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Harris also glosses over current examples of moderation and tolerance in religion. While he lingers for dozens of pages upon the anti-Semitism of the Inquisition, he does not address Vatican II or the Catholic Church’s current theology, which accepts other religions as possible paths to heaven...
Harris draws upon a wide variety of examples, from the atrocities committed by the medieval Catholic Church to recent suicide terrorists, to show the dangers of religion. This part of Harris’ argument is compelling, and he reasons convincingly that religion has caused much pain and violence in the...
Every Christmas season, Jan Bukvaj builds an enormous landscape out of tree stumps, moss and dried flowers in a studio in his backyard. At the scene's center he places century-old wood-carved figurines[an error occurred while processing this directive] representing the Holy Family. He then populates the...
It would be better if Pope Benedict XVI and other Christian leaders would seek open dialogue with Muslim clerics rather than confront them with inflammatory debate [Nov. 27]. Christianity and Islam have glorious yet violent pasts; both have lost their way with stubborn claims to exclusive truth and the consequent...
Giuliani succeeds as a model conservative in ways that make sense to most Americans—he is fiscally responsible and socially liberal. More importantly, Giuliani recognizes that legislating a defense of marriage is both unconstitutional and superfluous. Giuliani recognizes the sanctity of a woman’s right to...