Christians and Presidential Campaigns
The evangelical and fundamentalist Christians are making the politicians very nervous and making presidential politics very interesting. President and Mrs. Carter held a special strategy meeting in the White House last month to discuss how to cope … [Read more...] about Christians and Presidential Campaigns
HOW MUCH IS FREEDOM WORTH?
What kind of living conditions would you find so intolerable that, to escape them, you would voluntarily assume a high risk of losing your life and the lives of your spouse and children, and even with the best of luck you would surely lose all your … [Read more...] about HOW MUCH IS FREEDOM WORTH?
ACADEMIC FREEDOM VICTORY
Academic freedom and educational diversity won a great victory when the U.S.Senate voted to block the Internal Revenue Service from implementing its proposedregulation threatening the tax-deductible status of thousands of private and … [Read more...] about ACADEMIC FREEDOM VICTORY
Outwitting the Communists
The Kremlin bosses must be asking themselves how in the world they were maneuvered into allowing Pope John Paul II to visit Poland. Of course they didn't have to do it; no one can enter or leave a Communist country without official permission, and … [Read more...] about Outwitting the Communists
NEED FOR “PEOPLE-SIZED” INSTITUTIONS
"Excessive greatness of a town," "multitude of corporations," and too much "ghostly authority" or power of organized religion were listed by the 17th-century British political philosopher Thomas Hobbes among infirmities of a commonwealth. He … [Read more...] about NEED FOR “PEOPLE-SIZED” INSTITUTIONS
In The Name Of Education — December 1976
SECULAR HUMANISM
Most Congressional bills or amendments that pass one House but are not voted on in the other House die quietly without further controversy. An exception to this rule is an amendment to the education bill proposed by Congressman John Conlan which … [Read more...] about SECULAR HUMANISM
Religion in Politics
In 1960 the winning presidential candidate, John F. Kennedy, went to great pains to put distance between himself and his church and to reassure every questioner that his religion would never interfere with his judgment as President. His campaign … [Read more...] about Religion in Politics
Churches and Capitalism
The National Council of Churches took some gratuitous swipes at capitalism recently when it sponsored a gathering called "An Ecumenical Consultation on Domestic Hunger." The delegates announced their belief that "a basic contradiction exists between … [Read more...] about Churches and Capitalism
