John Calvin and the New Libya
As we in the West celebrate their accomplishments and support their efforts, it is important to temper our expectations and widen our conception of responsible government. The heritage of most...
View ArticleOn Libya: The Grace of Saying Nothing
The American theologian H. Richard Niebuhr began his prescient, perhaps timeless, essay on the Sino-Japanese War – “It may be that the greatest moral problems of the individual or of a society arise...
View ArticleGaddafi, Imperialism, and Western Hypocrisy
David Cameron’s statement regarding the killing of Moammar al-Gaddafi will go down as another piece of brash hypocrisy, which would be breathtaking if it was not so expected from the British premier....
View ArticleLiberated for What? Libya, Luther, and the Lectionary
With the announcement of Libyan liberation this past Sunday and the anniversary of Martin Luther nailing the 95 theses, which began what many protestants celebrate as a liberation of the church to be...
View ArticleAttacks in Libya Go Against Islam
The Claremont Main Road Masjid joins the Libyan People and Muslims all over the world in unequivocally condemning the killing of U.S. Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, and three of his staff...
View ArticleLessons from the Protests Against the Anti-Islam YouTube Film
What do the widespread demonstrations against the anti-Islamic YouTube video “The Innocence of Muslims” teach us about the state of the world at this time in our history? Now that the hype has gone and...
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