Christian fundamentalism

NEWS: Fighting for freedom from religion

by Paul Woodward 10.04.2007

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 [...]

Read the full article →

NEWS: Staying on the straight and narrow — really narrow

by Paul Woodward 10.02.2007

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 [...]

Read the full article →

INTERVIEW: James Carroll interviewed by Tom Engelhardt

by Paul Woodward 09.17.2007

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 [...]

Read the full article →