Tag: nationalism

Examining the role of Memorial Day in evangelical churches. Explore the controversy surrounding its observance in sanctuaries.

It is painful to think that so many Buddhists, following a religious leader as opposed to war as Jesus Christ, cheered the attack on Pearl Harbor 81 years ago, but, sadly, it is true. Zen Buddhist priest Hata Esho declared, “It is exceedingly wonderful that in 1941 we were able to make this very day (Dec. 7) a holy day for eternally commemorating the reconstruction of the world.”

Thomas Schmidt argues that besides concrete action, we need a comprehensive analysis of the historical causes of injustice.

I am proud to be an American with a sense of equality and democracy, and the self-criticism demanded of each and every individual in a reasonable, empirical, and scientifically oriented social decision process.

With election day around the corner, we felt it was an appropriate time to talk about patriotism.

St. Paul says we ought to pray and work of the well-being of the nation and city which we find ourselves, but that we are aliens to that nation and citizens of the Kingdom of God.