Is religion the root of all evil? AS POPE BENEDICT IGNITES YET ANOTHER ROW...

The Mirror (London, England);  September 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ...GEORGE CAREY Former Archbishop of Canterbury YOU only need...empires, to conclude we would be better off without religion. Until you look at the recent past, where the completely...way of dividing the world then we have unhealthy religion. Yet healthy religion also exists. Look at the remarkable ...

Editor-in-Chief of The Economist Publishes 18-Page Global Special Report...

U.S. Newswire;  November 2, 2007 ;     423 words ...To: RELIGION EDITORS Contact: Justin Hendrix...right in an open letter to George Bush: "Whether we like it...factors driving the return of religion and attempts to understand the tensions between religions and the clash between secular...explains that the idea that religion has re-emerged in ...

Growing God Talk Draws Fresh Warnings; ADL, others concerned by...

The New York Jewish Week;  January 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Give me that part-time religion. The 2004 presidential election...Democratic challenger to President George W. Bush, has learned in recent...that critics said cheapened religion and turned it into a political...been the loudest proponent of religion in the public square: the...the growing visibility ...

Faith, morality and mortality: the ecological impact of religion on...

Social Forces;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......researchers have recognized the importance of religion as a key covariate of individual-level...United States. Early studies of the religion-mortality link examined the role of...et al. 2000; Ellison and Levin 1998; George et al. 2002). Though critical in highlighting the important role of ...

Religion and evolution. (reply to George Fish)

Monthly Review;  January 1, 1989 ;     616 words ......Atheism (MR, February 1988), George Fish reflects sympathetically...condescendingly, on the role of religion in human evolution. Although...communicated values. (p. 217) Religions are cybernetic mechanisms...Marx suggested. That is, religions present the other side inherent...terrorize and ...

The dark side of religion

Jerusalem Post;  January 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Headline: The dark side of religion Byline: DAVID NEWMAN Edition...the Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, who, the previous day...particularly here because, after all, religion is not absent from this region. Religion is definitely not unknown...region. Unfortunately, however, religion ...

IS FAITH AN IMPEDIMENT TO PEACE? RELIGION DOESN'T KILL PEOPLE; PEOPLE KILL...

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  October 10, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Rob Asghar Local View Are religion and peace at odds in today's world...in a new book, ``The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason...evangelical Christians like President George W. Bush is ``the American version of...see in Saudi Arabia, in Kashmir, in religions around the ...

Speaker at U. Utah discusses pros, cons of religion

University Wire;  October 8, 2003 ;     391 words ......U-WIRE) SALT LAKE CITY -- Religion can be just as divisive as...Michael Young, dean of the George Washington University Law...Courtroom about the role of religion in developing politically...those regions. "What makes religion particularly threatening is...One of the biggest dangers ...

RELIGION FITS IN POLITICS, SAY EX-POLS

United Press International;  October 3, 2002 ;     676 words ......hosted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, former New...Souder, R-Ind., agreed that religion can play a positive role in...administration of President George W. Bush. In a year in which religion has received generous attention...the Brookings Institution. George W. Bush talked ...

RELIGION, POLITICS MIX IN SUBTLE BLEND, OFFICIALS SAY

Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  March 13, 2000 ;     700+ words ...CHEYENNE -- Religion and politics. Topics not to be brought up in polite company...particularly at the same time. While there are some arenas where religion and politics may mix in Wyoming, it is a subtle blend...comment and partisan politics. The recent bickering over religion between Republican ...

Religion and Rational Theology.(Review)

The Review of Metaphysics;  September 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Kant, Immanuel. Religion and Rational Theology. Translated...Edited by Alien W. Wood and George Di Giovanni. Cambridge...Kant primarily dealt with religion. As a matter of fact, rational...Trials in Theodicy (1791, George Di Giovanni); Religion within the Boundaries of Pure Reason (1793, ...

Religion can bring us peace says Carey.(News)

The Birmingham Post (England);  October 16, 1999 ;     485 words ...Religion has the potential to bring...Canterbury said yesterday. Dr George Carey told the Lords it had...post- Cold War world to see religion as a kind of diabolic yeast...said he believed the impact of religion in causing war was over- rated...acknowledged politicians often used religion as a ...

Religion of candidates a factor in 2008 race

Capital (Annapolis);  August 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ...WASHINGTON (AP) - When George Romney ran for the...Romney, the family religion presents a formidable...The links between religion and governance intensified...the presidency of George W. Bush, said Joan...interaction between religion and politics and...Atheist's Bible." George W. Romney ...

A Matter of Opinion: Who's Afraid of Religion in Politics? Candidates'...

Jewish Exponent;  January 20, 2000 ;     700+ words ......of Opinion: Who's Afraid of Religion in Politics? Candidates' avowal...Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush told a questioner...to be dependent on keeping religion out of politics. Our deepest...toward eradicating the role of religion in public life put Jews at...spirituality. The rise ...

RELIGION AND POLITICS

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  September 1, 2000 ;     562 words ......Bergen County, NJ) 09-01-2000 RELIGION AND POLITICS -- LIEBERMAN...election? On the Republican side, George W. Bush has said that his...States." The proper place for religion in politics and in America...Lieberman has also said, "George Washington warned us never...can be maintained without ...