Emory University philosophy professor Nicholas Fotion weighs the arguments for and against intervention in Libya. More →

March 29, 2011

No one should think that intervention in Libya will be easy or simple, writes religious studies professor Charles Mathewes. “Obama’s message to the nation was a reminder that he surely doesn’t.”
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March 29, 2011

“We don’t have an obligation to be everywhere for the very simple reason that we don’t have the capacity to be everywhere,” says William Galston, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. More →

March 25, 2011

“Whether you act or whether you don’t act, the stakes are really quite high, and that’s what makes it so daunting from a moral perspective.” More →

March 18, 2011

In his State of the Union address to the 112th Congress, President Obama spoke of America’s “common creed” and “moral example.” More →

January 28, 2011

What did people of faith think about President Obama’s State of the Union address? Watch our panel of religion analysts assess the speech. More →

January 27, 2011

“The spiritual value of seeing God in the other cannot be stressed enough in politics today.” More →

January 27, 2011

Does “winning the future” assume America can manage history as it unfolds? If so, it is a pretentious and dangerous position for any nation to believe in as a matter of religious or political destiny—or both. More →

January 26, 2011

Mainstream Protestantism has declined sharply in the US, but the big speeches of our political leaders still routinely echo the Protestant history of the nation. More →

January 26, 2011

Join our discussion of the most anticipated religion and ethics news stories in the year ahead. More →

December 30, 2010