New York University Press, 1999. 248 pp. $38.00. Constitutionally, the First Amendment guarantees, among other rights, the freedom to speak. In the latter half of the twentieth...

The Dissent of the Governed: A Meditation on Law, Religion, and Loyalty.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... The Dissent of the Governed: A Meditation on Law, Religion, and Loyalty. By Stephen L. Carter. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1998. 145 pp. $12.95. Carter's book is composed of three lectures given at Harvard in 1995 and is...

Government's End: Why Washington Stopped Working.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Government's End: Why Washington Stopped Working. By Jonathan Ranch. New York: Public Affairs Books, 1999. 304 pp. $12.00 paper. The problem in Washington is not that government cannot get anything done. The real problem is that government...

Curriculum, Religion, and Public Education: Conversations for an Enlarging Public Square.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Curriculum, Religion, and Public Education: Conversations for an Enlarging Public Square. Edited by James T. Sears with James c. Carper. New York: Teachers College Press, 1998. 290 pp. $29.95. The fine line that distinguishes indoctrination...

Between Church and State: Religion and Public Education in a Multicultural America.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Between Church and State: Religion and Public Education in a Multicultural America. By James W. Fraser. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. 278 pp. $24.95. Among many elements that justify a careful reading of James W. Fraser's Between...

The Myth of Christian America: What You Need to Know About the Separation of Church and State.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... The Myth of Christian America: What You Need to Know About the Separation of Church and State. By Mark Weldon Whitten. Macon, Ga.: Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc., 1909. 122 pp. n.p. Readers of Whitten's book might be expecting a sustained...

Standing on the Premises of God: The Christian Right's Fight to Redefine America's Public Schools.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Standing on the Premises of God: The Christian Right's Fight to Redefine America's Public Schools. By Fritz Detwiler. New York: New York University Press, 1999. 257 pp. $30.00. The majority of books that cover the Christian Right fall into...

The Promise Keepers: Politics and Promises.(Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... The Promise Keepers: Politics and Promises. By Bryan W. Brickner. New York: Lexington Books, 1999. 136 pp. $55.00. When writing of modern religious movements, the natural inclination of most scholars is to look for political motives, even...