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Randall FowlerInternational Politics

Christian Mission After the Pax Americana

The slide from a world that presupposes nation-states to a world of competing empires will have dramatic effects on Christian mission and ministry.

Onsi A. KamelInternational Politics

Why the Campus Protests Happened Now

There are reasons beyond leftist takeover or ignorance for the campus protests. The evils visited on Gaza for decades are all too real—and far too ignored.

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Christianity and Globalization: A Unity in Diversity

The Judeo-Christian religion has always experienced a tension between expansion and isolation, universality and particularity. From the beginning of the history of the world as outlined in the Hebrew

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"Advances in Global Health" Symposium: Less Thought, More Rhetoric

The air was full of excitement and promise as the hundreds of people attending Pacific Lutheran University’s “Advances in Global Health by Non-Governmental Organizations” symposium last evening, jauntily

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Jihad and Justice: Pluralism and Western Values

Both Christianity and Islam are large and powerful religious forces in today’s world—forces powerful enough that they have caught the attention of the current ruling class, Western society.

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Jihad And Justice: Contrasting Views

The primary difference between Christian and Islamic theories of statehood lies in the relationship between temporal and spiritual duties and by extension, temporal and spiritual authorities. Christian political theory has

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Jihad and Justice: Augustine's Citizens

Besides distinguishing between two cities: the city of God and the city of man, Augustine also pays close attention to the differences between the members of these two cities. By

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Jihad and Justice: The Two Cities

The conception of just war and its relationship to the state is indispensable in both Christian and Islamic political thought. Since both Christians and Muslims set up right authority as

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Jihad and Justice: Islamic Just War Theory, Part 2

Just like Christian just war theory, Muslim scholars have formulated three very similar conditions under which a just war may be waged. Earlier this week we saw that the first

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Jihad and Justice: The Islamic Context

Before examining the Muslim conception of just war and jihad, let’s take a look at the religious context that has shaped the development of Islamic political theory. Islam is

Matthew Lee AndersonInternational Politics

East Asian Developments

Paul Musgrave has an excellent summary of recent developments in East Asia. The East Asian security story is the most consequential of this decade. China is rising to power; North

Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsInternational Politics

Success

Who knows whether initial estimates of 70% will hold up, but clearly the majority of Iraqis turned out in favor of democracy. John Kerry, on Meet the Press, councils caution