In the early 1970s, rumors about poisoned candy on Halloween led to mass paranoia. A historian explains why such fears emerge – and what, in reality, feeds them.
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The church is itself divided on Brexit, but that doesn’t mean it can’t provide guidance for a polarised community.
Along with a belief in miracles, other key aspects of Pentecostal doctrine – from divine providence to pietism – will likely shape the actions of our re-elected Prime Minister.
The coercive Christian rule under which Notre Dame was sanctioned drove a wide exploitation of nature. Let it stand as a reminder of our environmental sins and a call to action.
The biblical story of Jesus’s birth is an inherently political story – something that makes many Christians uncomfortable.
The public broadcaster wants to encourage greater literacy and promote equal coverage of all faiths, including humanism.
Religious freedom in Australia can be a source of division with examples of respect for and of government interference with that freedom.
Religion in schools has always been contentious and especially so in Australia, where there is a commitment to secular principles.
The relationship of Australians to religion is changing, as people find other ways to connect with their personal beliefs.
Australia’s federal MPs are apparently servants of the Christian God, working for His glory.
In a nation labelled secular, many of our elected representatives have strong religious ties, and this affects they way they the country is run.
Religious education offered in Australian state schools has variations in the quality of delivery and limited provisions for the students who opt out.
Appeal to faith is a popular election campaign strategy in Kenya where the line between religion and politics is often thin.
Viewed from today’s post-Cold War and secularised society, the conflicts at heart of the Labor split appear curiously arcane. Yet its ghosts remain.
Charities in Australia can be political. They can advocate and lobby to further their charitable purposes. But they can’t be party-political.
The problem for Jacob Zuma’s political theology is that far too many members of South Africa’s ruling ANC have been experiencing a dramatic loss of faith in a party they see as no longer righteous.
The fact that so much of the religious vote will go to the obviously less religious candidate says a lot about the 2016 US presidential election.
When Pope Francis issued his unexpected on the Republican frontrunner, he did little to make the choice facing American Catholics any easier.
For people who take the Bible seriously – not only Catholics – the pope’s encyclical on climate change and the environment will change minds.
There are religious and non-religious extremists and we should not confuse violent believers with religion itself, which has a long history of peacemaking.
Principales colaboradores
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Professor of Public Theology and Director of The Bernardin Center, Catholic Theological Union
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Eastern Illinois University
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Professor of History and African-American Studies, University of Montana
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Adjunct Professor of Religious and Theological Studies, St. Edward's University
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Associate Teaching Professor in Religious Studies, Arizona State University
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Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science, Penn State
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Professor of Sociology and Secular Studies, Pitzer College
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Professor of Law, Director of the Center for Religion, Law & Democracy, Willamette University
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Assistant Professor, University of South Dakota
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Associate Professor, Baylor University
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Anthropologist & Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing Communication, Emerson College
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Professor of history, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Lecturer in Modern History, Monash University
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Senior Professorial Lecturer, Co-Director Transatlantic Policy Center, American University School of International Service
