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Brigit M. Helgen ’08, a religion and government concentrator in Mather House, is president of the Harvard College Democrats. Giselle Barcia ’08, a crimson editorial editor, is an English and American literature and language concentrator in Mather House. Jillian K. Swencionis ’08, a social studies and psychology concentrator in Dunster House, is political chair of Harvard College Democrats...
...churches, a combination of deeper compassion and better theology has moved many pastors and congregations away from the partisan politics of the Religious Right. In politics, we are beginning to see a leveling of the playing field between the two parties on religion and "moral values," and the media are finally beginning to cover the many and diverse voices of faith. These are all big changes in American life, and the rest of the world is taking notice...
...have traveled around the country, one line in my speeches always draws cheers: "The monologue of the Religious Right is over, and a new dialogue has now begun." We have now entered the post-Religious Right era. Though religion has had a negative image in the last few decades, the years ahead may be shaped by a dynamic and more progressive faith that will make needed social change more possible...
...come out of the closet as believers themselves. Meanwhile, many Republicans have had it with the Religious Right. Both sides are asking how to connect faith and values with politics. People know now that God is neither a Republican nor a Democrat, and we are all learning that religion should not be in the pocket of any political party; it calls all of us to moral accountability...
...View From Castle Rock,” that someone in every generation of her family has had a habit of writing long, detailed letters or journals. Moved by these records, Munro has crafted an uneven but poignant collection of penetrating meditations that partially deal with the effects of religion and poverty on lives and attitudes across generations, but mostly focus on the intimate nature of identity, the way every detail of a life—worn linoleum, movie magazines, apple trees in bloom—becomes important to a person as she attempts to find her place in the world...