Citizenship - articles
Testimony of Richard M. Doerflinger on Embryonic Stem Cell Research
On behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishopsbefore the Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee September 29, 2004 more »
By Richard M. Doerflinger - Oct 1, 2004
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation, Social Issues, Science
The North Korean Human Rights Act: Help and Hope for a Suffering People
The recent unanimous votes by both the U. S. House and Senate in passing the North Korean Human Rights Act (H.R. 4011) provide a wonderful victory for millions of suffering North Koreans. more »
By Barrett Duke - Aug 1, 2004
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Legislation
This is Insurrection
Do evangelical Christians really want to say that this United States government is no longer a legitimate government?
The Ten Commandments controversy involving Judge Roy Moore in Alabama has sharply divided evangelical Christians. more »
By Richard Land - Aug 25, 2003
Topic: Citizenship, Church and State
How Should Victorious Christians Behave?
We should respond to American victory with gratitude and humility.
Christians are commanded by Jesus to love the Lord their God with all their hearts and souls and to love their neighbors as themselves (Mark 12:30). more »
By Richard Land - Apr 9, 2003
Topic: Faith, Citizenship, War
What Would King Have Said About Saddam?
Is the enemy of the anti-war movement Saddam Hussein, or President Bush?
Martin Luther King Jr. once said of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the martyred World War II pastor, “if your opponent has a conscience, then follow Gandhi. more »
By Richard Land - Mar 19, 2003
Topic: Citizenship, War
This Is Not Vietnam
A war with Iraq meets all the criteria for a just war.
Bob Edgar’s statement as part of a National Council of Churches delegation of 13 religious leaders and experts visiting Iraq is rife with issues that need to be addressed. more »
By Richard Land - Mar 19, 2003
Topic: Citizenship, War
Separation of Mosque and State?
The UNC controversy is analagous to assigning a text about Christianity that focused just on the Sermon on the Mount.
Classes opened this week at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with controversy—the university’s requirement that all 4,200 incoming freshmen and transfer students read Michael Sells’ Approaching the Quran: The Early Revelations, a 320-page book which discusses 35 verses from Islam’s holiest text. more »
By Richard Land - Aug 22, 2002
Topic: Family, Education, Citizenship, Church and State
Seeking Justice in the Midst of Terror
The Christian criteria for retribution
As the U.S. government contemplates its response against those who unleashed a reign of terror upon the United States, we must consider the ethics of war. more »
By Richard Land - Oct 8, 2001
Topic: Citizenship, War
Draining the Swamp of Terrorists
Our military response is the only one that could be expected given the act of war that was perpetrated on the United States on Sept. 11.
One of the many examples of the moral difference between the United States and its allies, i.e. more »
By Richard Land - Oct 8, 2001
Topic: Citizenship, War
Constitutionally Safe, Religiously Dangerous?
There are constitutionally safe ways for the federal government to aid faith-based groups. But at religion’s expense?
President Bush speaks eloquently of the tremendously constructive role religion has played in American society throughout our history. more »
By Richard Land - Mar 6, 2001
Topic: Citizenship, Church and State