by Robert Parham | Sep 21, 2007 | Opinion
How do you answer critics of the separation of church and state, who say that concept is not in the U.S. Constitution? How do you answer those who believe that the U.S. Constitution establishes a Christian nation? According to a national survey by the First Amendment...
by Robert Parham | Sep 17, 2007 | Opinion
Zainabu Sesay will die in pain in Sierra Leone from breast cancer that has spread into her lymph glands. A tumor has “burst through her skin, looking like a putrid head of cauliflower weeping small amounts of blood at its edges,” reported the “New...
by Robert Parham | Sep 14, 2007 | Opinion
Falwell is back. What are centrist-to-progressive people of faith going to do about his agenda of using pulpits to mobilize Christian voters? When Jerry Falwell first emerged with the Moral Majority in the late 1970s, a lot of centrist-to-progressive faith leaders...
by Robert Parham | Sep 11, 2007 | Opinion
EthicsDaily.com asked international Baptist leaders to share their thoughts about the state of the Baptist world six years after 9/11. ED:How did 9/11 change the Baptist community? Accad: “Baptists have become divided between pro-war militarists who believe that...
by Robert Parham | Sep 10, 2007 | Opinion
“What is the rightful role of faith in politics?” The new Baptist Center for Ethics’ DVD, “Golden Rule Politics,” offers a threefold answer. These answers equip people of faith with a better framework for engagement in politics, one that...