Included here is a listing of resources related to the topic of the Public Role of Faith in Liberal Democracy, including original content, commentary, articles and podcasts. |
| Yale's Faith And Globalization Resources |
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Politics and Salt |
| John E. Hare
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| This article is reprinted from Yale Divinity School's Reflections, Fall 2007 edition. Madeleine Albright came to Yale Divinity School and spoke on the topic "The Mighty and the Almighty: United States Foreign Policy and God." John E. Hare focuses on one part of what she said. She quoted from Vice President Cheney’s Christmas greeting card, which bore the inscription, "If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?" |
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Paul's Primer for Politics |
| John Danforth
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| This article is reprinted from Yale Divinity School's Reflections Fall 2007 edition. Christianity does not give us an agenda for American politics.It does not provide policy positions that we can identify with certainty as being Christian.What it does offer is an approach, a way of thinking about and engaging in politics that is highly relevant to our ability to live together as one nation, despite our strongly held differences. |
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In Search of Christian America |
| Harry S. Stout
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| This article is reprinted from Yale Divinity School's Reflections, Fall 2007 edition. How do we understand and define America today? There are those who would define America as a secular republic. Others would define America as a Christian republic. Or they say,well,it is secular,but it should be Christian and that’s what we’re striving to achieve. Both have a lot of resonance in our society today. |
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The Challenge of Christian Citizenship |
| Randall Balmer
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| This article is reprinted from Yale Divinity School's Reflections, Fall 2007 edition. In the fall of 2003, I accepted my party’s request that I stand for election to the school board in the small Connecticut town where I then lived. Apparently, someone had the crazy idea that twenty-some years of teaching at Columbia made me qualified to say something about education. |
 Video | Nicholas Wolterstorff On Faith In Liberal Democracy |
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| Miroslav Volf, Nicholas Wolterstorff
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| Miroslav Volf interviews Nicholas Wolterstorff of Yale University about the place of faith in liberal democracy. Wolterstorff discusses the strengths and weaknesses of various secular and faith-based conceptions of justice and the public sphere, making a case for the relevance of religiously shaped discourses in deliberative democracies. |
| Video | Public Role of Faith in Liberal Democracy |
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| Miroslav Volf
| September 6, 2008
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| The appropriate role of faith within liberal democracies is frequently debated. Consider the conditions and manner in which democratic citizens can appeal to matters of faith in public discourse. |
| A Politically Engaged Spirituality |
| William Sloane Coffin, Jr.
| April 28, 2005
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| This transcript of an event hosted by the Yale Divinity School records the highly respected civil-rights and peace activist, and former Yale University Chaplain, William Sloane Coffin Jr. as he speaks about the current need for spiritual life that is both passionate and deeply involved in events outside the church walls. |
| America.Gov, The First Muslim Elected To Congress |
| America.Gov: Interview with Keith Ellis
| February 5, 2007
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| In this article, Rep. Keith Ellis speaks about how his Islamic faith interacts with his political beliefs and how ideas of charity, equality and justice are common foundations in many of the world’s faith traditions. |
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