From the category archives:

Christian fundamentalism

NEWS: Fighting for freedom from religion

October 4, 2007

Are U.S. troops being force-fed Christianity?
By Jane Lampman, Christian Science Monitor, October 4, 2007
At Speicher base in Iraq, US Army Spec. Jeremy Hall got permission from a chaplain in August to post fliers announcing a meeting for atheists and other nonbelievers. When the group gathered, Specialist Hall alleges, his Army major supervisor disrupted the meeting [...]

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NEWS: Staying on the straight and narrow — really narrow

October 2, 2007

McCain: No Muslim president, U.S. better with Christian one
By Helen Kennedy, NY Daily News, September 29, 2007
GOP presidential candidate John McCain says America is better off with a Christian President and he doesn’t want a Muslim in the Oval Office.
“I admire the Islam. There’s a lot of good principles in it,” he said. “But I [...]

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INTERVIEW: James Carroll interviewed by Tom Engelhardt

September 17, 2007

American fundamentalisms
James Carroll interviewed by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, September 17, 2007
He’s a man who knows something about the dangers of mixing religious fervor, war, and the crusading spirit, a subject he dealt with eloquently in his book Constantine’s Sword: The Church and the Jews. A former Catholic priest turned antiwar activist in the Vietnam era, [...]

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