Sentences with phrase «more religion in public life»

The Pew poll doesn't ask people why they want more religion in public life.

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Steven Miller's «Confessions of a Rootless Cosmopolitan Jew» would be more appropriate on a psychiatrist's couch than in a serious journal of religion in public life.

Midway through the Bush presidency, Americans became more wary of the role of religion in public life.

A recent Pew poll suggests that John Q. Public wants more religion in American public life, notPublic wants more religion in American public life, notpublic life, not less.

By my reading of both the human condition and our current culture, a project like Hart's is more important to the status of religion in public life than, say, arguments for a natural law.

And, let us be frank: is it really so certain that formerly, when religion and the Church played a greater part in public life, men really had more true faith, hope and charity, which, after all, are more important than anything else?

a set of values, beliefs, and structure in a person's life in order to give them direction and a sense of right and wrong is fine, but organized religions are no more than large corporations, and like any large corporation are only focused on their bottom line... trying to control the public and extract as much money as they can from them by any means necessary... promoting fear, uncertainty, hate and a sense that they alone can offer salvation... for a price (although they are very cleaver about getting to this hidden and unspoken cost... after all these hundreds of years they have perfected their craft well!)

For another example, in these five years there has been a marked change in thinking about church - state relations and, more generally, about the role of religion in public life.

On a number of specific policies, notably parental choice in education, and, more important, on principles regarding the right ordering of religion and public life, JCS is usually and sometimes harshly opposed to the position of the Catholic Church.

Although almost all of them affirmed the role of religion in moral formation and saw Providence at work in America's founding, their belief in the moral governance of the universe was more a reflection of their assumptions as Enlightenment thinkers who did not separate religion from public life than a sign of heartfelt Christian belief.

In their own self - interest, believing Jews should seek and applaud judicial decisions that permit far more, rather than less, accommodation of religion in public lifIn their own self - interest, believing Jews should seek and applaud judicial decisions that permit far more, rather than less, accommodation of religion in public lifin public life.

«As opposed to advocating for a more level playing field for those off all religions and none by stating thatChristian Churches have a unique position in British society and a particularly strong claim to be heard, he is supporting the increasingly strident lobbying of a minority of Christians for more influence in our public life and greater privilege for those with Christian beliefs.