Word: christiane
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...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 rise of intolerant fundamentalism. Leaders of neither religion can claim the moral high ground, given their failure to shelter the innocent during the great wars and genocides of the 20th century. In the 21st century, both religions have the moral obligation to face the future together...
...portrayal of the coalition. But she cautions against writing the organization's obituary. "I don't think Joel needs anymore press. I think he's had his 15 minutes of fame," Combs says. "I'm excited about the future and it's going to be interesting what the Christian Coalition's going to be working...
...said the coalition never received any money. (Hunter said he collected pledges that he can tap at any time.) Hunter also says the favorable response to the publicity over his resignation has been huge, and he's now floating the idea of a new mobilizing organization to lead the Christian community into the future...
...year-olds' generation, are not prone to the old categories, they don't care about Republican or Democrat, they don't care about conservative or liberalism, they say let's just do what's right to love our neighbor," he says. "I went into the Christian Coalition thinking maybe we can turn one of these traditional narrow organizations and broaden it into these compassion issues. But it didn't work...
...Medvic doubts that the Hunter controversy will spell the end of the Christian Coalition. "But they will certainly be equaled by lots of other groups that are going to compete for resources the evangelicals have," he says. "They'll be one among many and they will no longer be seen as 'the group that stands for evangelicals...