A call to action
U.S. foreign policymaking is a secular exercise
that cannot exclude ethical, moral and religious dimensions.
Questions abound about the role of the church in the American
political process that leads to foreign policy formation. Some
say the church should address the pertinent moral and ethical
issues; others advise leaving American strategic matters to
foreign policy experts and practitioners. This essay calls
for reasoned and authoritative church involvement in U.S. foreign
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Religious Groups in My Hometown
In my entire life I have lived in Boston, Massachusetts and I have
always had ties to the city of Quincy adjacent to Boston just south
of us along the shoreline. Quincy is one of the most religious cities
I have encountered to feature so many houses of worship per capita.
The community is largely and almost entirely comprised of three distinctly
different groups, Christians, Muslims and Buddhist. There is even
a smaller population of organized worshippers in more new age styled
groups such as a naturist church.
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"Is
not Truth like the distant star that guides the traveller on his
way, rather than a burning torch that is carried with confidence?"
- Muhammed Talbi |
Arsen 3
picture taken by
Dr. Arsen R. Hajian
for
the United States Naval Observatory.
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